Guidelines

I thought the most important rules were related  avoiding attacks on the blogger in question rather than his/her ideas, which can be really tempting when you can't see face to face the person you're attacking. Because most of the rules listed in the four links are sensible, I think it would be easier to just comment on the rules I DON'T agree with. So:

1. The Bangkok rule about only posting what you can verify is true goes way too far. A blog isn't supposed to be an endless litany of statistics; you shouldn't be getting your facts from blogs anyway. That being said, I agree with PC Worlds' Commandment: "Thou shall not confuse thy opinion with gospel truth". It's fine if a blogger offers their unconfirmed opinion on an issue, that's the whole point. But many people get ridiculously overconfident when they're arguing with others online.

2. I think "Thou shall not use aliases or sock puppets" doesn't work either. One of the best (and worst) things about the Internet is that people are much more willing to give their real opinions when they're anonymous; they don't have to worry about how their peers and bosses will react to their writing. For goodness' sakes, The Federalist Papers were anonymous and they turned out all right. Still, I wouldn't trust middle schoolers to post anonymously for obvious reasons