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Scanning the news to day I see that Facebook is in court fighting for its life over who thought about it first claims and Myspace has close 29,000 profiles of known sex offenders. Is this the first signs of the death of social bookmaking and blogging?
Is this the start of the end? Have we taken the first steps down a slippery slope where we all see our freedoms regulated much more closely?
It has been the authors and users ability to have free speech coupled with the speed at which this content could be placed online for millions to see which has been the corner stone of blogging and social networking.
As a blogger I am concerned that if we start seeing governments and regulatory bodies becoming involved in the "policing" of our content and blogs off the back of these events how will our hand be tied.
It is fare to say that all online authors have a personal and moral responsibility to manage their online actions and content. All too many of us forget that what we say online is open to be read by every one; that's the power we have when using the World Wide Web.
Where will this all end, may be I am getting over excited? Are we going to see another black day when the dot com bubble burst yet again? If this dose happen how many of use will rise from the ashes and face the new world?
These small events can become major issues online in a matter of hours. This can result in the world we live in looking very different over night. It is up to us bloggers to show we can be trusted.
I am only a small fish in a very big sea but I call upon all the Big Fish out there in the blogosphere to set an example and show the world that we can be trusted to manage our own affairs.
We can all hope that this storm stays in a tea cup but we all should take note that what we do online is visible to the whole connected world. We have to regulate ourselves before others decide to do it for us.
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