The Bloggers' Code of Conduct

Ganito siya, according to the NYT:

Last week, Tim O'Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of guidelines to shape online discussion and debate.

Chief among the recommendations is that bloggers consider banning anonymous comments left by visitors to their pages and be able to delete threatening or libelous comments without facing cries of censorship.

What do you think?

Ito reaction nina Glenn Reynolds at Ann Althouse. More from Memeorandum.

UPDATE: A Follow Up on this from Tim O'Reilly:

Code of Conduct: Lessons Learned So Far

Rather than responding in detail to the many comments on my Draft of a Bloggers' Code of Conduct or the earlier Call for a Blogger's Code of Conduct, as well as some of the thoughtful discussion on other blogs, I thought I'd summarize some of my chief takeaways from the discussion so far.

These include:

* The poor choice of the "badges" I proposed, together with a reiteration of why I thought badges might be useful.
* The need for a more modular code of conduct, a set of axioms rather than a single monolithic "code of conduct" or "terms of service."
* A suggestion of some moderation mechanisms that might be more effective than a code of conduct.
* A discussion of constructive anonymity vs. "drive-by anonymity".
* An acknowledgement that a "code of conduct" should be reviewed by lawyers lest bloggers incur additional liability for commenters.
* Why I think civility matters, despite all the nay-sayers.