Blog-Etiquette
When it comes to the many social situations that each of us encounters, we generally find that there are specific conventional requirements as to what is considered correct social behavior. For the majority of us, we modify our behavior according to the social situation and abide by the written and unwritten rules that society believes is proper etiquette.
We know and value such rules like waiting our turn in the checkout-line at the grocery store, and frown upon those that ignore such social rules. Other rules of etiquette are valued in a social situation, such as chewing food with our mouths closed, but these same rules may not always be practiced when we are alone.
This leads me to the blog-world, a world where the question of social situation is oftentimes fuzzy. Is there such a thing as blog-etiquette? Are there certain rules that we in the blog community consider correct social behavior? For example, if you come upon a blog that you enjoy reading and you decide to link it to your site, should you (A) ask permission before creating the link, (B) notify the person of the linkage, or © believe permission and notification are unnecessary in such circumstances.
What if someone links your blog to theirs; is it considered proper etiquette to link their blog to yours?
What if you decide you want to remove a blog link from your site; what responsibility, if any, do you have to the owner of that blog?
If someone removes the link they had to your blog, do you consider the person to be rude if they do not offer an explanation?
What if you find something interesting on another blog; is it acceptable to borrow that information and to apply it to your blog so long as you give credit to where it came, or should you ask permission before borrowing from another blog?
I don’t really have a conclusion or proper ending to this. I was just wondering if there is a consensus blog-etiquette, and if there is, how each person comes to their own understanding of what is proper behavior in the blog-world.