Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-26347196-20161024202750/@comment-26355531-20161029084055

Isthereaplace wrote:

If the blogs are really a big thing since january, it is probably time to sort them out.

I also did a bit of investigation about what they are about, and it doesn't seem to be anything that ian't already on the forums somewhere.

The other part of my investigation covered my contribution history. I had a hunch that I have already commented on a blog, without knowing what exactly it was - and I have.

Now, two things about that:

First, it was an interesting topic. I find the forum has less and less of those, and bringing blogs out of the shadows may revive it. Like I said, I already know of a blog that was interesting when I have last seen it.

The second thing is how I have found the blog, and why I commented on it. I have found it through Wiki Activity, and commented on it because the blogger assumed that what they are blogging about may offend me. So my first comment was something along the lines of I don't even know why would it offend me. I found the same blog some time (I mean months) later the same way (someone's comment appeared in the Wiki Activity). There were a couple of new comments, but no answer to why I was assumed to be offended. The assumption by the way was still there in the main text for everyone to see.

Now, let that sink in for a moment. Somewhere out there may be a blog "openly" assuming something about anyone, without an easy way to check it. On the Wiki Activity, I can check about some hours, unsorted. On the boards, I can check months, sorted. If there is anyone who assumed good, bad, or confusing things about me on their blog, I likely wouldn't know to thank them, try to control the damage it may cause, or try to sort out what the whole thing is about. Now, I believe that if they assumed good things, they would tell me personally, so that leaves blogs as tools for petty backstabbing. I don't mean each or even any of them is, but that is probably the only thing they can be used to that the forums can't.

Please note that I don't say that blogs should be disabled. I say that if blogs cause problems, they should. That last sentence made no sense...