Blogs Vs Forums!!!! - Page 2

Blogs are well thought of and well defined, well structured thoughts, with an intent to express the view of the author. In a sense, its a way for the author to express his views, unilaterally.... its a monologue of sorts, inviting comments or criticisms, but not discussions.

Forums are intended to go that one step ahead of blogs. Its takes off where the blog stops. It allows the author to write his/ her thoughts and invites the other readers to pen down their thoughts in reply/ rebuttal etc. Forums are intended to act as a platform for participants to freely exchange their views, without fear of censure, its a platform which supports the freedom of speech. It is intended to be the place where appreciation meets criticism to find the fine balance of the two, to draw the optimum picture of the situation / topic of discussion.

With reference to the Debate Mansion, Blogs may not be as effective as a forum, provided, of course, the Forum permits a open discussion/ debate on topics.

Blogs permit censorship. Thoughts not to the liking of the author may be taken off, it is indeed the private space of that author and he is the king of all he surveys in that space.

Forums are intended to be a open platform to permit discussions. Forums differ from blogs in this very vital area. Forums, normally, do not permit excessive censorship, for under the censorship regime, freedom of speech may suffer.

I remember the words of an old friend, who once reproduced an age old definition of the Forum as a "open place for exchange of thoughts". Its like a market place, where many topics of discussion is up for grabs. Take the one of your liking, voice your thoughts, if you dont like the heat, you are welcome to get out of it. If you like it, you are welcome to stay. But like a market place, where some law and order rules like "no goondagardi" etc. are imposed, some rules may be imposed, to avoid conflicts. But rules which clamp down on a persons Freedom of speech are akin to "Emergency Raj". These are fine during war, but during peace, it is killing the economy. And no war should last forever.

Sometimes, Blogs may be better than forums, if it allows you to express your thoughts, in an open and fair manner.

Reading a random blog is like listening to a person talking to himself. Imagine walking down the crowded street or in a train and having to listen to someone thinking out loud about whatever ails them at that moment. 😉

A forum is more like exchange of views and ideas whereas a blog is mostly one's thoughts or individual view. In a blog different outlook can be expressed through comments but it will rarely become a discussion till the blog owner intends it to be. Mostly it is going to be concuring to blog owner's views else you will be stifled. In that way I think forum has more freedom and scope of exchange of fresh thoughts with occasional censorship which may or may not be right depending upon the sensitivity of the person.

Originally posted by: lighthouse

Reading a random blog is like listening to a person talking to himself. Imagine walking down the crowded street or in a train and having to listen to someone thinking out loud about whatever ails them at that moment. 😉

😆😆 I like the way you put this.

Originally posted by: Maya_M

😆😆 I like the way you put this.

^ lol😆

yaa Blog dont have much life...........😳😊

I personally don't think one can compare and say whether a blog or forum is better. Both are extremely different.

Originally posted by: lighthouse

Reading a random blog is like listening to a person talking to himself. Imagine walking down the crowded street or in a train and having to listen to someone thinking out loud about whatever ails them at that moment. 😉

This is tooooooooooooo much Lighthouse ji😆

I think I should force you to read my blog😉😆