Purpose of Blogs

jerseydevil · 12-06-2004, 08:30 PM

I know blogs have been around for a while and I've gone to them and things. My webhosting company now offers free blog software. I've set it up - you can check it out here - http://www.aboutnewjersey.com/Blog/ I'm wondering what to use it for though. If I should use it at all.

Personally I like messageboards. This is my Messageboard - http://forum.AboutNewJersey.com and I don't really see the need for a Blog - but if anyone has any suggestions - please let me know.

**Nurvingiel** · 12-06-2004, 10:20 PM

I personally like message boards better because you can interact with people. (Even though you can comment on the blog, you can't really interact.) However, since a blog is like an on-line diary, it encourages a different style of writing, and can be very interesting.

jerseydevil · 12-06-2004, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nurvingiel

I personally like message boards better because you can interact with people. (Even though you can comment on the blog, you can't really interact.) However, since a blog is like an on-line diary, it encourages a different style of writing, and can be very interesting.

See that's the problem I face. I also view it as an online diary really - which doesn't seem to be very professional. I can seem them for news sites and so forth - but I'm not sure how it really can work for a tourism site which has a messageboard. As you say - users can interact with each other on the messageboard.

brownjenkins · 12-07-2004, 01:05 AM

the best blogs i've read, and i don't read many for that long, are the witty everyday story types... maybe you could share some of the better memories you have about times in NJ and encourage other people to to... they don't necessarily have to be current, but can just be some good ones out of the past

Embladyne · 12-07-2004, 01:20 AM

I have to say that my favorite web journal is written by Neil Gaiman. He often includes political rants and such, and it's interesting to see what's going on in his mind. But, depending on what YOU really want, and the amount of writing you want to do, message boards may be the way to go.
Good luck!!

Hanza · 12-07-2004, 03:41 PM

personally it hink for website like yours a blog probably wouldnt help. i think the message board is much better. i have my own blog, but thats just a everyday kinda event thingy. most of my friends have one its become rather a fad lol. u can get to mine thru my profile. anyway yeh id just stick with the forum

Elfhelm · 12-07-2004, 03:50 PM

William Gibson was keeping a blog for a while, too.

Snowdog · 09-14-2005, 10:32 AM

I think blogs & livejournals are ok, but unfortuantely it has taken many good folk away from messageboards they used to attend. So I have to go to their blog/livejournal to stay in touch with them.

Melfena · 09-15-2005, 08:58 PM

I don't read many blogs, but i have been reading katya's. I love how she writes it, it's just so her, also it helps so that i don't miss her as much, even though when i read it, i forget she is in another country and it makes me want to call her.

12-06-2004, 08:30 PM	#1
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Purpose of Blogs I know blogs have been around for a while and I've gone to them and things. My webhosting company now offers free blog software. I've set it up - you can check it out here - http://www.aboutnewjersey.com/Blog/ I'm wondering what to use it for though. If I should use it at all. Personally I like messageboards. This is my Messageboard - http://forum.AboutNewJersey.com and I don't really see the need for a Blog - but if anyone has any suggestions - please let me know. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

12-07-2004, 01:05 AM	#4
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	the best blogs i've read, and i don't read many for that long, are the witty everyday story types... maybe you could share some of the better memories you have about times in NJ and encourage other people to to... they don't necessarily have to be current, but can just be some good ones out of the past __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

12-07-2004, 01:20 AM	#5
Embladyne Honourary Elitist Inklette Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: between the mountains and the sea Posts: 704	I have to say that my favorite web journal is written by Neil Gaiman. He often includes political rants and such, and it's interesting to see what's going on in his mind. But, depending on what YOU really want, and the amount of writing you want to do, message boards may be the way to go. Good luck!! __________________ Even on the pinnacle of a palace a crow does not become an eagle. My DA page

12-07-2004, 03:41 PM	#6
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	personally it hink for website like yours a blog probably wouldnt help. i think the message board is much better. i have my own blog, but thats just a everyday kinda event thingy. most of my friends have one its become rather a fad lol. u can get to mine thru my profile. anyway yeh id just stick with the forum __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

09-14-2005, 10:32 AM	#8
Snowdog Dúnedain Ranger of the North Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ruins of Arnor Posts: 892	I think blogs & livejournals are ok, but unfortuantely it has taken many good folk away from messageboards they used to attend. So I have to go to their blog/livejournal to stay in touch with them. __________________ "I am an outlaw, I was born an outlaw's son. The highway is my legacy, on the highway I will run."

12-07-2004, 03:50 PM	#7
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	William Gibson was keeping a blog for a while, too.

09-15-2005, 08:58 PM	#9
Melfena Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: On the Outlaw Star Posts: 114	I don't read many blogs, but i have been reading katya's. I love how she writes it, it's just so her, also it helps so that i don't miss her as much, even though when i read it, i forget she is in another country and it makes me want to call her. __________________ Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious

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