I wanna start a new blog but don't know which website, to use Options

[Simba]

I was thinking about tumblr but idk

I do have a tumblr but it's really random

blogspot
xanga
livejournal
tumblr
whatevs

if you bloggers could advise me on pros and cons, that'd be cool too



btw Carrie I notice you're an active blogger so I wouldn't mind hearing from you ;D


I don't really want to see this moved to RC but it probably will 'cause I see Thomas down there. boo
prove me wrong

[Simba]

naw I don't really think you're that bad Thomas, just sometimes a bit of a stickler for the rules but I think we can deal

I dunno I'm in a good mood

cools ninja

[tokyo-rose]

Blogger.com (Blogspot).

[Simba]

whyyyyy cristy tellll me whyyy oh whyyyy oh whyyy

[tokyo-rose]

whyyyyy cristy tellll me whyyy oh whyyyy oh whyyy

Templates load fast; easy to use (push-button publishing); no need for visitors to register to comment your stuff.

[salcha4u]

BLOGGER cause I have it and I only have the best.

[gojira]

tumblr

though they updated their design, it's still the simplest. i used to really like xanga but it's gotten too fancy for me. blogger was okay, just i'd prefer tumblr over it.

[vinay316]

I think Blogger.com would be your best option.
The new features added are quite awesome .

Take a look at mine as well
http://onlinemoneywithgoogleadsense.blogspot.com

[fameONE]

I have wordpress. I wouldn't recommend it. This b#tch is hard to customize.

www.fameONE.net

[Gigi]

Blogger. My reason sounds lame, but it's because most people use it. It's easily accessible and most of the community who use it are more serious bloggers, unlike Xanga where you have a bunch of preteens posting lame song lyrics or emo rants about their suckass life.

And personally, when reading blogs myself, I prefer the Blogger ones. It's just way less messy and keeps things more uniform I guess.

Next would be tumblr because I see more people using it nowadays and I like how it looks, but Blogger seems more hardcore, serious blogging (i.e. less random/one sentence blogging) than tumblr.

[gojira]

Blogger. My reason sounds lame, but it's because most people use it. It's easily accessible and most of the community who use it are more serious bloggers, unlike Xanga where you have a bunch of preteens posting lame song lyrics or emo rants about their suckass life.

And personally, when reading blogs myself, I prefer the Blogger ones. It's just way less messy and keeps things more uniform I guess.

Next would be tumblr because I see more people using it nowadays and I like how it looks, but Blogger seems more hardcore, serious blogging (i.e. less random/one sentence blogging) than tumblr.

i think i agree, though i favor tumblr. i used it for more inspirational spam or things that i like because i don't consider myself as a serious blogger. i actually don't like the way tumblr users post most of the time. it's not the pictures that make it look messy but the reblogging part bothers me. it makes it look cluttered, like a whole conversation going back and forth, but i suppose that was the point.

"Doubts and fears, hopes and dreams, likes and dislikes — they all get released into the ether that is Tumblr, and everyone else ingests them."

but i suppose that can go for any blog

[Gigi]

Yeah a tumblr seems like a self-updating Facebook status to me, so I know what you mean. It's convenient to put all the random stuff you have on your mind there though, but I'm assuming Arjuna wants a more structured blog.

[hypnotique]

tumblr

though they updated their design, it's still the simplest. i used to really like xanga but it's gotten too fancy for me. blogger was okay, just i'd prefer tumblr over it.

co-sign.

Sandy got mee hooked. I just love how the buttons are all big and stuff haha

[*KINGdinguhling*]

make a 2nd tumblr =]

[Harp]

Blogspot...

Although, I always kinda liked LJ, before they took away the basic accounts.

[brooklyneast05]

i think tumblrs good. i wouldn't use tumblr if i was going to have a text based blog, but that's just me. i was a writer for a blog a while ago that was set up on wordpress and i really liked how that was set up. it was never my job to customize the layout so i'd probably take brandon's advice on that if you are really into the layout being customized.


i prefer livejournal for my personal text based blog. mostly i do becuase my blog is private and i share different posts with different friends/family and livejournal has a nice set up that you can group people into different categories to control who see's what. it's easy to use in general though and easy to customize the layouts.


blogspot is sorta ugly set up to me

[mipadi]

This probably isn't that helpful, but I rolled my own blog software using Django.

[fameONE]

i think tumblrs good. i wouldn't use tumblr if i was going to have a text based blog, but that's just me. i was a writer for a blog a while ago that was set up on wordpress and i really liked how that was set up. it was never my job to customize the layout so i'd probably take brandon's advice on that if you are really into the layout being customized.

Mike's hooking it up, so I'm not too worried about anymore. For simply text based entries, it works. Posting pictures, especially hi-def pictures, can be a pain in the ass.

[*paperplane*]

I would only go near tumblr, blogger, and wordpress.

Tumblr is great if you're blogging casually, and don't always intend to write out real posts.

Blogger is good for the more serious blogging, but you can do better if you know what you're doing.

