About the Journals

[Mythsaje]

I wasn't really sure at first how much I'd use this function, though I thought it was a pretty cool deal. I already have a blog, which is sometimes neglected for my fiction work or to post on DU, though I do transfer some of my better posts over there. Not necessarily for wider readership, since I'm not sure how many people actually GO to my blog from my website. Probably not as many as I would like, since I include a warning on my site that it's not for the non-political or self-described neocons. :evilgrin:

But I find there are a lot of things I've put in my journal that never make it to my blog at all. So, I guess, in that respect, it's pretty useful. From what I can tell, however, those who have perused my Journal, few have added any comments to those that are already there from the original posts.

So in many ways the Journals are like time capsules...we can go back days, weeks, or even months later to see what we wrote, and see what people thought about it at the time.

I still think they're a pretty cool deal.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I agree

[Mabus]

2. I wish I could add posts others have made to my journal

'cuz there are so many others who are better writers than I am and I think their information needs to be seen by so many.

It'd be cool to have a DU "timeline" journal by the Admins. A journal of the timeline of major stories since DU's inception. Ideally the entries would be either from "Latest Breaking News" forum or the entries which best capture what was going on contemporaneously with the event as it unfolded. A sort of evolving timeline.

Alternatively, maybe we should start a "Research Topic" for a timeline composed of links to the original posts that highlight the major stories since DU's inception. It would help us put things in perspective as we continue our journey through our real-life prequeal to the realization of Orwell's "1984".