Reply #2: I have not yet looked at to any real degree yet

[karynnj]

but will next week. Any comments I write now are based on not reallu understanding how groups work. Would a diary be just within a group (ie like a post here) or would it be both there and in the common area?

The idea of a John Kerry group does seem interesting - as it would put all the John Kerry diaries together. This might mean that someone interested in one diary, would see the others - and maybe read them.

I am not a trusted user now, but likely could start after Monday (we're going to NYC) to become one - which has been tedious but easy in the past. I have only written 2 diaries, but this would be motivation to create more rather than just creating cut and paste DU threads. It would likely have a side affect of helping on DU, because I think posting one DKOS link, which tries to do more than just links, could do better on DU-P.