Blogring vs. Xangans/cB Options

[*Libertie*]

<- fellow band geek :P There are a lot of us here, actually..

I think I've seen you around, but I'm fairly new still so you probably don't know me. Nice to meet you.

[Miss Criss]

I posted a lot for a short time span about a year ago. I'm not certain why I didn't stay. There were more people like me on BR, I guess.

Anyhow, nice to meet you as well.

[*Libertie*]

Ah, see, this isn't the best time to be visiting cB.. It's kind of annoying here right now. >_>

[Miss Criss]

I check up every so often, I just don't feel compelled to post.

Why is it not the best of times...?

[*lolita kitty*]

I doooo. I remember when I first joined cb I would secretly use blogring's layouts, and hope that no one from cb would catch me.

Haha

[*Libertie*]

I check up every so often, I just don't feel compelled to post.

Why is it not the best of times...?

Nah, just a few things.. Bored kids during the summer.. Random stuff. I exaggerate. :P

You're more than welcome to help make it less annoying, though, if you'd like. :D

[Miss Criss]

I wouldn't mind in the least. I'm one of those bored kids during the summer. What do you have in mind? :]

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Oh, yeah! You were a fellow bank geek! XD

Yeah, exactly! My fellow clarinet player, too.

<- fellow band geek :P There are a lot of us here, actually..

Are you really? Oh, I think I love you even more now, Dani <33

I wouldn't mind in the least. I'm one of those bored kids during the summer. What do you have in mind? :]

Posting things that wouldn't be considered spam?

[*baby_in_blue*]

Oh, I'm actually a member. I haven't been on there in ... wow, I can't even remember my username.

hahaha, me eitherrrr.

[Clarisse]

Forums are forums.

I joined Blogring. I joined Createblog.

On CB, I have less than one hundred posts. On BR, I've got over six thousand. Why? As everyone pointed out, Createblog's got more and better layouts than BR, it's much more organized, and definitely more active. But what keeps me active on a site are the people I meet. On Blogring, I feel welcomed. Not to say all the people on Createblog are evil and out to kill noobs, I was just recognized for posts I put a lot of thought into, and because my post count is low here, meh, I just feel classified as a "noob." Now I admit that a few people here welcomed me, Statues/ Shadows, pshaa.shauna (or something to that effect) back when I was on an old account, but it just wasn't enough to stay. Also, due to bad experiences other friends of mine had (most of them dealing with how someone looked), I felt less obligated to stay active. So you can be more active, more organized, better with graphics, but I'm happy with the lesser site, anyways.

[dramatic irony]

Well, I'm not going to lie here. I'm coming from Blogring.

*dodges bullets, tomatoes, and other numerous objects coming my direction*

I like it there. The people are friendly, as afore mentioned, and I didn't really join either for layouts because I make my own. I recently joined cB because I like to judge things for myself. I think many people at BR are like that. I don't make a generalizations that everyone from cB is a vegetarian, due to one member's beliefs (just an example). It's all out of courtesy.

So, here I am, trying something new.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Forums are forums.

I joined Blogring. I joined Createblog.

On CB, I have less than one hundred posts. On BR, I've got over six thousand. Why? As everyone pointed out, Createblog's got more and better layouts than BR, it's much more organized, and definitely more active. But what keeps me active on a site are the people I meet. On Blogring, I feel welcomed. Not to say all the people on Createblog are evil and out to kill noobs, I was just recognized for posts I put a lot of thought into, and because my post count is low here, meh, I just feel classified as a "noob." Now I admit that a few people here welcomed me, Statues/ Shadows, pshaa.shauna (or something to that effect) back when I was on an old account, but it just wasn't enough to stay. Also, due to bad experiences other friends of mine had (most of them dealing with how someone looked), I felt less obligated to stay active. So you can be more active, more organized, better with graphics, but I'm happy with the lesser site, anyways.

Oh, you appreciated that? I thought I scared you away...you were amusing and had good music taste, so I sort of pounced, because the prospect of someone new and interesting excited me.

