Great points and your blog posting illustrates exactly why we should blog with care. In a recent issue of Copywriting TNT, Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero wrote about the importance of sitting on issues before responding via e-mail. In our fast-paced, electronic world, it’s easy to respond and later regret what we’ve said.

I wrote an article about email etiquette that you may find interesting. Check it out here,

http://writeoncreative.com/blog/2007/03/09/email-etiquette-6-key-guidelines-to-consider-before-you-hit-send/

Thank you for linking to my blog entry!

I definitely think that there should be blog etiquette. I think what can sometimes happen is people view their blog as an online, public forum where they can speak their mind (whether good or bad) and although this is true, blog writers also need to have some form of censorship. The written word is powerful and it can affect people in different ways.

Since you can not state with any accuracy what the exact emotion is behind someone’s writing, you can most definitely affect your readers in a way that you may not have been anticipating. I think this is where blog etiquette is most important.

Erin