Are blogs killing discussion boards?

Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
That quote applies to most of the threads on the GDF lately. That's probably part of it.

now now...no need for insults

Just an observation.

It's been like that for a while.

true...you know things are bad when even i'm starting threads in what appears to be a failed attempt at getting some kind of conversation going.

Looks like rain outside.

Lots of clouds and such.

Originally posted by BackFire
Looks like rain outside.

Lots of clouds and such.

Could be snow. Or sleet. Or frogs.

That's about it.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Could be snow. Or sleet. Or frogs.

That's about it.

It's been snowing for some days now 🙁

i dont know

the most active these boards get is when new people show up and there is a huge gang rape of their stupid ideas.

Most members here have, at least some, agreement on major issues. Personal freedom is a big seller. Like, I could start an argument with GMG or sym about God, or with XYZ about money or Bardock about anarchy, but a lot of it has been said, and in honest terms, the fact we agree on more than we don't probably is a major reason for us still frequenting the boards.

I don't frequent many blogs, so I don't know how it goes there, but KMC and other msg boards I have been part of (though to an extremely lesser extent) seem to be very community oriented, with established members in almost a seniority type system, and a fairly steep "hazing" period for people who haven't already "established" themselves.

Ya, just sort of rambling, I just don't know if blogs and forums are trying to attract the same type of crowd. Maybe they draw people away from forums, but are those the people who would become established members of the community or who would contribute in any significant way? again, ya, I don't follow blogs so I don't know what I'm talking about

Had to create a blog for one of my classes but thats it. I do read postsecret though too, as of recently

Originally posted by RedAlertv2
Had to create a blog for one of my classes but thats it. I do read postsecret though too, as of recently

me too...as i said before

i think it might have been someone on here that linked to it that i saw it for the 1st time

i still remember the "everyone who knew me before 9/11 thinks i'm dead" secret...

I've never blogged or bothered to read them. They seem like a waste of time.

Seriously, i've yet to read a single blog. I think i've read a few friends blogs on myspace but that didn't last very long. I just don't give a shit. This message board is enough for me to unwind and and air all of my half baked theories and opinions. The rest of the time i am putting up with peoples shit, if i want to interact with someone, i call up some homies and we crack open a few sammy adams and watch a hockey game.

Also, i don't trust the internet. You people are thieves. If i were to divulge my true observations and thoughts about the world or anything in it; you're heads would explode into 99 red balloons which would drift into the atmosphere and eventually pop, revealing cheesecake inside. That cheesecake would then drift into outerspace where it would freeze and float through space for a thousand years until it crashes into a spaceship that is housing an astronaut. An Astronaut that just traveled through the center of a dying sun and was plunged through time before the planet earth died. He would see that cheesecake and think...,pie.

yeah, what the hell is a blog?