A YM Blog?

[Angel!]

I think this may have been discussed before, but after reading some of that crazy woman's blog I can't help but wonder if we should start a blog.  We have an enormous amount of knowledge amongst all the posters that would be 1000 times better than the crap she is selling.  If enough people contributed even occassionally, then it would be really easy to keep going.  And it would likely drive more traffic to the forum. 

I can just see articles about being a landlord, saving 50% of your income, adoption, 11%, quitting your job to open a toy store, why we hate Dave Ramsey, why we like Dave Ramsey, childcare costs, being broke, being rich, and on & on.  Basically a lot of the stuff we discuss only written in article form & more available to the public.   In my head it is an awesome blog. 

Does that interest anyone?  Or does that take away from the forum or the fun of being on here to just talk & argue?  What say you?

[Deleted]

I thought this was a blog.

[Deleted]

The world doesn't need any more blogs.  

[Angel!]

LOL!

Ok, clearly not much interest.  I kind of figured there wouldn't be.  It just bugs me that someone like that can produce utter crapola & somehow have 100,000 followers or something.  What the hell is wrong with the world?

[Deleted]

There are a few of us here who write articles and sometimes use threads for inspiration. 

[Angel!]

Mar 6, 2014 17:53:22 GMT -5 @atsahsreborn said:

There are a few of us here who write articles and sometimes use threads for inspiration. 

At least we have some people like you to balance out the craziness of the blog chick

[hoops902]

I think it's an interesting idea, but I think it's likely that a blog with that many different authors who have in some cases polar opposite opinions would likely just turn into the forum where the blogs essentially turn into arguing against what someone else already wrote.  You'd need 1 person to essentially edit everything, and it would really just turn into their blog.  A successful blog needs an identity, and I don't think the vast amount of viewpoints here really works with that.  I think a handful of like-minded people could probably pull it off with some good content, but I don't think it would be successful with such a large group (I'm just picturing "social welfare is needed" "no, it's horrible".  I think it would quickly turn into the forum).

A+ for thinking it though.

[haapai]

It could be a place to publish manifestos without having to tack a question onto the end.

[Angel!]

Mar 6, 2014 18:22:08 GMT -5 haapai said:

It could be a place to publish manifestos without having to tack a question onto the end.

That is probably basically what it would be.  Not sure if that would be good or not .   

I think hoops is right that you would need one or more people filtering the stuff that is allowed to be posted.  Although I could see multiple viewpoints on issues being fine depending on how it was presented.

[shanendoah]

I have a blog and my own domain. If folks wanted me to set up a new blog (with permissions for lots of people to post) I could do that.

[Sum Dum Gai]

My blog post on quitting your job to open a toy store would be pretty damn short. You can only stretch out the phrase 'are you fucking crazy' so far.

[justme]

You could set up the comments (I think) to link a version of the post here to draw people directly here.

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I agree that what the world doesn't need is another blog - especially one with multiple topics - it's best to hone in on one topic that you're passionate about, and focus on that one topic.

Too many topics/discussions turns into a cloned copy of this forum's YM section - or other forums/blogs discussing money-related topics. It's been done.

Better to specialize on ONE specific subject for a Blog type webpage.

[Jaguar]

Just link people to this Board.

[Sum Dum Gai]

Link them to this board from where?  My facebook page?  Not gonna happen.  Nobody that talks about family money issues wants to invite all their closest friends and family here.  A blog makes more sense.  I'd happily write a semi-anonymous blog post about opening a small retail establishment and link people here from it.  I wouldn't link people here on my business or personal Facebook page though.

[busymom]

I like the idea of a blog. There's certainly plenty of intelligent people here (many who got their education through real-life experiences). But, it might be a pain for whoever gets put in charge to decide on topics.  And then, how do we decide each month who gets to author the "theme of the month"? 

 

[Lizard Queen]

Mar 6, 2014 21:09:25 GMT -5 busymom said:

I like the idea of a blog. There's certainly plenty of intelligent people here (many who got their education through real-life experiences). But, it might be a pain for whoever gets put in charge to decide on topics.  And then, how do we decide each month who gets to author the "theme of the month"? 