Wordpress is much better, but you do have to know what you're doing to a somewhat greater extent.

[Simba]

hmm well I'll be posting many photos for sure, so I dunno about Livejournal.


I like Tumblr, but I think I'd use it for more personal blogging and random ish. (and heck yeah, reblogging is confusing as heck)

so that leaves me with blogspot but I wanna know more

Networking is also very important to me.





what is that Dippery

[brooklyneast05]

i think i agree, though i favor tumblr.

i would favor if you would go favor tumblr more aka get back to blogging

[sixfive]

lookbook ;)

[superstitious]

I don't know, Arjuna. I think blogger looks the most polished, depending on who you want your audience to be. Tumblr is great as well, I just don't see it as a blogging blogging medium.

[tokyo-rose]

I like Tumblr, but I think I'd use it for more personal blogging and random ish. (and heck yeah, reblogging is confusing as heck)

All you have to do is press the "reblog" link and..reblog the post. It's not that hard. Ignore all the "via [Tumblr user here]" stuff; those are just links back to the other people who reblogged the post before you did.

[gojira]

i would favor if you would go favor tumblr more aka get back to blogging stubborn.gif

i will after i gather my life together. i've been getting lost in the interweb for far too long, to the point where i lose track of days. i will miss this addiction.

All you have to do is press the "reblog" link and..reblog the post. It's not that hard. Ignore all the "via [Tumblr user here]" stuff; those are just links back to the other people who reblogged the post before you did.

i think he knows how to reblog. also, i've spoken to true tumblr users who are all about reblogging. lurking in tumblr videochat made me ashamed that i don't follow their trend, only because it looks messy. their point was that it's rude to steal entries from other users and not give them credit, which is the point of reblogging, especially when they do reblog and change the entry. but after all, it is my blog, and i do what i want. if i stumble pictures on tumblr, i try to link the original source, but not from the user... so i'm even worse than those users.

[queen]

i love tumblr's simplicity and ingenuity. i like wordpress's streamlined-ness and synchronicity.

i think if you're more a text-based/comment&input-seeking blogger, wordpress is more for you.

[gojira]

I LAVA YOU QUEEN :0 NEXT TIME WE MEET AND I CAN BE YER NEW BUM ASS FREND

[Simba]

the more advanced bloggers are saying tumblr. beginner man me is saying tumblr. juna, get. a. tumblr.

i already have one ninja, lol

tutat.tumblr.com

I don't know, Arjuna. I think blogger looks the most polished, depending on who you want your audience to be. Tumblr is great as well, I just don't see it as a blogging blogging medium.

i dig

[dilligrout]

tumblr
I agree, it's the shit. And its simple =]
Check it out.

[fameONE]

So I just created a tumblr for myself. I wanted to see what the fuss was all about.

Tumblr confuses me.

[mipadi]

what is that Dippery

Huh? What? Who?

[Simba]

whatever you posted about earlier

[mipadi]

whatever you posted about earlier

Yeah, I know. Thought maybe you had a more specific point. Anyway, I said that I wrote my site by hand, which affords a great deal of flexibility, but probably isn't an option for you.

[fameONE]

I recently rediscovered my livejournal. I keep losing track my journals, and as much as I enjoy putting pen to paper, I've had my LJ for almost four years now. That's where the personal shit goes. I refuse to go into too much detail about my life on wordpress.

[ironicsilence]

I like blogspot.

[emberfly]

but Juna you already haz Xanga?!?! Xanga pwnz :O

[Simba]

haha yeah I do have a Xanga but

I ended up getting a Wordpress

[emberfly]

topic closed?

[Simba]

no way

[Maccabee]

Id have to say a website with the home page like a blog. And use cutenews and pay 5 bucks so you dont have to have an add.
That way you can customize it and add different pages like photography and contact forms.
You could always start here:
http://wefuze.com/web-hosting/

[emberfly]

^ That site's layout needs work

[saintsaens]

I liked tumblr a lot. Tumblr actually makes me want to post more on my blog. Definitely keeps me in touch with the people who's blog I'm following. Definitely addictive!

[Maccabee]

Why dont you like it? Its my site?
*checks site*
uhhh ohhh....
I just realized it doesnt look so good in internet explorer.

[emberfly]

^it's your site? I was viewing in Firefox.

[Maccabee]

Yup.
What's wrong with it? Just dont like it?

[emberfly]

• I would change the colors completely
• the corners on the banner thing aren't rounded.. so they don't look good imo.
• the nav-links font and the "we-fuze.com" font in the header needs anti-aliasing... BIG TIME.
• would definitely make the colors better :3 but i already said that.
• I don't like the checker thing, but if you made all the blocks a different color I think it would look kinda good.

I hope that wasn't too mean.... if so, you can just follow the critique below

• It's nice!

[Insurmountable]

I think you did the right thing by getting wordpress.

If you change your mind I had a LJ before I just went to wordpress.

[YoUnGgUnNa360]

I would say more personal blogs use Blogger/Blogspot, but tend to see more companies and such using Wordpress.