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Of course, this would be a wonderful link in with Careers.
– user213963
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 3:36
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Part of me is kinda afraid people will use this for all kinds of soapboxing, especially if blog content does not have to be tied to site content (and even then, I can see cases where this could go horribly wrong, even with the assumption that users with 30k should be "above" such things.)
– user168476
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 3:48
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Thanks for diverting focus away from moderation privileges - you're highly on point there - but I don't think I can get behind the blog idea as a 30K privilege. If nothing else, it's gonna be a heck of a time investment to build something like that and do it right. Now, that isn't a reason not to do it, but assuming we do build that, 30K then seems like a really steep requirement for entry.
– Adam Lear StaffMod
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 3:59
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What a fantastic idea for the site.. but not for 30k users. I think that would be a real shame not allowing such a thing for the many great users who are not even close to that rep. You'd also possibly entice spammy SEO nutters doing all kinds to get to 30k to spam their sites, so would need to be only to users with really good activity. e.g. X% good to bad review ratio, good up to down vote ratio on their answers/questions, etc.
– James
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 10:17
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That'd be easier to sell if "moar wordpress" wasn't part of the deal, @Christian. Regardless, that's a separate discussion.
– Shog9
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 15:45
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If we built this and folks actually used it and it wasn't a complete trainwreck, I'd tend to agree @Anna... But, it's always possible to lower the rep level for a privilege, and we've had good success with this in the past. 30K is a pretty high bar for something that more than anything else just needs a lot of warm bodies, but it's pretty low for "can write, has stuff to write about".
– Shog9
Commented Apr 4, 2015 at 17:26
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@Shog9 Granted, but if the end game is "try to get this right and then lower the access barrier", then what you're really suggesting is a limited roll-out pilot-type feature rather than a privilege. Precedent or no, we'd be right back where we are now, looking for a replacement for a 30k-level privilege and making folks feel like something that's theirs is being taken away otherwise.
– Adam Lear StaffMod
Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 2:57
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When you say the "usual content policies", does that include the CC-by-SA license? Posts on the Q&A site that can be edited by anybody feel different to me than blog posts, and I wonder if a different flavor of CC, one that takes a firmer hand with derivative works, would be more appealing to prospective bloggers.
– Monica Cellio
Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 4:02
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I think CC-BY-SA strikes a good balance, @Monica. Note that it doesn't necessarily imply in-place editing, but allows the author to retain ownership while giving others some confidence that they can reference, reuse and extend useful posts without the fear of having the rug pulled out from under them.
– Shog9
Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 4:51
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I was playing with the thought of starting something blog-like on stuff that was too opinion-based or otherwise unsuitable for SE anyway, so I like this idea. However: How will this feature be adapted to public betas? If the reputation threshold is also 30 k, it will be quite difficult to reach. If the threshold is different and lower (say, 10 k), this may have disallow people continuing their blog, if a site graduates.
– Wrzlprmft
Commented Apr 5, 2015 at 10:15
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Exactly, @Monica - high rep users should be trusted with more and more power in exceptional situations, just like mods. Let's get away from this, "congratulations! You did such a great job on the cathedral ceiling frescos we've set aside some time for you to spend mopping the floors in the latrine!"
– Shog9
Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 23:14
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I'm almost at 30k on two different sites… and I've participated in a few blogoverflow blogs. I'm not sure this would be any more successful than blogoverflow; why wouldn't I just link to my own blog (if I had one) in my profile?
– derobert
Commented Apr 9, 2015 at 21:21
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@Shog9 Are you SURE you want this feature implemented? I now have 10k on a beta (which, according to most of the other answers here, would correspond to 30k on a graduated site). You can imagine what my SE blog would be like, right? You'd probably get a mention, you know.
– Rand al'Thor
Commented Apr 10, 2015 at 20:44
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Already popping popcorn, @rand
– Shog9
Commented Apr 11, 2015 at 2:51
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As a 30K+ user who doesn't blog - this is probably a feature I'd use, it doesn't sound like a lot of work - great idea.
– Benjamin Gruenbaum
Commented Jun 17, 2015 at 16:20

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