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# Digital Doorstepping Done Right
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/01/digital_doorstepping_done_right/
- Published: 2009-01-15T13:49:50.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:25:00.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: community care, digital doorstepping, forums, Journalism, Journalists

![CareSpace logo](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2009/01/header-logo.gif?resize=222%2C58)Two years ago, there was some debate about the ethics of [digital doorstepping](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/04/theres%5Fno%5Fdoubt%5Fthat%5Fthe.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) – the practice of media diving into blogs or social networks looking for quotes and interviewees for their stories, particularity in the aftermath of a tragedy. This morning, in a meeting with some folks from [*Community Care*](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), our title for social workers, I was interested in seeing an example of digital doorstepping done, as far as I can see, right.

A poster on the CareSpace forums started asking if any [social workers in the Doncaster area](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/p/2973/10587.aspx?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#10587) though the recent stories about social work there were justified. Community Care asked anyone who wanted to share their experiences annonymously to do so, and they [did just that](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/p/2973/10605.aspx?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#10605).

And that caught the attention of the mainstream media, with [ITN diving in](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/p/2973/10714.aspx?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#10714), followed by the [BBC](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/p/2973/10714.aspx?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#10714).

The story appeared on the [BBC website](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south%5Fyorkshire/7830034.stm?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) this morning (although, with no mention of *Community Care* or CareSpace. Tsk.)

Why is this digital doorstepping done right? Well, in this instance, the people involved were actually [looking for publicity](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace/forums/p/2973/10613.aspx?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#10613). They weren’t the shocked victims of a crime seeing their quasi-private space violated. The BBC poster clearly signed up as themselves, giving their name as well as the company, humanising the approach a little. And they didn’t just lift testimony, they solicited contact.

Slowly, we learn…