Since Keen introduced its Blogs feature, some stellar Bloggers have emerged. Their work shines out, giving us wisdom, enlightenment and sometimes a laugh. They have that knack of putting into words things that we already know in a way that makes it seem new, or of introducing us to things that we didn’t know about at all. I would like to take this opportunity to thank some of those whose words have added sparkle to my day – Bridget, Rosie, Donna, Susan and Joan, to name just a few. We all have our favorites, and there are Rising Stars joining the board all the time.

 

Where am I going with this? Well, I’d like to address some of the rumblings that have been starting to surface regarding Blogs. I have no desire to join the Blog Police. If someone copies someone else’s Blog or violates their Copyright then I feel that is the responsibility of Keen’s Playfair arm to deal with it. Keen has its own rules, and it is up to Keen to enforce them.

 

However, there are other things than rules and regulations that govern human interactions. There are subtleties that fall under the heading of manners or etiquette.  For example, it is not good manners to flood the Blog home page with multiple posts on the same day, particularly repeats of the same Blog. That is the equivalent of thoughtlessly pushing into a queue while others wait patiently for their turn.

 

Some advisors put a huge amount of effort into their blogs. These blogs are immensely helpful to all our callers. It must be very disheartening for them to see their hard work being disrespectfully shoved aside. It reflects badly on those who behave this way, but ultimately it disadvantages us all, because Keen promotes outstanding blogs in ways that bring callers to the site as a whole.

 

Human nature being what it is, the mannerless will always be with us. But since some of those who bring quality to the Blogs are talking about ceasing to write at all, I would just like to say – don’t let the lunatics start running the asylum. Lead by example. Continue to raise the tone. Your work will simply shine more brightly amongst the less worthy contributions of those who haven’t the good sense to stop and think about their actions.

 

J

Faith