The Forum of Benfleet Running Club

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1690 Location: Rayleigh

FORUM or BLOGG...what's the difference ?

Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 320 Location: Canvey Island

I reckon the....Spelling! Smile

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Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 413 Location: Benfleet

Forum is a discussion area where different people post messages and Blogg is a journal which is usually written by one person, think im correct there

Steffan · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 543 Location: Basildon

Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 953 Location: Hockley

i'm with Steve - the Blog is a personal thing....the forum is to annoy as many people as possible in converstation...

rgds
Mike
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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.

jacklarge · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 239 Location: Rayleigh, Essex

From Jack Large’s “Layman’s Guide to Web-Speak”:

Blog: one person’s online journal.
A blog is the web equivalent of the holiday slides/pictures you sit through when you go round a friend’s house. Usually only interesting to the people involved. It allows wallflowers to express their prejudices to the same level as the egotist.

Forum: Online group discussion.
An online forum is a virtual pub discussion/brawl that occasionally beats out some knowledge/interest from the alcohol-induced meanderings of the participants.

Present company accepted, of course Wink

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Cheers,

John
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"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"

- Holly, ships computer, Red Dwarf

Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 953 Location: Hockley

John, excellent resume. I have to say the more Blogs I read by runners - and there are thousands if not more.....the more I agree with your description....

re the Forum - right (write) on!

rgds

Mike
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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Benfleet

If you say....

"A funny thing happened on the way to the forum", you may be talking about a film

However, if you say.....

"A funny thing happened on the way to the blog", you may need a doctor.... Laughing

Mark
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The hills are alive........

jacklarge · Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 239 Location: Rayleigh, Essex

On the subject of blogs:

Jack Large's No. 1 Tip
Think twice before you commit to using 'dark' humour on a blog post.

Example: http://trixter.wordpress.com/2006/03/20/jim-fixx-irony-clarified/ Embarassed

Cheers,

John.
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"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless, uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"

- Holly, ships computer, Red Dwarf