Friday
Nov122010
Friday updates: Care2, Momzelle and Reader Survey
Friday, November 12, 2010
The weekend has arrived and I am exhausted. I've been writing a lot lately on the blog, for my clients, and for a new writing gig I have started. I am trying to write something here every day this month as part of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), which I also participated in two years ago, but instead of writing something original today, I'm going to link you to some things to read.
I have started blogging at Care2, a large online community of people who want to make a difference in their own lives, in their communities and in the world. The causes section, where I blog, includes posts on issues like real food, education, animal welfare, global warming, environment and wildlife, politics, health policy, human rights, women's rights and civil rights. It is a great fit with the type of advocacy blogging that I do and I've joined their blogging team as part of their attempt to bring more Canadian perspectives into their blogs.
I dipped my toes into the waters with three posts this week, one of which I had already written about on this blog. Here are links to the posts if you are interested in checking it out:
It is very different for me reading the comments over there because it is a much bigger site than mine and because the commenters are not my community, like all of you are. I'm enjoying the process though and hope to be able to report on some Canadian and general advocacy issues over there without detracting from what I'm doing here on the PhD in Parenting blog.
One issue I had planned to write about this week was breastfeeding apparel company Momzelle's facebook page being deleted. I've written in the past about the ridiculousness of facebook's continued removal of breastfeeding photos because they consider them obscene.
So when I heard that Momzelle had not just photos removed, but its entire facebook page removed, I had planned to write a blog post about it. A few other bloggers did write about it. You can read the posts at Playground Confidential and Accustomed Chaos. Fortunately, before I got around to writing about it, their facebook page was reinstated.
A few days ago, I posted a reader survey. I'm extremely appreciative and overwhelmed by the amazing responses that I got. More than 700 people have answered the survey so far and I have literally hundreds of suggestions of things people want to see more of, things people want to see less of, and burning questions people want to ask me. If you haven't answered the survey yet, please do! I'm going to give it a few more days and then analyze the results in earnest. I will say, though, that there are some issues my readers are very divided on -- some people want more, others want less on the same topic. I hope to share some of the results with you and will also try to answer as many of the questions as I can.
Blogging at Care2
I have started blogging at Care2, a large online community of people who want to make a difference in their own lives, in their communities and in the world. The causes section, where I blog, includes posts on issues like real food, education, animal welfare, global warming, environment and wildlife, politics, health policy, human rights, women's rights and civil rights. It is a great fit with the type of advocacy blogging that I do and I've joined their blogging team as part of their attempt to bring more Canadian perspectives into their blogs.
I dipped my toes into the waters with three posts this week, one of which I had already written about on this blog. Here are links to the posts if you are interested in checking it out:
- Ottawa schools: Recognizing diversity or prying into private lives? (114 comments, 48 facebook likes)
- Do Nasty Cigarette Labels Work? The Canadian Experience (42 comments, 20 facebook likes)
- Will San Francisco Ban Circumcision? (14 comments, 429 facebook likes)
It is very different for me reading the comments over there because it is a much bigger site than mine and because the commenters are not my community, like all of you are. I'm enjoying the process though and hope to be able to report on some Canadian and general advocacy issues over there without detracting from what I'm doing here on the PhD in Parenting blog.
Momzelle's Facebook Page Deleted and Reinstated
One issue I had planned to write about this week was breastfeeding apparel company Momzelle's facebook page being deleted. I've written in the past about the ridiculousness of facebook's continued removal of breastfeeding photos because they consider them obscene.So when I heard that Momzelle had not just photos removed, but its entire facebook page removed, I had planned to write a blog post about it. A few other bloggers did write about it. You can read the posts at Playground Confidential and Accustomed Chaos. Fortunately, before I got around to writing about it, their facebook page was reinstated.
My reader survey
A few days ago, I posted a reader survey. I'm extremely appreciative and overwhelmed by the amazing responses that I got. More than 700 people have answered the survey so far and I have literally hundreds of suggestions of things people want to see more of, things people want to see less of, and burning questions people want to ask me. If you haven't answered the survey yet, please do! I'm going to give it a few more days and then analyze the results in earnest. I will say, though, that there are some issues my readers are very divided on -- some people want more, others want less on the same topic. I hope to share some of the results with you and will also try to answer as many of the questions as I can.
Reader Comments (2)
I was happy to see you blogging at Care2. I've been a member there for nearly 10 years & have been pleased at the direction in which that site has moved from its early days 'til now. There are some rather contentious debates that folks get into there; nice to see you bringing your voice!
Can't wait to see the survey results!
Facebook should be ashamed that they even deleted that to begin with.
Then, they should ban all of the "booby" pics of girls in bikinis and low-cut tops.
Really, are they the puritanical police???