I think that i needs to have a lot of flashy colors or something like that
Sharing who you are.
depends on the reader. anything they can relate to, something funny, something ‘deep’, something in general. personally it could be one word for me.
it** sorry i was just overwhelmed with the excitement of being first without trying
depends on ur audience
if I only knew! ryc: I think that it is ridiculous that it can be banned from t.v., given some of the things that I’ve seen and heard on television. Perhaps there is a computer generating system for determining which shows get banned
A point.
Anything that you want to write. If it’s important to you then it’s substantial.
a JonasApproved seal of approval would be nice.
It needs to have more than just daily ramblings…Things that people can connect with.
TOP TWENTY!
~Amanda~
It’s all relative. It depends on what you want your audience to be, if you even care to have an audience. Maybe you just want to vent. What’s substantial to you, isn’t necessarily going to be to everyone else. Depending on my mood, sometimes I want a laugh, sometimes I want to think about something deep, sometimes I just wanna see what’s going on in someone else’s life, the everyday stuff.
An element of the post the fortunate reader takes with them, when they depart.
Dr. tony
something more than just a line. something informative or thought-provoking.
or just something entertaining for us to read.
Substantial to whom? I suppose “content” that interests the person posting it or the person reading it. So, substantial would mean something different to each person.
Things that make ya go hmmmm…
I “just” saw this come up…and there are already this many posts…oh wow…anyway…
to be substantial…personal…thought provoking..that sort of thing
I like blogs with a personal touch & blogs that ask a question & make me think….
Candy
i like a short interesting to me story…
Has to have a good point and agreeable.
I’m just a verbose bastard.
It doesn’t really need to have anything. As long as it’s substantial to the writer.
thought-provoking and relatable material
a point. mind often lack one…..
I think that as long as the post means something to the author…or to one reader…it is substantial…
Words. Preferably well put together.
It needs to have at least one person deeming it substantial. At least.
unpredictability….
I think it really depends on who is reading it and how they would define “substantial”. Readers might judge this by: 1) the number of comments, 2) the quality or appropriateness of the content, 3) how much the writer enjoys creating it and how significant it is to him or her, 4) the reaction it produces in others, 5) how much they like the subject matter and the opinion expressed in it, etc.
Personally, I wouldn’t know where to begin.
I think it depends on who is reading it. Usually, a point is nice though…
Emotion.
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it can’t be too long, it has to relate to your life, and it has to make you want to comment…at least, thats what makes me comment someone, which i suppose you could look at as substantal
however, as the poster, to make it substantial, it has to make sense to me, and really capture how im feeling, and prove my point
substantial… hmm. don’t really know, there are a lot of different ways for an entry to be substantial.
Substance.
honesty…
relevance to current events, and/or concerned with daily routines in people’s lives.
as long as someone reads it and thinks about it, it’s substantial. this is a very broad thing. in reference to an earlier commentor about having to have a good point and being agreeable, something could be offensive with no point intended (or depicted), and it could be a substantial entry. why? because someone has to think about it to determine that it’s offensive or whatever. and in reference to an earlier commentor, the writer him/herself does qualify as a reader.
i think i may be glad i was told about this site.
A question that makes you think
For me, something funny, with content, and shows who you are. But it depends on the reader like people have said.
something that catches the eye of your reader – it could be a silly word, phrase, something meaningful to you or your readers. Sometimes things don’t have to be meaningful to the author because it might just catch the eye of the reader.
not much, a question, an answer, a theory whatever
Well, actually, I’m just amused that this post itself has no substance. Kinda a bit of irony.
more than that, lol
Thought.
I hate when people write stupid things like “Today I ate a cheeseburger for lunch and now I’m going to go see a movie leave me lots of comments!!” The reason I keep a blog is to record my thoughts and feelings, getting feedback is just an extra. I think it’s also important to be yourself and not get caught up in an online identity, people want to read what you feel, not what you want to feel.
