I personally have not encountered this and I am not aware of anyone I KNOW having any problems. If I know you and you have had problems, but I’ve missed it, I am TRULY sorry.
What’s that? Blog bullying. Yup. We are apparently all still in high school. Or elementary. That may be understating it. Some of the bullying is quite severe and just down right horrific. So, I have decided that I would take one day out of my personal posts and dedicate it to all the mommy (and other) bloggers out there have been ridiculed and bullied for being who they want to be and for voicing their opinions.
Now that I have taken the pledge, it is important that I blog by these standards:
The Mom Pledge
I am a proud Mommy Blogger. I will conduct myself with integrity in all my blogging activities. I can lead by example.
I pledge to treat my fellow moms with respect. I will acknowledge that there is no one, “right” way to be a good Mom. Each woman makes the choices best for her family.
I believe a healthy dialogue on important issues is a good thing. I will welcome differing opinions when offered in a respectful, non-judgmental manner. And will treat those who do so in kind.
I stand up against online bullying. My blog is my space. I will not tolerate comments that are rude, condescending or disrespectful.
I refuse to give those who attack a platform. I will remove their remarks from my blog with no mention or response. I can take control.
I want to see moms work together to build one another up, not tear each other down. Words can be used as weapons. I will not engage in that behavior.
I affirm that we are a community. As a member, I will strive to foster goodwill among moms. Together, we can make a difference.
I personally have not encountered it either, but I see it on many of the blogs I follow. Thank you so much for taking The Pledge and joining our community! Proud to have you!
WOW, sad to think that it actually is taking place. I have yet to encounter it, but will do my best to help eliminate it!
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Thankfully I have not encountered this, but I have heard it has been a problem. I’m a big advocate of blogging with not only my known readers in mind, but also those who come across my blog that I don’t know. Words have amazing power – to hurt, to heal, to lift up and I agree that we should take care when using our words!
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Priscilla,
Thank you for talking about this topic. As being one who has been the target of blog bullying, it pretty much sucks. To have an entire blog post dedicated to yours truly with nasty curse words referencing you, yeah not fun.
Regardless of being a mom blogger, I think we owe one another the basic thing of kindness and class. Thanks for your insight on this one.
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@Christina, Oh, my!! I am so sorry. I was really hoping that there was not a single person I “knew” that was this severely impacted by immaturity. ((HUGS))
I think we’ve all had a few snarky or nasty and rude comments but an entire blog? That’s going BEYOND too far. 🙁