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Since a lot of people seem to be making blogs that belong elsewhere, or are not blogs at all, I’ve decided to make this blog describing what you should not make a blog of.
Don’t #1: Introductory Blogs
This is done far too often, and there’s really no excuse for it since the place these should belong are obvious. The Meet & Greet Forums are right below the User Blogs. That forum is specifically meant for that.
Examples:
Hi
New here! Wow! I can't wait to BRAWL!
heyo
Don't #2: Polls
A lot of polls pop up here, despite them not being blogs at all. Blogs are supposed to be added to with comments, not made up by comments -- and unless a blog is a rant or description of someone's opinion onto which people add their own opinions, that's what happens. Chances are, if a blog is a poll, it can be put in another part of the forum anyways. If you see that the specific forum does not allow a specific type of poll, why would you post it here? For example, the Light House does not allow "Who is the best?"-type topics, due to them devolving to one-liners and spam. If it's not allowed there, why would it be allowed elsewhere?
Examples:
Favorite Zelda songs?
help!
The Top 5 Most hated Characters in Brawl
Don't #3: General Topics Which Belong Elsewhere
Aside from simply polls, there are other things which people put in the User Blogs when it can easily belong elsewhere. If you're too lazy to figure out exactly where a topic goes, then don't post it at all. If you're not sure, don't just put it in the User Blogs. If you end up being conflicted between two forums, post it in one and say that you're not sure if it belongs there and if it needs to be moved, it can be moved. 9 times out of 10, though, you should be able to get it in the right forum pretty easily.
A specific instance of this is a thread which actually doesn't belong at all; "Who should I main?" threads. This thread gives thorough advice on how to choose your main. Read that thread, and if you can't figure out someone to main...main random, what can I say? We can't give you any more help on choosing a main than that thread can.
Another specific instance is YouTube topics. These are not allowed in pretty much any other area of the forum, so why would you put them there? If you desperately need to post a video, there's this general topic and this and this set of forums for Brawl-related and Melee-related videos, respectively.
Examples:
MetaKnight and Snake
Who should I learn to main as?
Yes
Don't #4: SPAM
This is a BIG one. People assume that, since blogs can basically be about anything, that they can say anything and it can be stupid and pointless. It can't. If you started your own blog website, would you post "Hai guise lookit im cool" in one of your blogs? I sure wouldn't. So don't put them here.
Examples:
nick's top 10 racial slurs!
Play SSBB Forever.
You're all little girls...
Smash Bros. DOJO!!
I did it for teh Lulz
rage
I need help 'cuz I'm stupid.
Chikkin Dance!!!
Don't #5: MaxfireXSA
This guy deserves his own category. If you were around when he was still unbanned, you remember him being a really, really, stupid person. There's a reason. This guy made so many stupid blogs. Read them below.
While posting a blog, think to yourself; "Would Maxfire do this?" If he would, DON'T POST IT. Don't be a Maxfire.
Examples:
Premium Member - UNAVAILABLE
Smash Board Survey - Part 1
Smash Board Survey - Part 2
Smash Board Survey - Part 3
Smash Board Survey - Part 4
Smash Board Survey - Part 5
Smash Board Survey - Part 6
Cyber-bullying in Smash Board
Metaknight should not be banned
MEMBERS READ: Unban Meta Knight
Don't #6: Koth
After experiencing this once, I'm sure the User Blogs doesn't want another person making anything and everything up so they can be respected and get attention, sympathy, and perks. The situation really united the User Blogs, and it caused a lot of discussion, but this even got the mods to show their anger pretty readily. The offender has now even gotten the term "Koth", after his name, to represent this type of person.
If you have an idea for a story, post it in the Creative Minds, or at least post it here AS FICTION. Pretending it actually happened to you is going to get anger.
Koth (The made-up story)
There Is Something I Need To Say (The exposing of KOTH's lies)
i need attention please pay attention waaaah (Koth's failed attempt at apologizing)
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To sum up, use your common sense. If it is not allowed in another forum, don't just dump it in here. If it's spam, don't post it there. If Maxfire would've posted it, don't post it anywhere, ever.
If you need a disclaimer to tell people your post is not spam, it probably is.
Also, don't bump any of the topics I linked to either yelling at the original poster for being stupid or laughing at them or some variation on that.
If you want to post a blog, post a rant, or a complaint, or share some news, or just talk about your life at the moment. Those are the kinds of good things to post.
I hope you found this guide helpful, and I hope the User Blogs can experience some improvement. Thank you for reading this.