-Hil
it needs to have me in it.
haha, no not really.
I guess anything that leaves one thinking.
Haha, all right, all right, good comeback. Settle those ruffled feathers, Dan, I know you’ve been getting a lot of critics lately.
Yes, it is me on the left.
A good read, and ohh maybe also they should STOP HAVING 50 POSTS A DAY! You’re hogging up the featured content = though it may be a good thing because its keeping the emos at bay its still not very fair
Meh. I do my best, but sometimes I just like to ramble at the universe. Get it out of my system. You should try it sometime.
humor peace max
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A question that spurs people to answer.
This one has 56 comments so far… Guess it’s substantial enough.
Something amusing or thought-provoking. It doesn’t have to be anything really profound. It’s possible to turn the most mundane incident into a hilarious story.
i can tell what you are dealing with, and i wouldn’t worry about it… everyone’s style is different, and nobody is without detractors. so i now this isn’t going to make it go away, but just know that you don’t need to worry too much about what he thinks of you.
now back to your question, something which required effort from the blogger. something that reflects a thought process.
substance is something that deals with matter. a blog does not have matter. a blog cannot have substance.
Why do you ask? *wink*
i think that words might be an important factor…well you could pull off a post on a funny or thought provoking picture
content worthy of recognition. content that makes you think. you do all of that and more.
good luck.
Considerable thought. This blog probably doesn’t cut it.
By the way, I really like how you responded to one of the Featured Content bloggers. I forgot his name, but he was criticizing you for your Featured Content blogs. I liked that.
Somthing meaningful to either the reader or the writer.
honesty, creativity, questions, honesty, openess, personal
questions or answers.
A picture, worth a thousand words. lolz
I heard that Xanga is DYING.
Do you believe this? Please respond, with reasons.
THANKS!
If the poster has more intelligence than a flea and can actually convey that through a xanga.
It must have depth and meaning…that is what will get my attention and keep it.
Be Blessed ….
Crystal
Oh and by the way Dan, I spoofed you. I know that doesn’t offend you (you said so yourself) but I just thought I’d let ya know.
Anything. In my opinion, in an entry, it’s what the reader construes as relating to themselves- thought-provoking, interesting, etc. as what determines substance.
It depends on the writer. I like to see the person’s personality in the blog. It helps if I am interested in the topic.
Erika
someone else needs to care.
huh?
I think that is an individual oppinion. Just like books or magazine articles, movies or anything else. RYC: her ex is only a 20 year old kid, oh well let’s kill him anyway. Thanks for the kind words, she’ll get over it.
Photos for the simple minded people.
It NEEDS a password, beyond that….anything goes.
Posts that make you think and perhaps change your opinion on things. -shrugs.- Haha…I know any of my posts aren’t like that.
More than one line of text.
More than that.
For me and the rest of my generation, it must be short enough. But of course it has to have a point, some sort of insight into an issue or just a thought. I don’t know, I don’t usually write good posts.
Hello, can you inform me of where I might find a good tracker?
Entertain me…teach me something…make me think. Mindless rambling will have me running in no time!
More than you just wrote.
ya yu no wut i dont think it really matters all that much i mean honestly you sumthin lik e a smiley up ther and ill be happy most of mi friends r that way so ya
steph<3
Not much.
Nicholas
mostly, consistency. something I lack. but hey, I mostly do it for me anyhow.
It belongs to the writer so they need to feel it is of substance.
A point, not just blabbing about what you did today. But you can pull it off because you ask us a question that relates to that topic, you make us think. I know people who just blog about their school and social life. It’s boring to read.
Interesting topic or pictures
Words. But it’s gotta mean something.
A coherent formulation of words.
Okay, honestly: substance, good style, & a thought provoking idea; the author also needs to be open minded. I hate reading blogs in which the author thinks his/her opinions are just the dog’s tuxedo. A person can be confident without being overbearing.
A single word could do it.
