Responsibility is an important element in whatever stages of our life. When we are working, we need to be responsible to our job. When we marry and have a kid, we need to be responsible to our family. We just couldn’t get rid of responsibility through our lives, can we?
What about the responsibility of a blogger?
People think that blogging is just for fun. We don’t have to be so serious. Absolutely wrong, we must be a responsible blogger if our aim is to earn money. Even if blogging is just for fun, we mustn’t publish something which is not based on facts and finger point accusation on anybody which hurts the other party.
It doesn’t make any difference whether we are online or offline as a person. In fact, we need to have a bigger responsibility as a blogger. Just because you are interacting through a computer screen doesn’t give you any reason to run your mouth around.
I am tempted to write this post solely because there are people who place their trust on me. Whenever i recommend something, people are thanking me for the recommendation. Even though my intention of sharing is not to make any money, that doesn’t mean i can recommend anything as freely as i wish or write without getting my facts right.
No matter how big or how small your traffic is, you are bound to have some loyal readers and you need to be responsible to them.
This is especially important when comes to making money online. At times i see bloggers recommending products that they may never use. Maybe they did that to help a blogger friend or perhaps that product creator is a blogger who has lots of authority. This isn’t right.
Still, you have to show some responsibility by making an effort to understand the product better. You have your readers to answer for.
Here are some of the things we should do to be a responsible blogger:
1. Do our research and get our facts right
2. Promote products which we endorse
3. Admit our mistake when we are wrong
4. Avoid copying people’s work
5. Give credit when you borrow people’s work
6. Disclose when your link is an affiliate link
7. Be absolutely honest of who you are
8. Answer to your readers
There are millions of bloggers in the blogosphere and you have to follow a blogger pretty long to judge whether he/she is a responsible blogger. It’s easy to find you have misplaced your trust on a blogger and the consequences will mean wasting of time and money. That’s the reason why responsibility blogging is necessary and we mustn’t underestimate its importance.
What else did i miss?
What else do you practice to be a responsible blogger?
Please leave a comment and let us know about it.
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Hi Lye,
Great post.I like your writing and you well explained the responsibility of a blogger.we should do blogger seriously not just for fun and by this we can run our blogs successfully.
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Hi Waterpearls,
Indeed, it’s important to instil some sense of responsibility while we blog. This can help us to win trust for sure.
Thanks a lot for the kind words and the comments.
Lye
Hi Lye
I totally agree with you. In fact I have stopped following or commenting on some sites when I have read things the blogger has written or how they have treated other bloggers.
Also, if someone recommends a product they know is not what it says it is, I lose respect for that marketer and definitely don’t do business with them.
There is a small group of bloggers/marketers whome I trust and listen to and do business with. They run their businesses with honesty and integrity, just as I do mine.
Great post Lye. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this important topic with us. Appreciated.
Patricia Perth Australia
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Hi Pat,
I believe sometimes they are helping a fellow blogger. We can’t fault on that but still they need to think for the people who trusted them and rely on them for any recommendation.
You are right. Besides us have quite a number of bloggers whom we tust. Their way of running an online business is something we can learn from.
Thanks for dropping by. Appreciate your comments.
Lye
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Very true Lye!!
You need to responsible at every stage and should take responsibility whatever you do at any stage in your life. If you’re ready to take responsibility only then you can expect to have successful blog.
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Hi Riya,
Thanks for agreeing with me. Being responsible is something that we can’t avoid in any stages.
Appreciate the visit and comments.
Lye
Hi Lye,
I think the responsibilities of a blogger is broader because he has a wider audience. One wrong move and his reputation is ruined. It is not a company or an organization’s credibility but his name. Any bad mouth on the internet can reach people all over the world in just a matter of a second.
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Hi Cali,
True, because people are affected by our decision. We need to sincerely in helping people else. You are right about the wider audience. Because of that, we need to have a bigger social responsibility.
Thanks for sharing your views.
Lye
Hello Lye,
I am very glad that you have wrote a post about this topic. I am maybe a new blogger, but I know this is one popular problem.Of course, this is personal choice, so I don’t know will everyone follow this. I certainly hope they will. I just believe that we should try to help people not lie to them.
