One of my favourite forums is at www.mamamia.com.au. Now i know a lot of other people claim to NOT be a fan of the Mamamia forums, namely because they do sometimes get over-run by aggressive and abusive commenters, but i'm a big enough girl to ignore all the idiots and follow the discussion amongst the sane people. I like the range of topics on offer there too - even if they dont quite hark back to the passionate dissections of film and music that I had on Bolt back in the day ( and if any of you know or remember what Bolt* was then, like me, your showing your age... ).
And now i've just discovered ( somewhat belatedly ) the Digital Parents forums. I did sign up last year when they were still known as Australian Mummy Bloggers but for some reason i never went back after my initial registration. But not now! Inspired by all the fanfare surrounding the inaugural blogging conference and a need to feel a bigger part of the Australian blogging community, i've started visiting the forums on Digital Parents. My contributions are in their infancy but if you see me around the traps, make sure to say hi, ok? Its well-known that i'm a shy kind of girl so any connections i already do have will come in handy trying to make new bloggy-friends!
One of my favourite forums is at www.mamamia.com.au. Now i know a lot of other people claim to NOT be a fan of the Mamamia forums, namely because they do sometimes get over-run by aggressive and abusive commenters, but i'm a big enough girl to ignore all the idiots and follow the discussion amongst the sane people. I like the range of topics on offer there too - even if they dont quite hark back to the passionate dissections of film and music that I had on Bolt back in the day ( and if any of you know or remember what Bolt* was then, like me, your showing your age... ).
And now i've just discovered ( somewhat belatedly ) the Digital Parents forums. I did sign up last year when they were still known as Australian Mummy Bloggers but for some reason i never went back after my initial registration. But not now! Inspired by all the fanfare surrounding the inaugural blogging conference and a need to feel a bigger part of the Australian blogging community, i've started visiting the forums on Digital Parents. My contributions are in their infancy but if you see me around the traps, make sure to say hi, ok? Its well-known that i'm a shy kind of girl so any connections i already do have will come in handy trying to make new bloggy-friends!
The digital forum sounds interesting. Ive never ventured over to Mamamia. I have participated in forums plentifully over the years but for some reason I feel I might be outgrowing them. I seem to enjoy blogs a lot more these days. Ill go back though, I always do.
ReplyDeleteI used to be a very regular commenter over at Mamamia. But there was some considerable deletion going on, despite their protests there wasn't. A number of my comments used to diasappear if they weren't supportive a certain POV. It got to the point where I'm banned from that site. For reals!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm a bit wary of forums now, especially those which say they foster a great sense of 'community'.
But I hear you on the making bloggy friends side of things. I have met a whole host of fabulous people through the interwebs. Who would've thunk it?