Answers are nice… But if not answers, then more questions! Something more to think about. Counting yeas and neas may generate statistics, but stats seldom tell the whole story. But more questions –> more story! Mystery is another gift from God!
It depends on what you are trying to use your blog for. If it is to share information with friends, then probably a statment about how you are. If it is about asking people questions, then a question on something that they will relate to.
It needs to have proper grammar. It’s annoying when people tYpE LiKe ThIs. By the way, I’m writing an article about how some people want to be on Featured Content (not saying you want to), but because you’re commonly featured, I just want to get a quote or comment from you about how you feel about always being on Featured Content for my article. It’s for journalism class.
Thank you.
James Dean!
apparently nothign whatsoever- this one is pretty good.
Well, anything a person writes must be substantial at least to them. But if your talking about your readers, it really needs to more than “today I went to Kelly’s and we had pizza and watched Finding Nemo. LOL!!! It was uber cute!”
thought provacation. or deeply emotional entries.
substantial is relative.
Thoughtful questions that invite thoughtful replies.
It depends. Mine are just reports of my life. Yours are more in the way of maybe flickers of your life used to pose a theological, or physchological, or hypothetical question we are meant to debate or comment on. It’s all in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
First and foremost, it shouldn’t be tYpEd LiKe tHiS.
After that, something besides a minute by minute replay of what happened at ninth grade today between Johnny and Sally. But this is free speech in action, so who am I to say what should and shouldn’t be written.
I know what you can have to earn my respect, correct punctuation. I’m not going to say spelling, you can always use spell check, and some words are just hard. But damn people, learn how to use commas and periods. Use capital letters too. Ok, grammar as a whole just sucks for most people. My mom is a fifth grade English teacher, and she says they don’t stress grammar like they should because “the powers that be” are too worried about the students getting higher test scores in mathematics. She also teaches in Oklahoma, which is 48th in the nation for teacher salaries, which is also bullshit.
whatever’s clever
cocaine. no wait..wrong substance.
words – art – photo’s <—that should do it.
your mom. ohhhh!
Something people can relate to.
Why are so many people hating on you Dan?
Why do I enjoy your site?
Because I like to sit here and read all the answers that all of these various people write. It’s great hearing other people’s points of view and gaining points of view that I may not have thought of. Isn’t that the point?
I think that a blog only needs to be what you want it to.
More than that.
On second thought…it depends on what your definition of substantial is.
One definition is simply that it’s real. Another that it is abundant… So it depends on if you’re asking content or length and another innumerable amount of factors.
I think a blog should have interesting content; not like those ones where it’s just an annoying daily journal. I think they need to actually have something interesting or educational about them.
depends on you and your audience. depends on what you care about your audience. if you’re a writer who cares what your audience thinks of you and your writing, you’d probably wanna go more with what your audience wants. If not, just go with what’s substasntial to you.
at least 200 words, or short and with a purpose.
I guess just something interesting to read. Not a list of what you did today, how many phone calls you received, what you ate for breakfast.
I figured out what ryc stands for.
I don’t know, by the response you get, yours must be considerably subsantial. It come here because you bring up things that as an adult I can relate to. I was considering giving up my site because I could find nothing but kids. Don’t get me wrong here, I love kids, but it’s nice to run in the Cafe when I have time and visit with others that have a viewpont on something besides the mall. To bad you don’t serve cappicuino. Forgive the spelling if it is wrong, it’s not in my dictionary.
Silly me you do serve cappuccino!
it’s up to the person writing it.
it IS their blog, after all.
At this rate, I know my site won’t do much more than make you think, and even then, I don’t know how many people it will do that to…
Yes, thought-provoking is an important one. Not just a rant, but something that isn’t too extreme, but isn’t any lame-brain crap either.
-BlacKeys Shirly
It needs to have a blue background and ask questions.
Substance. Kidding Kidding… It needs to have emotion, heart, belief, and thought-provoking topics are always a plus.
