Blogs are...
...A double edged sword that can be used for "good" or well, "not so good." The latter seems to take precedent all too often.
In a society where needless drama is running rampant, do blogs serve the bigger purpose here at curezone? I personally don't think they do. I think they will potentially water down the underlying message that curezone used to stand for and seems to be drifting away from. The once, "grass roots movement" is fast turning into an amusement park on that once carefully tended lawn.
I believe that allowing blogs in such a prominent space on the homepage, will make it an even more confusing place to get GOOD health information. When people are searching, they need clear, concise information, not stumbling blocks in the form of drama magnets. The last thing that alternative health needs is to have a beacon (ie curezone) drawing in people, just to throw them off. (pied piper effect) Alternative health does not need this kind of image nor should it serve this purpose.
If blogs ARE going to find a home here, I think that they should at the very least not be given as prominant a place on the homepage, as they are magnets for drama and potential negativity and even spam. Here is a case in point on how they are used as spam right from the inception of the new blog feature:
//www.curezone.org/blogs/m.asp?f=7&i=4
We have seen other forums become refuges for hate messages and other ill purposes. Allowing the new blog structure creates an even more prominent place for this kind of negativity to take place. Blogs make it way to easy, in my opinion, for potential negativity to find its way onto the homepage. I would prefer we have structures that nurture body , mind, and spirit, which is what I was led to believe Curezone was all about anyway. If it is changing from this ideal, then perhaps we should change the positioning statement to something else other than "educating instead of medicating".
Again if blogs are to become a permanent fixture here at Curezone (fast becoming dramazone or confusionzone), then I do hope they can find a much less prominent housing on the page. We should consider those people struggling to find there way back to ideal health. Isn't that who this site is really for? Offering them a sea of confusion may not serve their best interests.
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...A double edged sword that can be used for "good" or well, "not so good." The latter seems to take precedent all too often.
In a society where needless drama is running rampant, do blogs serve the bigger purpose here at curezone? I personally don't think they do. I think they will potentially water down the underlying message that curezone used to stand for and seems to be drifting away from. The once, "grass roots movement" is fast turning into an amusement park on that once carefully tended lawn.
I believe that allowing blogs in such a prominent space on the homepage, will make it an even more confusing place to get GOOD health information. When people are searching, they need clear, concise information, not stumbling blocks in the form of drama magnets. The last thing that alternative health needs is to have a beakon (ie curezone) drawing in people, just to throw them off. (pied piper effect) Alternative health does not need this kind of image nor should it serve this purpose.
If blogs ARE going to find a home here, I think that they should at the very least not be given as prominant a place on the homepage, as they are magnets for drama and potential negativity and even spam. Here is a case in point on how they are used as spam right from the inception of the new blog feature:
//www.curezone.org/blogs/m.asp?f=7&i=4
We have seen other forums become refuges for hate messages and other ill purposes. Allowing the new blog structure creates an even more prominent place for this kind of negativity to take place. Blogs make it way to easy, in my opinion, for potential negativity to find its way onto the homepage. I would prefer we have structures that nurture body , mind, and spirit, which is what I was led to believe Curezone was all about anyway. If it is changing from this ideal, then perhaps we should change the positioning statement to something else other than "educating instead of medicating".
If blogs are to be a permanent fixture here at Curezone (fast becoming dramazone or confusionzone), I do hope they can find a much less prominent housing on the page. We should consider those people struggling to find there wasy back to health. Isn't that who this site is really for? Offering them a sea of confusion may not serve their best interests.