rone | dear tim o'reilly

It's not bad enough that you people have badly reinvented Usenet as "Web 2.0", but now you're trying to reinvent netiquette, too. It's a clever idea that completely ignores the reality of online interaction.

“I take back what I said earlier. There were a couple of taunting profanities right after my last comment, and I thought, "who needs this?" and deleted them.” These words are yours, and they immediately show why a "Code of Conduct" is a joke. PEOPLE OF THE BOGOSPHERE: the Internet is labeled "HERE BE DRAGYNS". Proceed with caution. If you control an area of discussion, CONTROL IT. Codes of conduct are for country clubs and shopping malls.

I like "bogosphere", because you can read it two ways: "bogo-sphere", which conveys its bogosity; and "bog-o-sphere", which conveys its being a bog (in the English slang sense).