There are two main ways for users to add content: Blog Entry, and Forum Topic. This post compares and contrasts them.
| Blog Entry | Forum Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| Character limit? | none | none |
| Comments? | yes | yes |
| comment notification? | yes | yes |
| character limit in comments? | no | no |
| Images? | yes | yes |
| gif animation? | yes | yes |
| image shrink-to-fit? | yes | yes |
| image expand-to-fill? | no | no |
| links? | yes | yes |
| video? | 1 from YouTube or Vimeo | 1 from YouTube or Vimeo |
| who can see it? | public | public |
| on front page by default? | yes | no |
| all of user's posts saved together? | yes | no |
| similar topics shown together? | no | yes |
| Sent to a specific user? | no | no |
| editing toolbar? | no | no |
| text-based smileys? | yes | yes |
| purr at this? | yes | yes |
| purr at comments? | yes | yes |
Last updated: 21 Jan 2015 ( 954 CST / 1554 GMT)
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