Do you allow your members to have personal blogs?

[Ravenfreak]

Some forum software have a blog system that comes along with the forums. Do you allow your members to have personal blogs? I have the blog system enabled on one of my forums, and I'm the only one who seems to be using it. I don't think my forum really needs it, but it's a great place for me to vent and rant without having to navigate to Wordpress and make my own personal blog which is why I haven't disabled the feature. xD

 

[Cory]

Jcink doesn't have a blog feature, so no we don't have such a system on my board. Although I did create a blog code that utilizes a forum and topics in the forum as a blog-like atmosphere. I see no use for blogs on a resource board, though.

 

[Arantor]

I think you could do something in the vein of programming tutorials or customisation guides if you wanted to go there, though.

 

[Cory]

I think you could do something in the vein of programming tutorials or customisation guides if you wanted to go there, though.

I thought about that, but I don't think most people would participate. Our coding discussion forum is inactive enough as-is. We do have a coding documentation forum, though.

 

[Aaron]

On one forum I ran I let people request their own forum and they moderated it and could post whatever topics they wanted such as rants, blog stuff or whatever they wanted. It was their own space.

 

[Cedric]

I wouldn't mind members having their own blog, I would even purchase a blog add on if there was a demand for it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I have in the past. I have intention to do it anymore.

In the past, it was never a commonly used feature. I don't think it would be now.

You can market a Blogger or WP.com or Tumblr blog better than one on a forum. You'll have a better URL structure, too.

I think blogs on forums only take away from the forum and are not used as much for the most part.

So, it's a feature I typically stay away from.

 

[an0nym0us]

we have practiced it in our forum and it is really something valuable on the forum.

 

[Shortie]

I would definitely be up for members on my forum having their own personal blogs. I think that is a great idea. If there was enough interest in it and I felt it was worth while bringing it in for members to use I would definitely do so.

 

[Dilip]

Yes, sure. I will happily allow members to use the in-built blog system. Especially when they want some recognition, or are not skilled enough to set up their own blog.

My forum software offers a blog module. But I have not installed it yet.

 

[an0nym0us]

Yes we make it and its very good for all visitors who want to write not only on threads but individual thoughts in blog.
https://www.forumishqiptar.com/blog.php

 

[Reverie]

We had blogs on Zetaboards, and even before that on Invisionfree we had a Blogging section sometimes and members would post their journal entries in their one topic. Back in the day I liked it, I liked having an outlet that was on the forum and not on another website. Also people could share experiences with one another and feel like part of eachother's lives. I can't see much for it these days really.

Such as Admin Junkies - if we had a blog for members to create - perhaps it could be their forum updates, but we have a section for that already... General forums would be journaling. Media forums could be "Currently watching and ratings/reviews". I don't think we would see much interactions in these cases though either.