Create a sub-forum for blogs. Perhaps call it “Your KSMO Journey”, “Your Progress”, or something to that effect.

I know that the OrgasmWiki has a blog type feature with the user talk, but it’s difficult for a newbie (or anyone else) to see all of the content that's been entered. It certainly doesn’t encourage you to browse around. I'll admit I'm a wiki novice so perhaps there's some link or feature that I'm not aware of.

Using the forum for blog entries keeps everything in one place. Here are some advantages:

1. Users can create entries that are already time stamped and in date order.
2. Other users can reply to specific entries if they want to offer encouragement, advice, or a pat on the back. This can be done while still allowing the blogger to add new replies to the main thread.
3. The subject of a new entry/reply can be edited so you can quickly jump to that entry. I haven't tried this but the subject field is editable for new replies.
4. Other users can subscribe to a user's blog.
5. The blog entries will be included in the search results. This may be a good thing, maybe not.
6. A forum/blog entry is protected from being edited by other users. I doubt that this has ever been or will be an issue, but it may cause some people to think twice before posting.

One disadvantage to not using the wiki is that the forum doesn't have that cool table of contents feature that is automatically generated when using headers. It is also much easier to go to your blog with the "my talk" link. You would have to expend a little more effort if you used the forum. There may be other advantages to using the wiki, but I can't think of any right now.

I know that anyone can create a blog right now in the main chat sub-forum, but perhaps having a dedicated sub-forum would keep those types of posts from getting intermingled with regular problem/question type posts.

I don’t have that many blog entries in the wiki, but I wouldn't mind moving them to the forum. For other users who have already created a blog of sorts in the forum, it may be a simple matter of moving those threads into the new sub-forum. Other users who have already spent a lot of time putting their entries in the wiki and like using it may prefer to keep their entries over there. That's certainly their choice.

What do you think? Would this be a good idea?

Onthepath