I'm a little puzzled...I have always seen Activerain.com as a place to blog about real estate, and issues that affect us in our industry. I blog about my personal NON real estate related opinions, ideas, etc elsewhere. I came across a post yesterday that solely served to criticize Sarah Palin for the names of her children. Should this be the place for that?
I can watch/read the news for that kind of stuff all day long! (I choose not to most of the time because I believe that it is toxic!) I don't know about the rest of you, but I can use all of the positive energy I can get and every ounce of negativity I allow myself to be assaulted with only undermines that.
Clearly we all have our political opinions. Given.The question of whether ragging on kids for their names (especially one with a disability) is fair game, or even nice for that matter, is one thing...But is this the place for it?
We can certainly choose to blog about whatever we want, but as a professional serving the community (not to mention trying to earn business!), is this smart? Do we have any duty to keep our personal feelings and attacks out of our business as public servants or no? Clearly active rain is read by both industry professionals and consumers. Do we have any obligation to spare our counterparts from it? What about our Customers?
Everyone talks about the media being "fair and balanced". Do we have any obligation to do that? If we aren't obligated, is it prudent?
I see Activerain as a venue to learn about what's going on in our industry, learn new things, further my knowledge and effectiveness as a Broker and share what I can with others. Is that what others are here for, or is it just me?
I need all of the positive "energy" I can get these days, I don't particularly want to come here to hear political name calling! (If it were relevant to how politics affects our business that would be different). In fact, I recently saw an email from Activerain that this was supposed to be place for "positive" information and not criticism. hmmm...does that apply to all things?
In any case, at a time when most of us need sales, and the consumer desperately needs us to reassure them, instill confidence, and help them save, sell or buy property, I would say that a true professional would consider this a frivolous waste of time if nothing else! Just curious to know what others think...
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