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Hi Daca,
New blogger should understand this beforehand. Every newbie has the potential to be an authority if he put in effort and hardwork. If the initial thinking is wrong, i can’t imagine the impact when they grow bigger.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
You’re right, most bloggers do it thinking there are no rules to follow, that the internet is their own little world. People take articles and don’t even credit with a link, leaving the impression they were the ones that wrote them. That’s plain lying, to the readers and eventually to themselves.
How can one be proud of his work if all he did was copy someone else’s?!
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Hi Antonia,
Copying others work is a bad act. Nobody can bluff their way through. Sometimes people want a faster route but they need to know this is not the correct way.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Hi Lye,
It’s responsibility which many people including me afraid to take as we fear to failure. I think you can’t run away from responsibility so it’s better to come ahead and start taking responsibility only then you can take it more positively.
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Hi Sam,
I believe it’s because there is no one to account for so we don’t feel we have a responsibility. But still we need to show a willingness to hold responsibility so people can look up to us.
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Lye
I think any time you choose to come into public view, whether blogging or just walking down the street, we have an obligation to conduct ourselves with decorum and ethical standards. And when it comes to blogging, people are counting on us to show that standard not only as something to look up to, but because the world is –in the main– a safe and decent place.
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Hi Delena,
I really like what you have written here. The world is a beautiful place but there are black sheep everywhere to spoil the peacefulness that we have.
Thanks for the awesome comment.
Lye
I agree with all the 8 points you have mentioned. It’s important to be a responsible blogger. One must take blogging serious to win the trust of readers in the long run.
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Hi Cheolsu,
Thanks for agreeing and the comments. Appreciate the support.
Lye
Because everything we write is here to stay, or first responsibility is to make sure that we know all facts and that we don’t end up hurting someone.
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Hi Mia,
Some people think they won’t be caught as they are just writing online and run their mouth without any substantial backup. It’s sad to see that.
Thanks for visiting and the comments.
Lye
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Right on Lye!
Being responsible is directly related to long term success and happiness whether it is online or offline.
Admitting to mistakes is a crucial one Lye. If a blogger admits to his/her mistakes instead of trying to beat around the bush and covering it up, makes me want to revisit his/her site (O:
And what about them bloggers that are dishonest about their online income. Falsifying facts really is a plague in the blogosphere right now.
Talk soon brother!
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Hi Adam,
Falsifying of income can be hard to verify at times. We just have to be careful. This is also the reason why i don’t trust those sales pages only which tells you how you can earn money in 1/2 hours even with evidence.
If i have to buy, i prefer to purchase something from a fellow blogger whom i always follow.
Thanks for sharing your views brother.
Lye
A blog is not just a commercial asset, its a reflection of your views and not just that, its a public broadcast forum where you have to be responsible for every word you write or speak.
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Hi Joshua,
That’s right. Even if its our blog, we shouldn’t say anything as we like because there are people reading and they are affected by what we say.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
Hi Lye,
Very true. Indeed every task comes with certain responsibility. There is a very thin line between blogging for fun and hurtful blogging and one needs to be careful with whatever he or she does online or offline.
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Hi Shivam,
We must be true to our conscience in whatever things we do. That’s the bottom line.
Thanks for the comments.
Lye
As a blogger your responsibility is to provide
a useful and informative article..
Being a good blogger requires a lot. Although one can write for fun it is also important not to get so carried away. You should remember that whatever you are writing will be read by so many people.
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When I start blogging I already know what’s my responsibility as a blogger, I’m responsible to write an article that is unique and informative, an article that is worth and useful. I’m glad that you write this kind of topic Lye, you expand my mind and you extract my skills as well.
Thanks!
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Hi Olivia,
That’s very important when you just get started. At least you know you have to be responsible of what you say.
Thanks for taking the time to drop by.
Lye
New blogger should understand this beforehand. Sometimes people want a faster route but they need to know this is not the correct way. This is also the reason why i don’t trust those sales pages only which tells you how you can earn money in 1/2 hours even with evidence. I just believe that we should try to help people not lie to them.
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Hi Millicent,
I never believe those sales page. If it is so easy, every internet marketer should be rich by now. But there are still people who buy them. That’s why we are seeing those sales pages till now.
Talk soon.
Lye