Don't Blog Angry

I've said it before and I'll say it over and over again.  Don't blog angry.  Don't call people on the phone angry.  Don't talk to your spouse angry.  Don't do anything angry.

Today Michael Arrington and Sam Sethi parted ways:

This all stems from Sams commentary on the recent Le Web conference in Paris. This has nothing to do with censorship. TechCrunch is listed as a sponsor/partner to the conference, but we have no financial arrangement with them. Loic even cancelled my own trip to Paris to keynote the conference at the last minute (largely because I waited until the last minute to book a flight and the cost to get me there became ridiculous). This was a Six Apart event, not a TechCrunch event.

Sam wrote his initial views of the conference in this post. Its not what I would have written, but I have no editorial problem with that initial post. It was entirely Sams call as the editor of the blog.

Sam blogged angry.  You can't take back a blog post.  It just lives in your permanent record.  It can always be quoted without noting future apologies or retractions. 

Do NOT blog angry.

Comments

[John Furrier]

Great advice. I have to admit that I've blogged angry. Anger mgt is the key to success :-)

[Jim Benson]

Yep, it's my #1 blog rule. I have seen so many people sunk by the poison .. um ... pointing device. The malicious mouse?