Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-26347196-20161024202750/@comment-27620479-20161029110225

CFMgaming wrote: 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... Probably.

It certainly doesn't make sense out of context. It is, however, not out of context. So, let's go back a bit on this thread.

You may have forgotten, or haven't even noticed, that I have already asked if blogs were a big thing, and if it should be discussed with them.

That means I don't think that what happened to me is a problem in itself. The assumption was put in a polite manner, and it didn't come back to haunt me, neither in the blog when I have last seen it, nor outside of it. I just pointed out that what I found about blogs is that what they are officially for is already covered on the forum. So the main difference isn't that blogs offer something different, but that they offer the same in a way that allows secrecy.

Now, I'm not a member of the Staff, so I don't know if there are complaints about blogs, or their existence actually hinders something major. I don't even know if blogs actually cause problems, because apparently, they are a thing since january, but only got limited attention in the Staff. I don't think we should disable blogs just to revive the forum, or because they are more restricted, it may not even work.

What I do think, is that if blogs are an active problem, they should be sorted out, and if secrecy and inactivity makes them a problem, they should be sorted out by disabling. I also think that you should probably reconsider your reasoning for your vote. If you really don't care, then it shouldn't matter to you if what I say does or does not make sense, be it the last sentence or the whole post.