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[Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>]

On Apr 5, 2005 1:45 PM, Bruce <bruce AT synthesiscreative.com> wrote:
> Hmmmm, that's cutting a pretty fine hair Tanner.  If you lined up 10
> blogs and 10 journals and shuffled them do you think most people would
> pick up the difference?  I think most people would see the format and
> think Blog; Post, comment, links, trackbacks, etc.  They may see a blog
> that is very personal - but it will still look like a blog.

Yes, it is cutting a fine hair and it's not too hard to find counterexamples.
But, the question was asked and I tried to answer it as best as possible.
But, I completely disagree with your assertion that everything looks like
a blog.  For people who only know blogging, yes, in the same way that
everything looks like a nail when all you have is a hammer.  But I've
heard the same argument that all electric guitar music that uses distortion
is noise too and I don't buy into that. 
 
> Maybe the reason you feel Journaling isn't taken seriously is because it
> is so personal and of little interest to a sizeable community.  The most
> trafficked blogs are written in such a way as to engage the visitor in a
> common interest.  Half of the draw of a good blog is the intelligent
> comments from the community.

You have confused my comments with the intial questioners.  Nowhere 
did I say anything about journaling taken seriously or not.  Please
go back and re-read the thread before trying to put words into my mouth.

Tanner
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