It needs to have some sort of update on what is happening in the person’s life. Something interesting to keep me reading. And not just “we went to the zoo today”, I want something that tells me what really happened. Entries that make me think are always good. And, of course, good punctuation… run-on sentences with no punctuation or capitalization will turn me away immediately.
Something that makes you think twice.
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Lori
more than one sentence. something interesting. pictures. current event(s) recap with commentary. comic relief.
Is this a Test? I think it’s only relevent to the readers….. what might be interesting to some, would put others to sleep…
Something “deep and meaningful,” and something that general readers can understand, as in no inside jokes, cuz those leave other people feeling left out. Nothing mundane, such as “today I went somewhere… there was a lot of traffic…”
Boobies.
Boobies.
Something thought provoking, but that depends on what angle you are after.
The content i.e.- interesting text to read, good HTML graphics and of course pictures
Everybody have their own style …because its their blog ….there is no rule / process to write a blog, thats why blogs are so famous around the world. Everyday almost 30000+ new blogs are starting and some of them make a difference and get noticed.
All those famous blog have something in common though…quality content, thought provoking and interesting.
To be substantial, a blog should be somewhat entertaining and maybe move something in the reader. That movement may be deeper intellectual stimulation, or it may be to laugh, to cry… anything that moves you away from where you were when you started reading it. Yours does a good job.
Maybe something very intresting to read, like something crazy. pretty colors, and little pixles and stuff. not boring :]
It needs to have the “aha” factor. Subject matter that makes the reader say aha! and grow in some way. A truly substantial blog will lead to the betterment of society as a whole. It should enrich lives. Like mine does.
Ya got me, words maybe????
How about the word BEAUTY ?
A little bit of feeling and then something that makes you think.
144th!
Substance! Ha,ha,ha!
The answer is entirely subjective in that most would find it substantial only if it contains content that interests them.
Your posts are appealing across a broad spectrum of people because you usually devise the subject to have a widespread general appeal. So I suspect that most would say that they are substantial.
L,r
L,r
All everyone has said and more.. A personal touch, a style of a persons own, something that makes you think and like one said , when you take somethng with you when you leave the blog.
Peace and Love:)
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I think maybe you should be telling us. You are always on Featured Content just by all the comments you rack up with every post you make. So what do you think are the qualities your posts hold that makes everyone else fall short? I’m sure you already know and would rather we answer these for ourselves. Have a fabulous day.
Interesting stories or questions in ur case and in other cases naked pics
More than most of the Featured posts have…
teach me something about you or the world
The answer depends on each reader’s standard of substance.
YOur XanGa Suck biG DiCk
Anything that invokes thought or emotion.
Anything to provoke emotion.
If it’s just a random comment about your day and has no effect on the reader, it’s not substantial, IMO.
I has to be eye catching and relevant to someone else’s life. Drama included!
One that doesn’t have useless information.
It needs to be filled to the brim with insightful meaning, things that make you think, maybe even obvious things that we take for granted. Or, it could even contain interesting sightings or discoveries of the writer. Thats just my idea of a great post.
DiS WuD B Da KiNd Of PoSt dAt BuGs Meeeeeeeee…ones where ppl try to talk “cool” while rambling about what they ate for lunch.
Dani
any blog with a purpose. if it’s a means for 7th graders to communicate and talk about their day at PE and they enjoy it, then it’s substantial (to them) — even if they seem “mindless” to adults. hey, at least they are writing and not roaming around the mall mindlessly slurping on boaba’s (sp?).
It depends on the reader, yes, but they all have one thing in common: something eye-catching.
When people see something that sticks in their brain, they want to do something about it… usually comment it… like I’m doing right now.
for me, it has to have pictures.
Good shit….
Whatever the author is thinking as long as it is sincere, I believe to be sufficient enough to be substantial.
So whos definition of substantial are we going by? What anyone writes might be okay for one. but not the other. I don’t write for anyone, except myself. what you think is substantial, I don’t care,
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A good read, with interesting info! Great topic.
a single word that means something to someone?
