Is this the end to blogging and Social Networking?

With the news full of problems being experienced by social networking sites are we seeing the beginning of the end for Blogs and Social networking. My Space have just closed 29,000 profiles of know child offenders and Facebook's owner is in court fighting to stop a rival closing him down.

Are we looking at the start of the self destruction of this massive online industry resulting in Orwellian measures to regulate the internet and its content?

Social networking and blogging are founded firmly on the ability to speak our minds and post it up as quickly as we can think about it. We can all post content to our blogs and social networking accounts in seconds.

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.

We all have a moral and social responsibility to manage or little bits of internet real estate in an acceptable way. Too often I see people online who forget that it is the World Wide Web and post stuff that they would not be happy for there mom to see.

Do I need to get a grip as I am over reacting or will this mushroom out of control resulting in us all losing the hard earned online incomes we have come to enjoy?

The power of the internet is such that even the smallest thing can become a world wide issue in hours. In the blink of an eye anything can become a major world wide event; some time I think we forget that.

I doubt my small voice will be heard over the top of all the others who are shouting in the blogosphere. All I can hope for is the big boys and girls out there set the right example and promote professional blogging and shun those who abuse the power.

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.

Article Source: http://www.content.onlypunjab.com

Lee Coppin Runs the Make Money Blogging 101 blog Carnival full of great posts and tips for bloggers Get you copy of the amazingBlog Profits Blueprint Download it for FREE know!
Click here to get your own unique version of this article.

Please Rate this Article

5 out of 54 out of 53 out of 52 out of 51 out of 5 

Not yet Rated