Community Help: Blogit Member Named "Neamer" Posted Completely Untrue Headline About Blogit

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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Blogit Member Named "Neamer" Posted Completely Untrue Headline About Blogit

Recently, a member of Blogit.com named Neamer posted a headline claiming that Blogit will end soon. The headline proclaimed "Blogit To End Soon" and it was attached to a story  that had nothing to do with Blogit. It seemed that Neamer used the headline just to entice readers into reading a promotion of Christian values. (Ironically, lying is not an attribute I immediately bring to mind when considering the life of Jesus Christ.) Mind you, I realize that many members of Blogit rely on cheap tricks just to garnish clicks, but Neamer's outright fabrication goes beyond the arena of cheap trick and enters into the scope of unethical, and possibly violates at least one clause in Blogit's own terms of use:

"You may not use the Blogit in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair Blogit or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of it."

Whenever any of us actively recruit referrals for additional revenue, the last thing we want is for our potential new members to see a headline that reads "Blogit To End Soon!" Such headlines raise genuine doubts in the minds of writers and could frighten casual readers who might otherwise consider joining Blogit.com. Such headlines clearly impair our ability to enjoy Blogit to the fullest by affecting our ability to recruit fresh subscribers to Blogit.com.  

I regard Neamer's fabricated headline as a serious breach of jounalistic conduct, and I hope that our Blogit staff will ask Neamer to both delete their detrimental headline and refrain from employing such rank tactics in the future. 

I thank you for your careful consideration in this serious matter.

                                                                                             Respectfully,

                                                                                             Dennison Mann

 

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