Posted by thuso on May 25, 2005, at 17:58:06
In reply to Re: differences, posted by Dr. Bob on May 18, 2005, at 1:14:42
> > Maybe the difference would be comments would only be linked to the blogger? Whereas on the other hand, here on PB I may start a post and others might respond to my post, but then others yet might post to those posts and soon the topic veers off in another direction.
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> Maybe the biggest difference would be that the entries in the blog would be intended as a series, while there isn't necessarily much continuity from one thread a poster starts to the next?
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> Either way, there's no predicting responses!
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> Do any of you blog or follow blogs?
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> BobWhat a way to introduce myself and do a first post! ;-D I thought I'd jump in here and give you guys my experience with blogging. I've been doing it for a few years now.
Blogs are a great thing...if you update them. I've found it to be a great way to get support from people you know...even if they're only acquaintances. Every blog site that I know of allows users to comment. And most of them also allow a blogger to make their posts private or public. If they are private, only the usernames they specify can see the post. I usually do that when I want to write something personal that I only want my closest friends to read. Allowing the user the option of making any of their posts private would allow them to use this site's blog feature as more of a private journal. Since you already allow a user to save information on that Babblemeter, this could be linked to that as another way to track their progress. It would just be up to the user.
This is a great idea on a site like this. If you want to see an example of my blog or some other good blogging sites let me know and I'll email you the links. My blog is already out there for the world to read and it doesn't give any private info about me, so it's no big deal sharing it. There are a million ways you could do this and looking at how others have already done it may help you. I've got enough experience doing my own blogs and reading others, that I'm sure I can help you with ideas.
And in terms of the whole content control...all you have to do is add a button that says something like, "report post to admin". I doubt it would be used often and it would quickly alert those in charge of a possible content violation. They can then make the determination on if the post is ok.
Well...now that I've made my big entrance on here, I look forward to conversing with all of you. :-)
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