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Posted By: northrock 162 days ago
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Late this week at ProBlogger guest blogger Justin Dupre explored the topic of swearing on blogs in his post - Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words. The response to his post was a great discussion with a variety of opinions expressed. I thought a followup poll might be in order with the question being:
Do You Swear on a Your Blog?
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from northrock 162 days ago #
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never say never, but i can't remember swearing on a blog and i don't see myself having to do so in the future.

from Sebastian 162 days ago #
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Of course! And I allow swearing in comments.

from adam 162 days ago #
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I probably wouldn't carelessly swear like I do in generaly conversation but if it added to the impact of the article then I see no reason why not.

from planetc1 162 days ago #
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Just did a search on my content and discovered I dropped the F-bomb one time in nine years. Looks like I am on par with Danny Sullivan and Barry Schwartz... SEL F-bomb Search

from rustybrick 162 days ago #
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FYI, I never used the f word on any of my posts. :)

from planetc1 162 days ago # - show/hide this comment
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@rustybrick: Oops. Let me clarify that your post on SEL is not your words but rather a journalistic view on "funky debugging comments" in relationship to YouTube. My apologies.

from jeffquipp 162 days ago #
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Yup ... maybe the ocassional light word for emphasis, but never the f-bomb or any perceived to be excessively strong. I even try to avoid strong non swear words like hate or detest, or words designed to exagerate like always, and constantly. Though ... I write in a more business speak type language.

Wish I had the talents of a SlightlyShady, Ruud Hein, theGypsy, Swags, etc  ... to make paragraphs playful and fun.

from JamesDuthie 161 days ago #
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While I would never swear in a post, I have used f__k (with underscores instead of the letters 'uc'). It all depends on the voice and audience of your blog. Clearly it's out of line for a purely business audience. But for a more casual audience I don't see a problem.

from bigpond 161 days ago #
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Up until yesterday I'd never sworn on my blog. Just woken up with a bit of a hangover and see I did it twice last night. Oops! Must install breathaliser on my PC...

from oldschool 161 days ago #
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and people wonder where the industry gets a bad rap.  I think it's just unprofessional... call me a prude.

from Aussiewebmaster 161 days ago #
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WTF.... I shouldn't swear... they have all the best emphatics

from Jill 161 days ago #
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I don't swear in my newsletter, but do occasionally on my forum.  Two different target audiences there (with some overlap of course).


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