Bad behavior in the blogosphere [View All]

[CK_John]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Death threats against a popular tech blogger this week have ignited an online firestorm about free speech, civility and sexism on the Internet.

The threats against Kathy Sierra, an author who promotes the notion of emphasizing the needs of the user in Web site design, have sparked a Webwide debate on the nature of online discourse.

The incident and its aftermath have drawn back the curtain on a computer culture in which the more outrageous the comment, the more attention it gets. It's a world that many women in particular see as still dominated by men and where personal attacks often are defended on grounds of free speech.

<< Kathy's Sierra's site (warning: contains adult language) >>

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/29/MNGT3OTVAO1.DTL

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Is this also a DU problem and will it provide an avenue for regulation?