I think that i needs to have a lot of flashy colors or something like that
Sharing who you are.
depends on the reader. anything they can relate to, something funny, something ‘deep’, something in general. personally it could be one word for me.
it** sorry i was just overwhelmed with the excitement of being first without trying
depends on ur audience
A point.
Anything that you want to write. If it’s important to you then it’s substantial.
a JonasApproved seal of approval would be nice.
It needs to have more than just daily ramblings…Things that people can connect with.
TOP TWENTY!
~Amanda~
It’s all relative. It depends on what you want your audience to be, if you even care to have an audience. Maybe you just want to vent. What’s substantial to you, isn’t necessarily going to be to everyone else. Depending on my mood, sometimes I want a laugh, sometimes I want to think about something deep, sometimes I just wanna see what’s going on in someone else’s life, the everyday stuff.
An element of the post the fortunate reader takes with them, when they depart.
Dr. tony
something more than just a line. something informative or thought-provoking.
or just something entertaining for us to read.
Substantial to whom? I suppose “content” that interests the person posting it or the person reading it. So, substantial would mean something different to each person.
Things that make ya go hmmmm…
I “just” saw this come up…and there are already this many posts…oh wow…anyway…
to be substantial…personal…thought provoking..that sort of thing
I like blogs with a personal touch & blogs that ask a question & make me think….
Candy
i like a short interesting to me story…
Has to have a good point and agreeable.
I’m just a verbose bastard.
It doesn’t really need to have anything. As long as it’s substantial to the writer.
thought-provoking and relatable material
a point. mind often lack one…..
I think that as long as the post means something to the author…or to one reader…it is substantial…
Words. Preferably well put together.
It needs to have at least one person deeming it substantial. At least.
unpredictability….
I think it really depends on who is reading it and how they would define “substantial”. Readers might judge this by: 1) the number of comments, 2) the quality or appropriateness of the content, 3) how much the writer enjoys creating it and how significant it is to him or her, 4) the reaction it produces in others, 5) how much they like the subject matter and the opinion expressed in it, etc.
Personally, I wouldn’t know where to begin.
I think it depends on who is reading it. Usually, a point is nice though…
Emotion.
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put me on the d*mn list!!!!!!!!!!!
it can’t be too long, it has to relate to your life, and it has to make you want to comment…at least, thats what makes me comment someone, which i suppose you could look at as substantal
however, as the poster, to make it substantial, it has to make sense to me, and really capture how im feeling, and prove my point
substantial… hmm.
don’t really know, there are a lot of different ways for an entry to be substantial.
Substance.
honesty…
relevance to current events, and/or concerned with daily routines in people’s lives.
as long as someone reads it and thinks about it, it’s substantial. this is a very broad thing. in reference to an earlier commentor about having to have a good point and being agreeable, something could be offensive with no point intended (or depicted), and it could be a substantial entry. why? because someone has to think about it to determine that it’s offensive or whatever. and in reference to an earlier commentor, the writer him/herself does qualify as a reader.
i think i may be glad i was told about this site.
A question that makes you think
For me, something funny, with content, and shows who you are. But it depends on the reader like people have said.
something that catches the eye of your reader – it could be a silly word, phrase, something meaningful to you or your readers. Sometimes things don’t have to be meaningful to the author because it might just catch the eye of the reader.
not much, a question, an answer, a theory whatever
Well, actually, I’m just amused that this post itself has no substance. Kinda a bit of irony.
more than that, lol
Thought.
I hate when people write stupid things like “Today I ate a cheeseburger for lunch and now I’m going to go see a movie leave me lots of comments!!” The reason I keep a blog is to record my thoughts and feelings, getting feedback is just an extra. I think it’s also important to be yourself and not get caught up in an online identity, people want to read what you feel, not what you want to feel.
-Hil
it needs to have me in it.
haha, no not really.