Since a lot of people seem to be making blogs that belong elsewhere, or are not blogs at all, I’ve decided to make this blog describing what you should not make a blog of.
Don’t #1: Introductory Blogs
This is done far too often, and there’s really no excuse for it since the place these should belong are obvious. The Meet & Greet Forums are right below the User Blogs. That forum is specifically meant for that.
Examples:
Hi
New here! Wow! I can't wait to BRAWL!
heyo
Don't #2: Polls
A lot of polls pop up here, despite them not being blogs at all. Blogs are supposed to be added to with comments, not made up by comments -- and unless a blog is a rant or description of someone's opinion onto which people add their own opinions, that's what happens. Chances are, if a blog is a poll, it can be put in another part of the forum anyways. If you see that the specific forum does not allow a specific type of poll, why would you post it here? For example, the Light House does not allow "Who is the best?"-type topics, due to them devolving to one-liners and spam. If it's not allowed there, why would it be allowed elsewhere?
Examples:
Favorite Zelda songs?
help!
The Top 5 Most hated Characters in Brawl
Don't #3: General Topics Which Belong Elsewhere
Aside from simply polls, there are other things which people put in the User Blogs when it can easily belong elsewhere. If you're too lazy to figure out exactly where a topic goes, then don't post it at all. If you're not sure, don't just put it in the User Blogs. If you end up being conflicted between two forums, post it in one and say that you're not sure if it belongs there and if it needs to be moved, it can be moved. 9 times out of 10, though, you should be able to get it in the right forum pretty easily.
A specific instance of this is a thread which actually doesn't belong at all; "Who should I main?" threads. This thread gives thorough advice on how to choose your main. Read that thread, and if you can't figure out someone to main...main random, what can I say? We can't give you any more help on choosing a main than that thread can.
Another specific instance is YouTube topics. These are not allowed in pretty much any other area of the forum, so why would you put them there? If you desperately need to post a video, there's this general topic and this and this set of forums for Brawl-related and Melee-related videos, respectively.
Examples:
MetaKnight and Snake
Who should I learn to main as?
Yes
Don't #4: SPAM
This is a BIG one. People assume that, since blogs can basically be about anything, that they can say anything and it can be stupid and pointless. It can't. If you started your own blog website, would you post "Hai guise lookit im cool" in one of your blogs? I sure wouldn't. So don't put them here.
Examples:
nick's top 10 racial slurs!
Play SSBB Forever.
You're all little girls...
Smash Bros. DOJO!!
I did it for teh Lulz
rage
I need help 'cuz I'm stupid.
Chikkin Dance!!!
Don't #5: MaxfireXSA
This guy deserves his own category. If you were around when he was still unbanned, you remember him being a really, really, stupid person. There's a reason. This guy made so many stupid blogs. Read them below.
While posting a blog, think to yourself; "Would Maxfire do this?" If he would, DON'T POST IT. Don't be a Maxfire.
Examples:
Premium Member - UNAVAILABLE
Smash Board Survey - Part 1
Smash Board Survey - Part 2
Smash Board Survey - Part 3
Smash Board Survey - Part 4
Smash Board Survey - Part 5
Smash Board Survey - Part 6
Cyber-bullying in Smash Board
Metaknight should not be banned
MEMBERS READ: Unban Meta Knight
Don't #6: Koth
After experiencing this once, I'm sure the User Blogs doesn't want another person making anything and everything up so they can be respected and get attention, sympathy, and perks. The situation really united the User Blogs, and it caused a lot of discussion, but this even got the mods to show their anger pretty readily. The offender has now even gotten the term "Koth", after his name, to represent this type of person.
If you have an idea for a story, post it in the Creative Minds, or at least post it here AS FICTION. Pretending it actually happened to you is going to get anger.
Koth (The made-up story)
There Is Something I Need To Say (The exposing of KOTH's lies)
i need attention please pay attention waaaah (Koth's failed attempt at apologizing)
------------------------------------------------------------*--------------------------------------------------------------------
To sum up, use your common sense. If it is not allowed in another forum, don't just dump it in here. If it's spam, don't post it there. If Maxfire would've posted it, don't post it anywhere, ever.
If you need a disclaimer to tell people your post is not spam, it probably is.
Also, don't bump any of the topics I linked to either yelling at the original poster for being stupid or laughing at them or some variation on that.
If you want to post a blog, post a rant, or a complaint, or share some news, or just talk about your life at the moment. Those are the kinds of good things to post.
I hope you found this guide helpful, and I hope the User Blogs can experience some improvement. Thank you for reading this.