[*chaneun*]

if you search "createblog" on urbandictionary, you see that the second definition is clearly written by a blogringer.

[Clarisse]

Well obviously that particular Blogringer isn't the type of person that I stay on the site for. We're not all that stupid.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Did someone delete it? There's nothing remotely offensive there now. (Which is a shame, because I wanted to see it.)

[Cyrano]

I also come from Blogring. I was also the one that warned one of your staff.

Yeah...I went to blogring the other day..and posted ONE topic..about how their site design was kind of...ugly...And someone pointed out that you can change the designs..and I was like "Oh okay..."

So like 30 mins after the problem was solved, this heffer PMs me..and WARNS me. That's a little extreme.

So I was like, "Why are you warning me? The problem was solved...And so on..."

The next thing I knew I was suspended.

Lol, this happened on Saturday. And I am still suspended.

I don't think what I said was that bad. It wasn't really that serious.

Posting topics that are rude and also annoying deserve a warning. Yes, a warning. With the warning, I also gave you a PM. I told you not to do it again, and you replied using the 'f'word multiple times. Not only is this immature and offensive, but talking to a moderator like that is worth a suspension. I was surprised to see that you were even apart of People Staff from everything you threw at me.

Anyway, I do agree, you do have a better theme selection. You also have a better layout.

[snaple]

Michael Zhang did nothing to settle the copyright problems between Blogring and Createblog. His friend Jordan (trancis) settled it with micron without a single word of thanks from Michael.

The feud doesn't exist anymore because, as you can see, everyone on cB already feels that they are the best and they no longer feel they have to prove themself.

As for blogring . . net being filtered, isn't it about time you remove that micron? I know blogring doesn't filter createblog anymore. (I fixed that)

cB is just as confusing to me as blogring seems to you =]

[*chaneun*]

Did someone delete it? There's nothing remotely offensive there now. (Which is a shame, because I wanted to see it.)

an online forum consisting of adolescent retards, whose lives depend solely on the internet. most people on createblog are unable to think for themselves, and will believe anything they are told.

[*Libertie*]

I wouldn't mind in the least. I'm one of those bored kids during the summer. What do you have in mind? :]

What Nicki (Statues/Shadows) said. We need more quality posts.

Are you really? Oh, I think I love you even more now, Dani <33

Played flute for six years.
By the way, that definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=createblog
It's the second one. But it was posted a LONG time ago. No big deal. *shrug*

For everyone coming here to defend BR, I have nothing against the website or its members. That feud is long over, although I understand that this thread comes across as a personal attack. To those who ARE attacking BR, that's not what we're here for so please stop. On their forums, CB isn't even brought up, much less insulted, so it's not right for our members to be bashing them for no reason.

I'll bring something up about the filtering with one of the admins, I'm sure that's just something that never got removed. As far as I know, there really is no animosity between us anymore.

edit// HI MIC I SEE YOU *waves* I met your girlfriend in KC last May.

[Vendetta_br]

How the rumor mill grinds and turns.

I figured, after quietly tracking this thread all evening, that I'd interject a few thoughts of my own.

Let me start with this:

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showuser=22670 <<< Brownsugar, it's a strange twist of fate that you are on the People's Staff here on cB, when nigh on a week ago I banned you off blogring for cussing out a moderator in PM's, spamming, and being a general nuisance. Your account on BR WAS http://www.blogring/index.php?showuser=240513 . Put I don't put up with nonsense, especially not immature badgering.

I digress. I've searched and searched BR. I've turned my forum upside down. I haven't found a single thread directed at cB. Not one. Newsflash, we keep to ourselves. We really don't care what cB does, we don't bring you up, we don't bother you. We don't flame you. And yet here I sit, in a thread on cB, directed at us.