 

  I think it's a good idea, actually, but I'm not volunteering! 
(Hopefully, someday I would feel qualified to)

[Deleted]

Mar 6, 2014 19:00:28 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

My blog post on quitting your job to open a toy store would be pretty damn short. You can only stretch out the phrase 'are you fucking crazy' so far.

I think you managed 50 pages of enthusiastic writing, reality checks, highs/lows, and a variety of adhoc advice    I'm sure someone could summarize, or even make a comic strip out of it.

[NancysSummerSip]

Mar 6, 2014 17:53:22 GMT -5 @atsahsreborn said:

There are a few of us here who write articles and sometimes use threads for inspiration. 

Oh my, yes, we do use you all....for laughs and inspiration.

[Deleted]

I am more of a reactionary poster than an "idea poster" so I guess I will be the one keeping the comments section alive! 

[wyouser]

I vote for more dog blogs (Threads) Some of these have been great lately

[wyouser]

But this is from an escapee from EE so take it with a grain of dog biscuit

[justme]

Well, if we go with the "Theme of the Month" idea that might be a bit easier and keep the blog a bit more focused. Like, say, pick a theme of Student Loans. And then anyone who wants to write a blog on that topic writes it and it's posted during that month. If it's a popular or controversial topic there might be a blog every day of the month, or if it's less so than once a week.

[Angel!]

Mar 7, 2014 7:52:46 GMT -5 @tbird said:

Mar 6, 2014 16:30:43 GMT -5 Angel! said:

I think this may have been discussed before, but after reading some of that crazy woman's blog I can't help but wonder if we should start a blog.  We have an enormous amount of knowledge amongst all the posters that would be 1000 times better than the crap she is selling.  If enough people contributed even occassionally, then it would be really easy to keep going.  And it would likely drive more traffic to the forum. 

I can just see articles about being a landlord, saving 50% of your income, adoption, 11%, quitting your job to open a toy store, why we hate Dave Ramsey, why we like Dave Ramsey, childcare costs, being broke, being rich, and on & on.  Basically a lot of the stuff we discuss only written in article form & more available to the public.   In my head it is an awesome blog. 

Does that interest anyone?  Or does that take away from the forum or the fun of being on here to just talk & argue?  What say you?

tots ripping off my much better articulated idea of multi-blogs tied together 

I.....any of us....could write up a list of rules that we gleen from our own personal existence.

Genius time!

Lets all do this at a common site! 13-15 povs! Have one site, we all write up our own deals blogolike, and see where it goes?

Highlight the difs in a separate area with links to the pages, etc. Title?

Ladies on crack...

I mean finance!

Wow! Great minds think alike

[Angel!]

Mar 7, 2014 11:43:06 GMT -5 justme said:

Well, if we go with the "Theme of the Month" idea that might be a bit easier and keep the blog a bit more focused. Like, say, pick a theme of Student Loans. And then anyone who wants to write a blog on that topic writes it and it's posted during that month. If it's a popular or controversial topic there might be a blog every day of the month, or if it's less so than once a week.

I like the "theme of the month" idea. 

If there is real interest, then I would be willing to coordinate things, maybe with a few others. We could get shanendoah to set up a site. Come up with themes and put a call out for articles. I think we would want to moderate what gets posted. 

[Angel!]

Mar 6, 2014 19:00:28 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

My blog post on quitting your job to open a toy store would be pretty damn short. You can only stretch out the phrase 'are you fucking crazy' so far.

Lol, ok write an article on how to get a 6 figure govt IT job.    Or I could just found where you wrote it all somewhere in a thread before and just copy it.

[Deleted]

That kind of brings things full circle. Back on MSN the boards started as kind of the comments section for a few financial bloggers; Donna Freeman, Liz Pullman, the WIR woman (the original one)...

[shanendoah]

Do we have thoughts on what we want to call it? I need a name in order to create the page, and it would be nice if the page name/address matched the name of the blog. 
The CNN money blogs are called Your Money, so we may want a different name. 
Your Money Matters and Money Matters are both blog names, as well.

I don't think I'd want to call it YM simply because as a pre-teen/early teen, I read YM magazine, so that really has different connotations.

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