Corporate Blogging Policies: Plaxo
You probably all know Plaxo, a company that offers electronic address book updating services — and because of which I’m receiving several emails each week asking me to update someone else address book. Plaxo hired Mark Jen, who was fired by Google because he criticized the company on his blog. This time, Mark Jen wants to keep his job, and is participating in the definition of Plaxo’s corporate blogging policy. Plaxo is also asking readers for comments to improve this policy.
Here are two links about Mark Jen’s new blog at Plaxo and the Plaxo Public Internet Communication Policy.
This policy — even if it’s not finalized yet — is almost similar to the other ones we discussed previously here. But it probably needed several lawyers to write it. Here is an example.
You may not post any material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, libelous, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful or embarrassing to another person or any other person or entity.
Why such a complicated statement to simply say, “Respect Others”?
For more information about Mark Jen’s feelings now that he landed a job at Plaxo, you can read this article from Silicon Valley Watcher, “Mark Jen, fired Google blogger, helps Plaxo draft a blogging policy.”
