SDC Mom's Blog Expands

[shavethewhales]

Looks like SDC's Mom's Blog has gotten rid of the old Q&A section and is jumping into a new forum system. http://www.silverdollarcityblog.com/city-moms-forum/index.php

I guess they've taken note.

They're brand new, so there's not a lot of action there yet. We could help give them a jump start.

[themeparkguy]

I have often wondered what makes them "experts".

[History Buff]

I just glanced at it.  Are they limiting the topics?  How strict will they be with critical analysis and suggestions?

[sdcforever]

It looks like they're pretty open with that forum.  I read through the terms of use, and nothing really jumped out at me.  Not only will moderators offer suggestions and analysis, but so will other users.

[Joy]

Well, I know that one of the lead moms is a former Saloon girl, as mentioned on the intro vid.

Personally, I probably won't spend any time there. I'm not a mom, and despite being a new aunt, I feel like I won't get anything out of spending time there. It seems like it's more for first time and infrequent visitors who need to know specific things.

Joy

[shavethewhales]

Yeah, it's still a mom-oriented site, but they are trying out a lot of web 2.0 features, which is cool to see.  It's a lot better than they old Q&A system, which was slow and didn't provide instant feedback. This way they can sit back and let other members answer a lot of the easier questions I'm sure they're bombarded with.

Maybe this will start a trend for them?

[themeparkguy]

I will stick with the best SDCfans

[History Buff]

Try posting anything critical.  I can't imagine a conversation will be allowed to stray too much off of their own topics.

[shavethewhales]

Looks like I may have pointed it out a bit too soon - they're still working through the details of getting the new features going. Might be a little while before we can actually use them.

As far as the conversations go there though, I'm sure it'll be a different crowd and a different personality running things, but SDC's marketing people have always been great about working with fan dialog. They've been really great to us.