Your Own Personal Blog at Fastlane?

[MJDeMarco]

I think the purpose of the blog would be those "in between" ... I mean, those without blogs, but are working some type of plan.

When I owned my business, "my blog" was the RichDad forum. I would contribute when I could, but had no desire to start my own blog -- I would have viewed it as a distraction.

If RD forum had an area for my personal rantings, I would have used it because it was convenient, relevant, and didn't distract from what I was doing. (Starting my own blog would have distracted.)

Anyhow, thanks for all this feedback and please continue to give your opinion if ya have one!

Thx!

[CarrieW]

When I owned my business, "my blog" was the RichDad forum. I would contribute when I could, but had no desire to start my own blog -- I would have viewed it as a distraction.

If RD forum had an area for my personal rantings, I would have used it because it was convenient, relevant, and didn't distract from what I was doing. (Starting my own blog would have distracted.)



Thx!

I think this part of your post says what Im trying to say. It may not have distracted what you were doing in your business but it may have distracted you from your posts. things inevidably would have ended up just on the blog as opposed to in a thread.

there was a board I used to belong to awhile back where users were able to make blogs. It was more just like what someone else here suggested it was a section dedicated to "blogs" each user/blogger had a section and were the only thread starters. it was just an online diary of sorts. it was set up like a normal thread where others could post responses.

another thing I would be concerned about would be if the "people" utilized their blogs to promote things. it may be looked at as if the website is promoting/approving of whatever it may be. If it were a section of the website where there were just posts then I think it would deter people from self promotion.

You could put up a disclaimer I suppose but not everyone reads those and I doubt it would stop people from being upset should something happen.

just my 2 cents.

[Charmed Angel]

I think the purpose of the blog would be those "in between" ... I mean, those without blogs, but are working some type of plan.

When I owned my business, "my blog" was the RichDad forum. I would contribute when I could, but had no desire to start my own blog -- I would have viewed it as a distraction.

If RD forum had an area for my personal rantings, I would have used it because it was convenient, relevant, and didn't distract from what I was doing. (Starting my own blog would have distracted.)

Anyhow, thanks for all this feedback and please continue to give your opinion if ya have one!

Thx!

I'm just concerned that it would take away from the threads. There would be discussions going on on blogs and not being posted on threads.

If the blogs posted the owners Threads that they start, and there was a way to ensure that meaningful discussions would not be missed, I don't have a problem with them. I like being able to come online and go to "New Posts" and see everything that has been posted since the last time I was here. Maybe some sort of system where if a blog post begins to become a discussion that is informative, that it could be transferred into a thread.

[servicefly]

Well, you know I'm for it, after all I turned my "New Boardgame for Success" thread into my blog to provide a step by step public record for my new startup. I picked blog when you have the time, as I do exactly this.

[MJDeMarco]

This thread is a bit old but I'd thought I'd update it to say that the *new* Fastlane Forum will have the ability for users to have their own blog -- your personal blog will be available to regular users ... it will probably serve as a good supplement to your progress threads or more personal thoughts/ideas that might not be relevant on the main forum ... I might also have allow political commentary since it will *your* blog.

[YelmisPravida]

I would definitely use it, but I'd like to be able to do the following as well if it is to be useful for me (and more informative for readers of the blog):

I would like to be able to start "blog threads". So not just one blog per person, but the ability to start multiple blog threads.

Reason: To be able to keep different businesses separated. If I do a business and it fails in a couple of months, for example, I'd like the ability to "close" that blog and start a new one, with another business idea.