I guess anything that leaves one thinking.
Haha, all right, all right, good comeback. Settle those ruffled feathers, Dan, I know you’ve been getting a lot of critics lately.
Yes, it is me on the left.
A good read, and ohh maybe also they should STOP HAVING 50 POSTS A DAY! You’re hogging up the featured content = though it may be a good thing because its keeping the emos at bay its still not very fair
Meh. I do my best, but sometimes I just like to ramble at the universe. Get it out of my system. You should try it sometime.
humor
peace max
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A question that spurs people to answer.
This one has 56 comments so far… Guess it’s substantial enough.
Something amusing or thought-provoking. It doesn’t have to be anything really profound. It’s possible to turn the most mundane incident into a hilarious story.
How about something like this?
i can tell what you are dealing with, and i wouldn’t worry about it… everyone’s style is different, and nobody is without detractors. so i now this isn’t going to make it go away, but just know that you don’t need to worry too much about what he thinks of you.
now back to your question, something which required effort from the blogger. something that reflects a thought process.
substance is something that deals with matter. a blog does not have matter. a blog cannot have substance.
Why do you ask? *wink*
i think that words might be an important factor…well you could pull off a post on a funny or thought provoking picture
content worthy of recognition. content that makes you think. you do all of that and more.
good luck.
Considerable thought. This blog probably doesn’t cut it.
By the way, I really like how you responded to one of the Featured Content bloggers. I forgot his name, but he was criticizing you for your Featured Content blogs. I liked that.
Somthing meaningful to either the reader or the writer.
honesty, creativity, questions, honesty, openess, personal
questions or answers.
A picture, worth a thousand words. lolz
I heard that Xanga is DYING.
Do you believe this? Please respond, with reasons.
THANKS!
If the poster has more intelligence than a flea and can actually convey that through a xanga.
It must have depth and meaning…that is what will get my attention and keep it.
Be Blessed ….
Crystal
Oh and by the way Dan, I spoofed you.
I know that doesn’t offend you (you said so yourself) but I just thought I’d let ya know.
Anything. In my opinion, in an entry, it’s what the reader construes as relating to themselves- thought-provoking, interesting, etc. as what determines substance.
It depends on the writer. I like to see the person’s personality in the blog. It helps if I am interested in the topic.
Erika
someone else needs to care.
huh?
I think that is an individual oppinion. Just like books or magazine articles, movies or anything else. RYC: her ex is only a 20 year old kid, oh well let’s kill him anyway. Thanks for the kind words, she’ll get over it.
Photos for the simple minded people.
It NEEDS a password, beyond that….anything goes.
Posts that make you think and perhaps change your opinion on things. -shrugs.- Haha…I know any of my posts aren’t like that.
More than one line of text.
More than that.
For me and the rest of my generation, it must be short enough. But of course it has to have a point, some sort of insight into an issue or just a thought. I don’t know, I don’t usually write good posts.
Hello, can you inform me of where I might find a good tracker?
Entertain me…teach me something…make me think. Mindless rambling will have me running in no time!
More than you just wrote.
ya yu no wut i dont think it really matters all that much i mean honestly you sumthin lik e a smiley up ther and ill be happy most of mi friends r that way so ya
steph<3
Not much.
Nicholas
mostly, consistency. something I lack. but hey, I mostly do it for me anyhow.
It belongs to the writer so they need to feel it is of substance.
A point, not just blabbing about what you did today. But you can pull it off because you ask us a question that relates to that topic, you make us think. I know people who just blog about their school and social life. It’s boring to read.
Interesting topic or pictures
Words. But it’s gotta mean something.
A coherent formulation of words.
Okay, honestly: substance, good style, & a thought provoking idea; the author also needs to be open minded. I hate reading blogs in which the author thinks his/her opinions are just the dog’s tuxedo. A person can be confident without being overbearing.
A single word could do it.
