I don't see how you can hate the blogs. When you don't like them, just don't read them. They have absolutely no negative effect on the forum or whatsoever and don't bullshit about the fact that it's taking space up there. There are some good blogs worth reading that wouldn't ever be created as topics. Blogs stimulates activity and is only a good thing imo.

brian

United States9642 Posts

June 07 2007 19:00 GMT

#42

he's saying they do have a negative effect by taking away quality would be threads from the general forum

vGl-CoW

Belgium8305 Posts

June 07 2007 20:11 GMT

#43

wouldn't be the case if people simply got over their irrational hatred for the word blog and treated it like any other thread

Hot_Bid

Braavos36401 Posts

June 07 2007 20:33 GMT

#44

On June 08 2007 04:00 Gene wrote:
he's saying they do have a negative effect by taking away quality would be threads from the general forum

i don't see why its so hard to just read good content on the blog then

Carnac

Germany / USA16648 Posts

June 07 2007 20:46 GMT

#45

it's harder to find I guess, i.e. less in the open

{ToT}Strafe

Thailand7026 Posts

June 07 2007 23:10 GMT

#46

Also a lot of good stuff can be posted in blogs that can't be posted in general. I also doubt people start putting good stuff in their blog and not making a general thread about it if it's any good. I think it's the word blog that scares people

FakeSteve[TPR]

Valhalla18444 Posts

June 08 2007 01:40 GMT

#47

On June 08 2007 00:31 Rekrul wrote:
ruin the general forum?

i thought that happened a year ago

useLess

United States4781 Posts

June 08 2007 02:24 GMT

#48

again, its because blogs here are still new. needs some fine tuning to make it easier to navigate for the public. right now, many people probably feel like they shouldnt comment unless they have something to add, unlike general forum topics where people just post the first thing that pops into their mind. give it time; things will change for the better.

useLess

United States4781 Posts

June 08 2007 02:27 GMT

#49

On June 08 2007 02:23 semioldguy wrote:

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Please no.

Now see, whats the deal with this? Some complain about blogs drawing away topics from the general forum, and others complain about bringing blogged topics into the forum. If you guys are gonna be pricks about it, at least have some real shit to back it up with.

himurakenshin

Canada1845 Posts

June 11 2007 10:22 GMT

#50

no staff feedback on this?

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

June 11 2007 10:40 GMT

#51

On June 11 2007 19:22 himurakenshin wrote:
no staff feedback on this?

If you insist.

Personally I don't like writing or reading blogs, which is why I haven't involved myself in blogging here at TL except a test post when the feature was being implemented. However, I'm not going to rag on the people who happen to like reading them or writing them...or those who get an immediate hard on when they even read the word blog. AKA physician

But more importantly, I don't think this "general forum ruining" arguement has any merit. Firstly, I see no change in the general forum quality, be that a good or bad thing, personally. Secondly, the crappy "this happened to me today", "give me advice", "why don't girls like me", anecdotal threads that used to be posted all the time read like blogs anyway. So now, they are in the blog section, making it even easier for me to ignore their lameness.

In my eyes, it's an improvement for everyone. For those that like that thing, it's put into a proper blog format which makes more sense for story telling/musings anyway. And for those that dislike it, it's now separated from the forum somewhat.

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

June 11 2007 10:50 GMT

#52

Oh, and for the record, I was under the impression that blogs were popular here seeing as they were picked up so readily when introduced. I can't believe 75% of you would go so far as to eliminate them from the site.

semioldguy

United States7488 Posts

June 11 2007 10:57 GMT

#53

On June 08 2007 11:27 useless wrote:

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It was backed up by others previously in the thread, or some other thread, because who knows how many threads about the blogs there have been. There are a lot of shitty blogs that have no place being in the general forum and would just as soon get closed because of their retardedness. A lot of blog entries are pretty crappy, and we don't need to flood the general forum with these useless entires when someone decides to go on a blogging spree.

semioldguy

United States7488 Posts

June 11 2007 10:59 GMT

#54

I have no problem with the blogs existing, as long as they exist in their own little world, and as ManaBlue mentioned I am glad it has cut down on the anecdotal threads in the general forum. Sure some of those threads have been hilarious, but those are few and far between.

mdb

Bulgaria4059 Posts

June 11 2007 14:35 GMT

#55

I agree with the thread starter. I dont see how the blogs can make this site better. Only some random,controvertial and fun stuff that could have been in the GF is now posted in the blogs section.
The thing that makes this site so great is the forums and the discussions in them. Blogs take away from tha a lot.

Hot_Bid

Braavos36401 Posts

June 11 2007 18:17 GMT

#56

lots of people complain that the GF sometimes has too much random, controversial "fun" stuff

when the blog links are fixed and there's a way to track discussion on them it'll be easier to discuss stories and anecdotes on the person's blog

Positives.
1. Is a dumping ground for all annoying threads complaining about people's lives that usually clutter up the General Forum.

2. Provides an outlet for people wishing to write who ordinarily wouldn't start a thread.

#2 is a big deal imo. there are a lot of people writing things that they normally wouldn't if the blog feature did not exist. if you're not sure whether to make a thread and just want to write for 15 minutes and have a place to record it, blogs are great. they don't force anyone to read them.

Negatives
- Possible "taking away" of good threads from General. I just really don't think this happens. If a blog post is good enough the creator or a reader can just make a thread in the GF about it.

there really are basically no negatives to blogs. to all those people saying they "take away discussion" from the GF, if blogs weren't there, the users wouldn't have created the threads anyway. so it's not really taking away anything, only adding another outlet for users to write.

mdb

Bulgaria4059 Posts

June 11 2007 19:29 GMT

#57

#(trendy?) Hot_bid
I didnt counted them all, but there are probably about 60-70 blogs made. Of them maybe 80% are made by regular poster, who wouldnt be afraid to start a thread.
Besides the poll shows that majority of the users here dont like the blogs.

Cpt Obvious

Germany3073 Posts

June 11 2007 21:26 GMT

#58

I'm quite indifferent about this blog thing. It's sure nice to have, but I suggest it's being implemented into the site better, meaning easier accessability and better overview over your comments or something, just like Hot_Bid said.

As it is it is somewhat a side track and not really part of the page :/

DeadVessel

United States6269 Posts

June 11 2007 21:42 GMT

#59

if i do something significant to me i make a post about it and i save it in my blog for others that may miss the thread (the interview i did). blogs aren't bad, tons of stuff still gets posted in general it just keeps peoples sob stories out.

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

June 12 2007 00:13 GMT

#60

It's a valid point if you don't read the blogs and only the general section.

But overall, having the blogs section has undoubtedly been a strong motivator for many people to produce some quality entries that otherwise wouldn't have happened