Should we host Journals (aka Blogs) on aberdeen-music? Vote now!

[Neil]

Should aberdeen-music start hosting Journal's for all our registered users? I say Journals, because although these are exactly the same thing as Blogs I'm trying to differentiate between them in order to encourage people to use them a little differently.

For example, I'd like to see them used by people in local bands to document things like tour diaries or regular gig go-ers to document their gig experiences, rather than use their Journal to just document personal events (but there is nothing wrong with this if they end up getting used in this way).

If you would like to see an example of how these Journals would be integrated with aberdeen-music then please check out the web site below:

Journals - AbsolutePunk.net

One could argue there is now a multitude of different places (e.g. MySpace, blogger.com) where anyone can have their own Blog hosted, and so maybe hosting Blogs here as well would be overkill. I can't decide myself - so please vote and let me know what you all think!

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Neil

Should aberdeen-music start hosting Journal's for all our registered users? I say Journals, because although these are exactly the same thing as Blogs I'm trying to differentiate between them in order to encourage people to use them a little differently.

For example, I'd like to see them used by people in local bands to document things like tour diaries or regular gig go-ers to document their gig experiences, rather than use their Journal to just document personal events (but there is nothing wrong with this if they end up getting used in this way).

If you would like to see an example of how these Journals would be integrated with aberdeen-music then please check out the web site below:

Journals - AbsolutePunk.net

One could argue there is now a multitude of differences places (e.g. MySpace, blogger.com) where anyone can have their own Blog hosted, and so maybe hosting Blogs here as well would be overkill. I can't decide myself - so please vote and let me know what you all think!

What, another thing for killjoys like Maxi to use as ammunition and take the piss out of people?

People have myspace and bebo for that. Let's leave Ab-Music for people syaing each others bands are shite.

i was just away to say that it would just be fuel for maxi to rip the piss outta people before i even read alkaline's post there.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by reject_monkey

i was just away to say that it would just be fuel for maxi to rip the piss outta people before i even read alkaline's post there.

Let the staff worry about Maxi. He knows what would happen if he steps out of line. Besides, since when has the fear of ridicule ever been a good reason for not doing something?

I think this could be a good idea, and it would give bands a chance to talk about themselves and their performances in more depth. There's certainly no harm in giving it a try.

[Jan Deal]

I think this sounds like it would be an interesting idea.

[Old Gold]

I think there are other things that would benefit bands more than just talking about themselves, such as song hosting maybe.

Also, there's loads of free blogspace on the internet already: Livejournal, blogspot, myspace etc. Some can even be updated from mobile phones. Maybe a simple list of band blogs somewhere on the site would be less time consuming? It also means that Aberdeen-Music aren't responsible for anything written in them.

[The Kernel Loaf]

Originally Posted by Dave

I think this could be a good idea, and it would give bands a chance to talk about themselves and their performances in more depth. There's certainly no harm in giving it a try.

Things like that are usually discussed in threads promoting the gig/giving feedback afterwards, so at least it would be relevant and in one place rather than 3/4 acts making similar journals about the same night.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by SpanishArmada

It also means that Aberdeen-Music aren't responsible for anything written in them.

The web site wouldn't be responsible for anything written in them anyway - just like we aren't responsible for the contents of posts (see the disclaimer in the FAQ for more info).

[A.Pel]

Links to blogs maybe, but I don't think they should actually be on the site.

[Rachie]

I dunno, I think there's enough angst brought out as it is. Like others have said: people already have myspace, bebo, lj, blogspot, every medium under the sun to blog with. Don't think it's really needed?