Often when the media enables commenting and RSS. like the Statesman they are not an ongoing “log” but individual “posts.”

Jen,
You wouldn’t be speaking about Corey would you

I agree, I think if you don’t allow commenting then you just have a content management system.

Jen,
You wouldn’t be speaking about Corey would you

I agree, I think if you don’t allow commenting then you just have a content management system.

My biggest gripe is when people (like…plane jumping home builders) say they are “blogging” but turn off the comment feature.

My biggest gripe is when people (like…plane jumping home builders) say they are “blogging” but turn off the comment feature.

I agree with this 150%. And as your other commenter, Patrick, points out, the line is becoming increasingly gray between blogs and traditional news sites.

I’ve even seen small business “corporate” websites created using WordPress software, that have blog features incorporated right in them (not as a separate blog).

I have started asking people if they like specific attributes of blogs, such as the ability to leave comments on websites, short items written in conversational format, and so on. That tends to get at useful feedback, rather than confusing people with bizarre (to them) nomenclature like “blogs”.

Best,
Anita

I agree with this 150%. And as your other commenter, Patrick, points out, the line is becoming increasingly gray between blogs and traditional news sites.

I’ve even seen small business “corporate” websites created using WordPress software, that have blog features incorporated right in them (not as a separate blog).

I have started asking people if they like specific attributes of blogs, such as the ability to leave comments on websites, short items written in conversational format, and so on. That tends to get at useful feedback, rather than confusing people with bizarre (to them) nomenclature like “blogs”.

Best,
Anita

Often when the media enables commenting and RSS. like the Statesman they are not an ongoing “log” but individual “posts.”

This begs the question of what distinguishes our regular stories from our blog posts. The answer (at least as far as I’ve been told) has to do with voice. Blogs tend to be written more informally than traditional news stories.

Our readers are definitely confused by the whole situation though, and this doesn’t appear likely to change in the near future. Needless to say, we get some interesting phone calls. I guess the bottom line is that however we choose to refer to them (blogs, forums, story comments, etc.), they’ve prompted a lot of interaction and that was the goal from the beginning.