Forum Blog Rules

RevDevil

RevDevil

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Will they be more inline with the existing rules of the majority of the forums regarding language, picture posting, hotlinking, etc? The yellow chiclets are yucky, and the red ones I imagine are even worse. :)
 
I can't even figure out how to moderate blog posts.
(I think I'm shell-shocked by all these changes. :p )
 
C'mon, you don't expect me to buy that now do you. ;)
Just my $.02, but I think the same rules that apply in General & Traditional should apply in blog posts. Registered users are able to read them and it would make sense to leave the other stuff where it currently resides.
 
I've been wondering about the Blogs. If we can answer/discusss any post in a thread with another post, why do we need to have a blog about the thread to discuss it? Just wondering .............
 
I think the blogs are for off-the-wall ideas you might have, off-topic ramblings or stories, mostly for personal friends who might want to keep up with what's on your mind -- like our own relaxed version of facebook.

I'm tending towards using mine to post problems people get into and the official BF rules on them.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I think the blogs are for off-the-wall ideas you might have, off-topic ramblings or stories, mostly for personal friends who might want to keep up with what's on your mind -- like our own relaxed version of facebook.

I'm tending towards using mine to post problems people get into and the official BF rules on them.
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Sounds interesting. I'm thinking knife & tool reviews, would be a easy place to store steel data sheets, maybe something along the lines of a individual "How To" instruction if someone were inclined or a bit shy abotu going all out in a thread.
 
What about people blogging stuff from the Exchange (or just trying to use it as a work-around)? There is already at least one Trade thread blogged.
 
RevDevil said:
Sounds interesting. I'm thinking knife & tool reviews, would be a easy place to store steel data sheets, maybe something along the lines of a individual "How To" instruction if someone were inclined or a bit shy abotu going all out in a thread.
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Ideal. Excellent.

I am blogging problems I see and I now realize I can link to these blog posts when someone trips up: a quick reference to what he should do.
 
The blogs are your place to write about things on your mind. Yes, you can use them for reviews; in fact, if the review is particularly good, it can be upgraded to an article and posted to the "Home" area of the site.
 
Please do keep in mind that blog posts are publically-readable; so, PG-13 is the limit. Please do keep in mind that the general public's perceptions about knives, knife enthusiasts, and the knife community may be influenced by what they read on bf.c, the largest and most-active website about knives. And, finally, keep in mind that the first two Ws in www stand for "world-wide;" your blog posts may be read all over the world, so please do try to be a good representative of your country.

Hopefully, that combined with simple civility and common sense should be enough and we won't have to write out a detailed set of rules for blog posts. Of course, a lot of people find simple civility to be unapproachably-complex. And common sense is often very uncommon.
 
Whoops, looks like I'd accidentally allowed registered users to be able to write blog posts; with predictable results.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Ideal. Excellent.

I am blogging problems I see and I now realize I can link to these blog posts when someone trips up: a quick reference to what he should do.
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This is a great resource for so many people to use as a creative outlet. I'm glad it's available. I'll try a couple things as soon as I get some more data together.
Gollnick said:
Please do keep in mind that blog posts are publically-readable; so, PG-13 is the limit. Please do keep in mind that the general public's perceptions about knives, knife enthusiasts, and the knife community may be influenced by what they read on bf.c, the largest and most-active website about knives. And, finally, keep in mind that the first two Ws in www stand for "world-wide;" your blog posts may be read all over the world, so please do try to be a good representative of your country.

Hopefully, that combined with simple civility and common sense should be enough and we won't have to write out a detailed set of rules for blog posts. Of course, a lot of people find simple civility to be unapproachably-complex. And common sense is often very uncommon.
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Well said Mr. Gollnick. I agree that the idea of a world wide audience is tempting for a lot of people good and bad. I would also concur that common sense should prevail, however, foot-in-mouth syndrome is also common. :)
Spark said:
Whoops, looks like I'd accidentally allowed registered users to be able to write blog posts; with predictable results.
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Spark, is that going to be added to a paid membership only?
Thanks y'all!
 
Paid subscribers only, yes.
 
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