“Any community that does not make it clear what they are doing, why they are doing it, and who is welcome to join the conversation is at risk of finding it difficult to help guide the conversation later.”
–Lisa Stone, BlogHer co-founder, (who created a blogging code of conduct aka guidelines in the 2006 with co-founders Elisa Camahort and Jory Des Jardins), quoted in a Brad Stone story in the NY Times on a story on blogging threats, flame wars and kerfuffles.

“Any community that does not make it clear what they are doing, why they are doing it, and who is welcome to join the conversation is at risk of finding it difficult to help guide the conversation later.”
–Lisa Stone, BlogHer co-founder, (who created a blogging code of conduct aka guidelines in the 2006 with co-founders Elisa Camahort and Jory Des Jardins), quoted in a Brad Stone story in the NY Times on a story on blogging threats, flame wars and kerfuffles.