Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Wossa Blog on HoL?
Being a non-techie, when I first started HoL I was like my dear befuddled old grandfather trying nobly to get to grips with cable TV (and hoping all the time that no one had a clue that if he'd been behind the wheel of a car, a crash would be imminent).
Just as Gramps had no idea what the difference between was between the 6th and 7th row of buttons, so I didn't really have any idea about the difference between the blog area of HoL and the forum pages. So I kinda used a bit of both so's neither felt left out. (I'm considerate that way). I think I've got the difference licked now and I thought it might be worth struggling to communicate what it might be so more of us might feel emboldened to create our own bits of blog real estate on HoL.
So here goes.
On Harringay Online, forum posts are for:
On Harringay Online, blog posts are:
Fancy trying your hand?
Fancy helping to improve my definition?
Just as Gramps had no idea what the difference between was between the 6th and 7th row of buttons, so I didn't really have any idea about the difference between the blog area of HoL and the forum pages. So I kinda used a bit of both so's neither felt left out. (I'm considerate that way). I think I've got the difference licked now and I thought it might be worth struggling to communicate what it might be so more of us might feel emboldened to create our own bits of blog real estate on HoL.
So here goes.
On Harringay Online, forum posts are for:
- snippets of news or information that aren't written by you to express a viewpoint.
- issues where you're keen to start a debate
On Harringay Online, blog posts are:
- for creating a more personal space for your narrative where you can add opinion pieces.
- able to take on the character that you choose to give them since they're a collection of your stuff. It might be because of what topic or topics you choose to blog about, your personal writing style, etc. If you start a HoLblog you're likely to garner fans (as well as unfans). Some people will visit the site just to read you.
- open to more control by the author. As a blog author you can choose to pre-moderate comments and/or delete comments you don't want appearing on your patch. (And that means you can erase the grumpies at the touch of a button! Aah, if only life were so simple.)
Fancy trying your hand?
Fancy helping to improve my definition?
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Katey on
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Hey Hugh ...can you please advise what to do on HOL if you're answering a forum post and your answer gets a bit long? ...at what point and how would one know when it would be better turned into a blog? And can you advise about how to turn something into a blog that's already on the forum as a discussion? As you can see I just posted a very long message in answer to Liz on the discussion about the videos, and I'm aware I'm taking up a lot of space! :) Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I think if you're engaged in a conversation, you're engaged in a conversation and if the forum is the place where the conversation is then the forum is the place where the conversation is (Can you see the benefits of an expensive education screaming themselves out of every pore there?).
I guess if the discussion moves you to want to add a related but somewhat different topic then I'd add another blog or forum post. I'm not sure that length is the key issue. If anyone else has a view, please contribute.
If you want to add a blog Katey, just select the add a blog option from the drop-down menu on the blog tab above.
Despite how this posting reads, I'm not trying to be obtuse. I think I'm saying is what you've already done seems fine to me, but there are no hard and fast rules.
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