Michele, it will only be a small group that will want to blog consistently from your current forum members from what I suspect. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I think that 'maybe' 10% of the users will set one up and then I'd say 50% of those won't be that consistent with it.
But, once I start to cross-promote on my three sites and then promote the use of
http://www.TheWDBHub.com, then I'll be able to 'highlight' each of the three sites separately and will have members in each one independent from one another.
It's interesting that some folks like a 'social networking' site and participate doing commentary (mini-blogs) but don't like the setup or 'feel' of a forums based site. While others go with forums all day long and don't like to 'mingle' with friends right away on social networking sites. Others feel that they don't like any of that 'interaction' and want to express their thoughts on anything they decide to. Those bloggers are more into themselves (not a bad thing, mind you) and would rather carry on this ongoing communication with the world.
Yes, there will be a small loyal group that will become members and even utilize all three types, but not many. So, I wanted to create the 'portal' page so that they could all meet there and go their separate ways to the different sites.
I'm still debating whether to do something as far as a shoutbox or something on TheWDBHub page, but I doubt that I will. I'd rather it be a 'map' or 'directory' to the WDB family of sites
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