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Cyber-paparazzi: Blogger vs Politician

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I first saw the issue blogged at Entrecard and was lead to the link of TechCrunch . I went through the comment section of TechCrunch blog and found a very interesting exchange. So are bloggers becoming cyber-paparazzi, with the photo caption below? I believe in the freedom of speech and I do subscribe with responsible writing. But the case here is that the blogger as differentiated with the the mainstream media is writing about her personal opinion and experience. But it is so happen t hat she blogged about a public figure so she suffered from what she blogged and got kicked-out from her job. Well I think if mainstream media or even tabloid (as opposed to social media) was on the scene he could have landed in the papers. But it was a blogger who got the scoop. I am definitely biased for the rights of the bloggers. The internet should be kept as an open space, a space for free speech, a democratic space. Bloggers should know the consequence of their actions but they should not be perse...

De-clutter your blog, AddThis!

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I read a blogger about de-cluttering her blogsite . I felt guilty that my blog is becoming a mess. Well it is fun at times to join the cyber-bandwagon of blogging. You visit one blog, see something cool, maybe interesting, then figure it out and the next thing the widget is on your blog. Good thing I don’t need anymore to have all those badges, buttons, and widgets appear on the side bar of my blog. Instead I created a special section at the bottom or footer of my blog for a Widget Section, exclusive for widgets. I can’t get rid of them, having spent hours setting them up, then it took me an eternity deciding whether to remove them in just a click, no, not this time. One reason for this is finding about AddThis . According to the site the widget is now being used by Time.com, TechCrunch, ABC, Lonely Planet, Freewebs, Tower Records, etc. The small button could be embedded at the comment section of a blog entry so it is easier for readers to bookmark and share it. As of writing there are...