A recent article in Scientific American suggests that blogging is not only a valid form of self expression, but it can also provide us with significant health benefits.

It's an interesting theory, which basically centers around the idea that if you write down the things that are bothering you, you can start to feel better about them, and attempts to explain the phenomena in scientific terms.

No, this has nothing to do with this site. But it does have to do with newspapers and how they relate online.

I was reading this fantastic post by online guru Howard Owens (to put in succinctly, he is one of the leaders of online change for newspapers).

I just have to point out some of his statements.

I had to perform my first community manager duties today, which is both a good and a bad thing. I'm glad there are users, but here are some friendly reminders, tips and tricks.

* Post in one place and one place only.

I can and will lock and/or remove postings that are duplicates. It does not matter if one is a blog, a story, or a forum post. If it duplicates content, it'll get locked and potentially removed.

(edit: Locking a thread means that no one will be able to post replies to the thread)

* A blog is not a forum topic and a forum topic is not a blog.

Yes, they are both opinions/observations/questions and are for generating response. However, there are differences.