Ande's Blog is the longest running and arguably the most popular thread on the forum and should be returned to the General Swimming-Related Discussions. It is more than just a blog in that it has been highly interactive, generating a lot of discussion and addressing a wide range of swimming-related topics.
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Maybe I am becoming cranky like Geek, but I don't see the point of change the forum. Facebook recently changed their format and it is awful. This kinda reminds me of the same. How many people are actually going to use all the new stuff?
I say bring back Ande's thread to the main page. It is fun to hear about his day, being late to practice, etc. I don't even think about a blog link 99% of the time and probably won't take the time to go to a specific page for blogs anyway.
Jim's latest updates make sense in that many people keep blogs, but there never seemed to be a designated place to maintain them until recently.
Ande's may be the exception in that many people have become accustomed reading it over the years, and enjoy participating in what has developed into a very active part of the forum. When it gets rated number one...it will stay at the top of the list every time the blog section is opened. No searching required.
You can subscribe to Ande's blog, and it appears right away.
Hardly tragic either way, though traffic is the only way to get advertising dollars, and it seems quite silly to move a popular part of the forums out.
I've never seen an ad in these forums so this is a moot point.
Too many blogs in the discussion panels, they should be in blog form. There are several that should be moved. It almost feels like we have Anne Landers, or Dear Abby type columns going on.
Why remove any of the blogs from the General Section? Did someone with a MS in Library Science determine that the flow of information is clogged due to the presence of blogs? Or did someone just decide, this isnt a space for blogs, and move it. Hardly tragic either way, though traffic is the only way to get advertising dollars, and it seems quite silly to move a popular part of the forums out.
It apparently annoys some to even see the word blog in a thread title.
Gull :rofl:
It will be interesting to see, over time, if the number of views and comments equal the postings when the blogs were in the GS. Wait, does the blog section even track views?
I don't think any one blog should specifically be brought back because that is not really fair to everyone else...
Again, I don't think Ande should be treated any differently from anybody else so unless this restriction is lifted for everyone, I don't think it should be lifted for anyone.
Couldn't agree more. Rules are rules. If we make an exception for one...it is a slippery slope indeed.
no harm meant to jmiller's fun, and fast thread, but if his thread (that really isn't much different than ande's) is allowed to remain in the workout section, why couldn't ande's be moved there???
if it's simply a question of the thread title, can't ande's be moved over to the workout section and renamed???
just a thought while trying to procrastinate a little more this afternoon...
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