When thinking about this question, I initially was leaning\u00a0toward the discussion board as the format I preferred more. \u00a0I was thinking that it was more organized in structure, but then I realized that the discussion board was actually sort of clunky in the way that you have to navigate up and down, back and forth, in order to \u00a0read the various threads and replies, while the format of the blog displays and lists all of the replies and the entirety of the thread on a single page in one chronological progression. I like this more. It’s easier for me to follow the discussion this way, where I don’t have to navigate back to some previous post, searching hither and yon for some statement of fact or opinion that I vaguely remember the point or basis of. \u00a0I would agree that the discussion board seems \u00a0more disciplined in terms of moderating or maintaining the topic of the discussion. But why can’t a blog be maintained with that same standard?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When thinking about this question, I initially was leaning\u00a0toward the discussion board as the format I preferred more. \u00a0I was thinking that it was more organized in structure, but then I realized that the discussion board was actually sort of clunky in the way that you have to navigate up and down, back and forth,… Continue reading