23 Jun 2010
In need of reader feedback
Copy-paste of post here:
For those who didn’t visit the Posteous pages, here’s what I mean by a chewables thread: Copy-Paste: The adversity of opportunity
Now that there’s a forum, I’m thinking of dropping the chewables type threads on the blog as they are often copy pasted and I don’t add any extra original content to them most of the time. That said I wonder which is more preferable for the readers. Some of the core differences I can think of are:Blogs:Easier navigation and discovery - Posts are auto-tweeted. Don’t require posts to keep on top. Longer staying time - While both are free services I’m registered into and neither contents are backed up on my side, the blogs are more longer lasting because even if the comments fell from spamming the content and position of the post remains the same. Also since my Posterous is also auto-posted in Tumblr, it’s two baskets vs. one.Youtube embeds - While a member on the forum said it’s possible to add youtube tags, he didn’t show me how. Forum: Easier anonymous posting - The open forum doesn’t require providing your e-mail.Forum lay-out - Maybe this is just a biased sample but it seems more hikikomories are willing to comment and discuss things on a discussion board than if it’s on someone’s blog. That said, it’s still no anonymous imageboard though. I know some blogs often cross-post from a blog to a forum but I’ve always felt that it unnecessarily spreads the commentors apart. That said, I am guilty of separating Posterous and Tumblr copies of the blog but I felt that was more of a background and backup issue.
For those who didn’t visit the Posteous pages, here’s what I mean by a chewables thread: Copy-Paste: The adversity of opportunity
