Improving the Quality of the (ISC)² Blog

Dear  (ISC)² Members,

Here are my suggestions to improve the quality of the (ISC)² blog:

• Authors should post original content that is written by an (ISC)² member.
• Authors should not post “referral content” and “links” unless the links and referred content are a minor element of a larger, original, thoughtful story related to the security topic at hand.
• Authors should never post an article that is mostly a “cut-and-paste” from other web sources.

When we first started writing for this blog the overall quality was higher because our blog posts were mostly original, thoughtful articles by our members.  Since that time the (ISC)² blog has become dominated by reposts of unoriginal content from non-member sources, cut-and-paste content from other sites, and short referral links to other non-member content.

In order to increase the quality of the  (ISC)² blog, I believe the guidelines for authors should be updated.  Our blog should be a voice for  (ISC)² members who are interested to write original, thoughtful content.   Our blog should not become a "dumping ground" for cut-and-paste content from other sources readily available on the net.   

I elaborated on this topic in an earlier blog post this week, Suggestions to Improve the (ISC)² Blog.

Comments

[David Curry]

Hear, hear! I subscribed to this blog to read the "advertised" original material from folks with knowledge (or considered opinion) to impart. And while I appreciate the spirit in which it is presumably offered, I don't need (or want) the cut-n-paste content that's been here of late. If I do need or want it in the future, I'll go get it from the source, it shouldn't be recycled here.

[Don]

I agree with many of your points. We need stronger moderation. The ISC2 community can work together to "crowd source" this task, perhaps send out candidate postings to a jury of peers for an up-or-down vote.