Disturbing, I find your fixation on BR. On our community. On the way we do things. Is it fear I sense? Feeling threatened at all? I've read three pages of incessant whining, on and on about how our design is innefectual, not as good, we don't have as many good layouts, etcetera. Itherto, you've said: "Createblog is better than Blogring!" A bold statement. For having an inferiority complex, Blogring, even pulling out of a "slow" point, still manages to clip 14 million user hits a month. We're generating enough self sustaining revenue to begin moving the site to an even bigger server, and facilitate a greater amount of resources, both internal and external.

Haha, that site is so horrrible now... well, it always was. I registered there a long time ago, but I found it boring and it was really hard to navigate around the site. Yes, I remember the feud too. I was a mod here when everyone on the staff had a huge grudge against blogring. We all hated their guts and I remember reading the topics on it. I don't care anymore though; they are in no competition if they're up against us.

For being an "administrator" on cB, this is an awful statement. You're judging BR, when it truth, it's pretty clear you have absolutely no basis, or idea what you're talking about, aside from some (understandable, however skewed) slant you have. If you'd actually sit down, and roll your mouse over the top of the page, you'll discover something: We use the same navigation system (Thanks, ipb!) but ours even has multiple and redundant forum links so you can't get lost! Everything is laid out pretty clear. If you can't figure it out, it's not the site layout that's bad, maybe those who can't understand it are just stupid.

Not to pop your bubble or anything, since you think we're "no competition", but you know we are. You have an ACP, and I'm damn sure you know how to check your hits per month. We wouldn't be sitting near the top on most search engine spiders if we were no competition. On most engines, we actually beat cB. According to google, we also beat you on re-directs and hits. But, please. you're right. You're the only viable skinning site out there.

Incoherent, I appreciate you quoting me, it gives a good indication on how BR is completely evolving into a beast you can't hope to fathom from this vantage point. Tip of the iceberg. The wheels of change have just began to turn, and I'm not going to tout my superiority, or call cB no competition.

I'd be a damn fool if I thought that. Fortunately, I'm not.

Sad to see more than a handful of you admitting to coming to BR just to start drama. Children.

And let me correct a few rumors:

Michael Zhang sold BR LONG ago. It's now under new ownership. The URL is the same. The only difference is now we have a rather large funding base to do with as we please on the site, because our benefactor happens to a number of high traffic community sites, which gives us a very flexible budget.

Also, Criss, John (BR's former administrator), did not resign. Yusuf had him replaced. John was retiring anyway, though, fyi.

And yes, I did have a little run here on cB. I judged cB for myself, and deemed cB inadequite, but that's my opinion. If my girlfriend (Jamie Lynn) likes cB, so be it. That's her choice, I'm not going to get fussy about it. I'm a fan of opinion.

I also find that I like BR's community more. We're far more friendly and welcoming.

We also don't start drama with your site. We just don't care enough.

Cute though, that many of you seem to care so much. And since you all love to just express your opinions on BR, I thought I'd share mine about cB with all of you. Take if for what it is.

I don't like the drama. I'm not a fan of it, and I don't like to propogate it here on cB. But i deserve a say.

//edit lolz hi Libertie. Yeah, Jamie told me. How was it?

[Miss Criss]

Roman, don't bother. You're only going to upset them.

And I agree with Clarisse. It's wrong to make a generalization on a group of people due to certain individuals' actions. I say, let the grudges be forgotten. If anything, we can have friendly competition, but is there any reason to continue this hostile attitude?

EDIT// I know John was kicked. I didn't think he wanted people to know that, and yes, I already knew he was leaving.

[*Libertie*]

I guess I was too late. =\

I'll just watch as all hell breaks loose now.

I don't like the drama. I'm not a fan of it, and I don't like to propogate it here on cB. But i deserve a say.

Completely understood. But also understand that not everyone on cB is in strong opposition to BR. That's not the impression I want you to get, and surely as you can see not everyone who posted in this thread posted something negative.

[twin__cinema]

How the rumor mill grinds and turns.

I figured, after quietly tracking this thread all evening, that I'd interject a few thoughts of my own.