Answers are nice… But if not answers, then more questions! Something more to think about. Counting yeas and neas may generate statistics, but stats seldom tell the whole story. But more questions –> more story! Mystery is another gift from God!
It depends on what you are trying to use your blog for. If it is to share information with friends, then probably a statment about how you are. If it is about asking people questions, then a question on something that they will relate to.
It needs to have proper grammar.
It’s annoying when people tYpE LiKe ThIs.
By the way, I’m writing an article about how some people want to be on Featured Content (not saying you want to), but because you’re commonly featured, I just want to get a quote or comment from you about how you feel about always being on Featured Content for my article. It’s for journalism class.
Thank you.
James Dean!
apparently nothign whatsoever- this one is pretty good.
Well, anything a person writes must be substantial at least to them. But if your talking about your readers, it really needs to more than “today I went to Kelly’s and we had pizza and watched Finding Nemo. LOL!!! It was uber cute!”
thought provacation. or deeply emotional entries.
substantial is relative.
Thoughtful questions that invite thoughtful replies.
It depends. Mine are just reports of my life. Yours are more in the way of maybe flickers of your life used to pose a theological, or physchological, or hypothetical question we are meant to debate or comment on. It’s all in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
First and foremost, it shouldn’t be tYpEd LiKe tHiS.
After that, something besides a minute by minute replay of what happened at ninth grade today between Johnny and Sally. But this is free speech in action, so who am I to say what should and shouldn’t be written.
I know what you can have to earn my respect, correct punctuation. I’m not going to say spelling, you can always use spell check, and some words are just hard. But damn people, learn how to use commas and periods. Use capital letters too. Ok, grammar as a whole just sucks for most people. My mom is a fifth grade English teacher, and she says they don’t stress grammar like they should because “the powers that be” are too worried about the students getting higher test scores in mathematics. She also teaches in Oklahoma, which is 48th in the nation for teacher salaries, which is also bullshit.
whatever’s clever
cocaine. no wait..wrong substance.
words – art – photo’s <—that should do it.
your mom. ohhhh!
Something people can relate to.
Why are so many people hating on you Dan?
Why do I enjoy your site?
Because I like to sit here and read all the answers that all of these various people write. It’s great hearing other people’s points of view and gaining points of view that I may not have thought of. Isn’t that the point?
I think that a blog only needs to be what you want it to.
More than that.
On second thought…it depends on what your definition of substantial is.
One definition is simply that it’s real. Another that it is abundant… So it depends on if you’re asking content or length and another innumerable amount of factors.
I think a blog should have interesting content; not like those ones where it’s just an annoying daily journal. I think they need to actually have something interesting or educational about them.
depends on you and your audience. depends on what you care about your audience. if you’re a writer who cares what your audience thinks of you and your writing, you’d probably wanna go more with what your audience wants. If not, just go with what’s substasntial to you.
at least 200 words, or short and with a purpose.
I guess just something interesting to read. Not a list of what you did today, how many phone calls you received, what you ate for breakfast.
I figured out what ryc stands for.
I don’t know, by the response you get, yours must be considerably subsantial. It come here because you bring up things that as an adult I can relate to. I was considering giving up my site because I could find nothing but kids. Don’t get me wrong here, I love kids, but it’s nice to run in the Cafe when I have time and visit with others that have a viewpont on something besides the mall. To bad you don’t serve cappicuino. Forgive the spelling if it is wrong, it’s not in my dictionary.
Silly me you do serve cappuccino!
it’s up to the person writing it.
it IS their blog, after all.
At this rate, I know my site won’t do much more than make you think, and even then, I don’t know how many people it will do that to…
Yes, thought-provoking is an important one. Not just a rant, but something that isn’t too extreme, but isn’t any lame-brain crap either.
-BlacKeys Shirly
It needs to have a blue background and ask questions.
Substance. Kidding Kidding… It needs to have emotion, heart, belief, and thought-provoking topics are always a plus.
