An Idea I'm Pondering

[ferret]

I'm pondering a new forum with a special ruleset. This is just a ponderance that occured to me at random, so let's see if there's any support..

Several of you probably know of or even use LiveJournal. Several of you in the past have used the forums to get things out, frustrations, a bad day, etc. For some reason this morning, I connected these two, and thought about the follow:

New forum, where anyone can read, anyone post, but only the original poster can reply. You're allowed to create one thread for yourself, as your personal journal/rant/etc. No one can reply to it but you, but everyone can read it and if they take interest PM you their support, opinion, etc.

Is there any support for this? Would anyone use it?

[[gh]Spurty]

My initial thought was "oh nos, Ferret is attempting to give us all truama by being able to read other people's thoughts and not interact with them."

Pros:
- Its a Diary and diaries can be cool when you review them 20 years later on
- Often a good idea to rant to yourself and save those that don't want to read your drivel on the main forums

Cons:
- Its a diary
- May water down the fact that spying on people's private thoughts (Lets hope people are wise enough not to put private details, thoughts here) is not good
- Appears pointless as its on an interactive medium with no room for interaction (publically)

I love to argue both sides at the same time. Anyway, lets see what the rest of the rabble say (/me is indifferent to this idea)

[ferret]

Yep, I wouldn't personally use it (Though I might read it).

Pros: You can get your bad day off your chest, etc.
Cons: You couldn't rant about community member x being a dipshit ;p

[unrequited]

I'd rather have a sticky of URLs to our own blogs. That way the owner could choose whether or not they want comments. The rants posts usually get shut down anyways because they unravel into whine followed by counter-whine/stfu comments.

-Unrequited

http://www.christopherwu.net/

[ferret]

Of course, the thought has now occured to me that LiveJournal is open source, and I could possibly integrate that system into the current site.

[blue]

or make it anonymous... that way people can say things freely with out worries. but then that brings another whole set of cards to the table.

[Anonymous]

So why not integrate our LJs into a button at the bottom of each of our posts [where it says Profile, PM, WWW, AIM, ICQ, etc.] that says LJ?

That'd be much easier, and since people already have LJ accounts, what would be the point of them posting their stuff there, and on an LJ here as well?

[Uthor]

You know, I was gonna come here and make a rant anyway cause of something that happened last night at work, but a) decided that would annoy everyone and b) I forgot what I was pissed about. I think it'd be interesting at least to try, and funny to read mostly, but I wouldn't mind if people replied. Is there a way you can make it so the poster can allow/prohibit replying to their topic?

[squeak]

Yep, I wouldn't personally use it (Though I might read it).

Pros: You can get your bad day off your chest, etc.
Cons: You couldn't rant about community member x being a **** ;p

ferret being a smelly rodent

[HighPingedLPB]

So why not integrate our LJs into a button at the bottom of each of our posts [where it says Profile, PM, WWW, AIM, ICQ, etc.] that says LJ?

That'd be much easier, and since people already have LJ accounts, what would be the point of them posting their stuff there, and on an LJ here as well?

[HighPingedLPB]

So why not integrate our LJs into a button at the bottom of each of our posts [where it says Profile, PM, WWW, AIM, ICQ, etc.] that says LJ?

That'd be much easier, and since people already have LJ accounts, what would be the point of them posting their stuff there, and on an LJ here as well?

[steaLer]

whats a LJ?

[4matic]

lol i think its a live journal. i was going to ask the same question.

[WangChung]

i like teh ideas.