ZERO Violence Blog
As many of you have read already, an amazing blogger, Kathy Sierra (Creating Passionate Users) has been attacked and harassed through her blog with disgusting and violent thoughts and pictures. If you aren’t up to date with it, please head HERE and read up on it, it will shock you, and hopefully move you to do something about it. Many bloggers around the different topic spheres have commented on it regretting that something like this is happening, and voicing their concern and rejection towards violent acts in the blogosphere.
(click on the images and save the higher-res file)
In my own opinion, I think something like this is unacceptable in a social community which was started as a beautiful medium to express freedom and which embodies the best freedom of all: ..of speech! I created this two logos for us to share around and post in our blogs. Not because I think we need to voice ourselves for this one issue primarily, but because this is a great way to stand up against violence in the blogosphere once and for all. If we stay together, just as the way this movement was started, we will sure enough be stronger than a couple of perpetrator and violators that feel the need to attack perhaps the greatest of freedom of speech lovers: bloggers.
If you can spare a post and pass around the logos I would deeply appreciate it. Not only to show our support to Kathy, which hopefully will keep on doing the amazing job she has been doing up until now, but to raise awareness that this isn’t acceptable in our society anymore, and that we won’t tolerate this kinds of actions.
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12 opinions for ZERO Violence Blog
Silence and Voice
Mar 26, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Support Kathy Sierra logo…
I just received a post from Ron E. who created this nifty logo in support of Kathy Sierra who posted about her threats in her blog, Creating Passionate Users. I think this is a good step toward soldarity. If we do not……
Things That ... Make You Go Hmm
Mar 27, 2007 at 5:57 am
When passionate users become dispassionate abusers…
Kathy Sierra has received some vicious death threats online and has posted about here real fear offline, debating whether to engage online any more or not. So disturbed Ms. Sierra is that she has canceled all her speaking engagements including her sch…
ProHipHop - Hip Hop Marketing
Mar 27, 2007 at 8:12 am
Tech Bloggers Step Up to a Community Challenge…
I’m amazed at the reactions to Kathy Sierra’s exposure of the a-holes who have been harassing and threatening her online. If she were a hip hop blogger, she’d be ignored or ridiculed with folks discussing it privately. But she’s not a hip hop blogg…
trippin
Mar 27, 2007 at 11:32 am
[…] of the mind ( I am old, older than dirt :-) The graphic was supplied most graciously by Ron at brandcurve.com, you can get your own there as well to show […]
Lisa Coultrup
Mar 27, 2007 at 11:39 am
I would like to thank you for making the graphic available to us for this issue, its great to see the community stand together for one who is so badly treated.
I have it posted at my blog, in case you would like to see it there.
Common Sense PR - The Blog Reputation Fallout Continues
Mar 29, 2007 at 6:24 am
[…] There are efforts under way to raise awareness about bullying and online violence (which is mostly threats of violence). Here are two, and I’m sure there are lots more: Stop Cyberbullying Day; Zero Violence Blog logo. […]
Contract Worker - Making Your Skills About More Than Just Money: Freelance Advocacy
Mar 29, 2007 at 8:03 am
[…] the recent Kathy Sierra controversy. Ron Elizondo decided to do something about it, and he’s distributing a logo to raise awareness over the whole issue. He took the time to create the logo, “market” it on his blog […]
Arjun Singh
Mar 31, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Hello - I used your graphic on my blog. Thanks for creating it.
Richard Drake
Apr 1, 2007 at 7:21 am
Ron, as you can see, I’ve taken the idea and suggested on Scobleizer a morph - really a considerable expansion - of it. Thanks for the inspiration. And I’m certainly no graphics designer. So, if “Zero Tolerance Internet” grabs you and others, feel free!
http://scobleizer.com/2007/03/26/taking-the-week-off/#comment-316731
markofando
Oct 2, 2007 at 3:09 am
Want to start your private office arms race right now?
I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.
Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters - which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
You can get the gadget here: http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c
Check out the video they have on the page.
Cheers
Marko Fando
NitnestBent
Oct 4, 2007 at 7:28 pm
I’ve got an Amazon gift certificate burning holes in my pocket,
and I want to get the most bang for my buck.
Enter the Secret Amazon Web Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/38sojf
This is where you’re going to find the “latest sales, rebates, and limited-time offers” from
Amazon, and you can score some pretty deep discounts if you’re a savvy shopper.
Next, there’s the special Sale link. This is open every Friday, and ONLY on Fridays.
You can find the same good discounts here as you would in hidden Deals, although some
Fridays you can really get lucky and make off like an Amazon bandit - I’ve seen discounts
there as low as 75% off sticker price.
Mike
Jun 4, 2008 at 5:11 pm
As a student growing up and deciding how to run my life i thought that it would good to leave an idea for fellow bloggers. I wanted to know what you think about violence in the city of Philadelphia and how it is a cause for concern. Also I would like to know if you think Grand Theft Auto is in anyway realated to violence among teenage youth or adults?
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