User blog:VedranTheII/A danger of blogs (imOfc)

It seems odd to use this as my first blog post, but I think its best I get this of my chest as an opener.

Personally speaking, I always preferred threads to blog posts. If I had to describe how I view the two in one word, it would be “discussion” and “megaphone” respectively.

When someone, namely me, makes a thread, I want people to agree or disagree with me, be confused why I care about the topic and inquire about it, point out flaws in my logic, etc. Basically when someone, namely me, makes a thread, it is made with the intention to discuss with other people, and I love them for that.

Blogs, on the other hand, I group with newscasters; people that try to state facts but more often make statements…which would be fine…until you realize that they think the two are the same. Although the two might intertwine, they almost always walk different roads.

When someone makes a blog, they don’t make it with the intent to start a discussion, for good reason, since blogs aren’t designed for discussions. Blog posts are liked, which brings them views if they are one of the top liked posts, since more people can see them; they get commented or shared by people, which appears on their page and brings them views. More importantly, the person that makes the post has free reign in deleting comments (s)he doesn’t like. Essentially, all the blogs I’ve seen are for affirmation, not for discussion, so I never could get into them.

So why am I making one? Well I am a bit of a completionist, something I most likely picked up from videogames, so I find myself wanting to make blog posts for the points. But until I make more of them, I wanted to start with my right foot forward and give an important disclaimer to anyone that will read my blog posts.

 '''DISCLAIMER: Anything and everything that I post here is 100% opinionated and as such, is 100% not true. '''

I’m not saying what I’m saying what I state might not be rooted in facts or experience, or that you might not agree with it. But what I AM saying is that you should never take the STATEMENTS I will post as FACTS. YOU. HAVE. BEEN. WARNED.