It needs to have some sort of update on what is happening in the person’s life. Something interesting to keep me reading. And not just “we went to the zoo today”, I want something that tells me what really happened. Entries that make me think are always good.
And, of course, good punctuation… run-on sentences with no punctuation or capitalization will turn me away immediately.
Something that makes you think twice.
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Lori
more than one sentence. something interesting. pictures. current event(s) recap with commentary. comic relief.
Is this a Test? I think it’s only relevent to the readers….. what might be interesting to some, would put others to sleep…
Something “deep and meaningful,” and something that general readers can understand, as in no inside jokes, cuz those leave other people feeling left out. Nothing mundane, such as “today I went somewhere… there was a lot of traffic…”
Boobies.
Boobies.
Something thought provoking, but that depends on what angle you are after.
The content i.e.- interesting text to read, good HTML graphics and of course pictures
Everybody have their own style …because its their blog ….there is no rule / process to write a blog, thats why blogs are so famous around the world. Everyday almost 30000+ new blogs are starting and some of them make a difference and get noticed.
All those famous blog have something in common though…quality content, thought provoking and interesting.
To be substantial, a blog should be somewhat entertaining and maybe move something in the reader. That movement may be deeper intellectual stimulation, or it may be to laugh, to cry… anything that moves you away from where you were when you started reading it. Yours does a good job.
Maybe something very intresting to read, like something crazy. pretty colors, and little pixles and stuff. not boring :]
It needs to have the “aha” factor. Subject matter that makes the reader say aha! and grow in some way. A truly substantial blog will lead to the betterment of society as a whole. It should enrich lives. Like mine does.
Ya got me, words maybe????
How about the word BEAUTY ?
A little bit of feeling and then something that makes you think.
144th!
Substance! Ha,ha,ha!
The answer is entirely subjective in that most would find it substantial only if it contains content that interests them.
Your posts are appealing across a broad spectrum of people because you usually devise the subject to have a widespread general appeal. So I suspect that most would say that they are substantial.
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All everyone has said and more.. A personal touch, a style of a persons own, something that makes you think and like one said , when you take somethng with you when you leave the blog.
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I think maybe you should be telling us. You are always on Featured Content just by all the comments you rack up with every post you make. So what do you think are the qualities your posts hold that makes everyone else fall short? I’m sure you already know and would rather we answer these for ourselves. Have a fabulous day.
Interesting stories or questions in ur case and in other cases naked pics
More than most of the Featured posts have…
teach me something about you or the world
The answer depends on each reader’s standard of substance.
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Anything that invokes thought or emotion.
Anything to provoke emotion.
If it’s just a random comment about your day and has no effect on the reader, it’s not substantial, IMO.
I has to be eye catching and relevant to someone else’s life. Drama included!
One that doesn’t have useless information.
It needs to be filled to the brim with insightful meaning, things that make you think, maybe even obvious things that we take for granted. Or, it could even contain interesting sightings or discoveries of the writer. Thats just my idea of a great post.
DiS WuD B Da KiNd Of PoSt dAt BuGs Meeeeeeeee…ones where ppl try to talk “cool” while rambling about what they ate for lunch.
Dani
any blog with a purpose. if it’s a means for 7th graders to communicate and talk about their day at PE and they enjoy it, then it’s substantial (to them) — even if they seem “mindless” to adults. hey, at least they are writing and not roaming around the mall mindlessly slurping on boaba’s (sp?).
It depends on the reader, yes, but they all have one thing in common: something eye-catching.
When people see something that sticks in their brain, they want to do something about it… usually comment it… like I’m doing right now.
for me, it has to have pictures.
Good shit….
Whatever the author is thinking as long as it is sincere, I believe to be sufficient enough to be substantial.
So whos definition of substantial are we going by? What anyone writes might be okay for one. but not the other. I don’t write for anyone, except myself. what you think is substantial, I don’t care,
anything to grab my attention
The ability to evoke a reaction in the reader.