Let me start with this:

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showuser=22670 <<< Brownsugar, it's a strange twist of fate that you are on the People's Staff here on cB, when nigh on a week ago I banned you off blogring for cussing out a moderator in PM's, spamming, and being a general nuisance. Your account on BR WAS http://www.blogring/index.php?showuser=240513 . Put I don't put up with nonsense, especially not immature badgering.

I digress. I've searched and searched BR. I've turned my forum upside down. I haven't found a single thread directed at cB. Not one. Newsflash, we keep to ourselves. We really don't care what cB does, we don't bring you up, we don't bother you. We don't flame you. And yet here I sit, in a thread on cB, directed at us.

Disturbing, I find your fixation on BR. On our community. On the way we do things. Is it fear I sense? Feeling threatened at all? I've read three pages of incessant whining, on and on about how our design is innefectual, not as good, we don't have as many good layouts, etcetera. Itherto, you've said: "Createblog is better than Blogring!" A bold statement. For having an inferiority complex, Blogring, even pulling out of a "slow" point, still manages to clip 14 million user hits a month. We're generating enough self sustaining revenue to begin moving the site to an even bigger server, and facilitate a greater amount of resources, both internal and external.
For being an "administrator" on cB, this is an awful statement. You're judging BR, when it truth, it's pretty clear you have absolutely no basis, or idea what you're talking about, aside from some (understandable, however skewed) slant you have. If you'd actually sit down, and roll your mouse over the top of the page, you'll discover something: We use the same navigation system (Thanks, ipb!) but ours even has multiple and redundant forum links so you can't get lost! Everything is laid out pretty clear. If you can't figure it out, it's not the site layout that's bad, maybe those who can't understand it are just stupid.

Not to pop your bubble or anything, since you think we're "no competition", but you know we are. You have an ACP, and I'm damn sure you know how to check your hits per month. We wouldn't be sitting near the top on most search engine spiders if we were no competition. On most engines, we actually beat cB. According to google, we also beat you on re-directs and hits. But, please. you're right. You're the only viable skinning site out there.

Incoherent, I appreciate you quoting me, it gives a good indication on how BR is completely evolving into a beast you can't hope to fathom from this vantage point. Tip of the iceberg. The wheels of change have just began to turn, and I'm not going to tout my superiority, or call cB no competition.

I'd be a damn fool if I thought that. Fortunately, I'm not.

Sad to see more than a handful of you admitting to coming to BR just to start drama. Children.

And let me correct a few rumors:

Michael Zhang sold BR LONG ago. It's now under new ownership. The URL is the same. The only difference is now we have a rather large funding base to do with as we please on the site, because our benefactor happens to a number of high traffic community sites, which gives us a very flexible budget.

Also, Criss, John (BR's former administrator), did not resign. Yusuf had him replaced. John was retiring anyway, though, fyi.

And yes, I did have a little run here on cB. I judged cB for myself, and deemed cB inadequite, but that's my opinion. If my girlfriend (Jamie Lynn) likes cB, so be it. That's her choice, I'm not going to get fussy about it. I'm a fan of opinion.

I also find that I like BR's community more. We're far more friendly and welcoming.

We also don't start drama with your site. We just don't care enough.

Cute though, that many of you seem to care so much. And since you all love to just express your opinions on BR, I thought I'd share mine about cB with all of you. Take if for what it is.

I don't like the drama. I'm not a fan of it, and I don't like to propogate it here on cB. But i deserve a say.

I do believe cB has just been owned.

[Vendetta_br]

I know this Libertie. I'm directing my thoughts more at the ones who do. I hold cB in high regard. It's the muckrackers that make us all look bad, so I'm settling as much of it as I can.

[*Libertie*]

I do believe cB has just been owned.

I didn't realize that was what this was about.

Not fast enough. Ah well. Quick edit..

Well, I do have respect for BR as well, and I'm hoping the feuding can stop at some point. Thanks for at least trying to be diplomatic.