Would you use a Blog section? (Where you can post blog posts directly on the forum)

[AstonJ]

@ashkan117

I saw that my post was mentioned so I wanted to add a brief comment just from a user perspective. I browse ElixirForum often but rarely post. I would usually see libraries make an initial post and then within the same thread make updates and/or reply to people and that was my inte ntion

You 100% did the right thing Ashkan

Currently that’s exactly what we prefer (one thread per library or project with updates posted in it) but since our frameworks category has grown, and there were three more potential projects to be added just from last year (Popcorn, Nex and Beam Bots) as mentioned in our Elixir Forum 2026 Update - It’s Our 10th Birthday! announcement we are moving away from the one thread per library or project rule to make the system fairer for everyone (so every library or project can post news/update threads as well). The first step towards this was with our new Your Libraries & OS Mentoring > Library Updates / Feedback section

@NobbZ

I wouldn’t use it to write, I have already a personal website where I’d put my blog posts.

Though I know about people who don’t. I have seen forums where such sections are used by users.

So I am not against such a section on the forum.

They can be quite popular (depending on the forum) and perhaps it’s worth more of a try now for two reasons:

• Fewer and fewer people go to the trouble of setting up a personal blog
• More and more people are turning to AI to write posts for them

Our section and guidelines could encourage the opposite of both of the above?

@derek-zhou

That is true. All I wanted to do is to warn people that there is a much better and only slightly inconvenient way, which is to start your own blog. I have written and posted series postings that amount to novella length on BBSs 30 years ago but they are all lost now. If only I knew.

Always save a local copy… or find someone who has