The New "Open Threads" Topic

Here's a great little idear that came in from the grassroots today (thanks, Bev!).  Why not create a topic in the Topics component in the right sidebar of Blog for Iowa for posts that don't really fit any of the current main blog posts but, nevertheless, need to be seen?

This will work a little bit differently from the way Blog for America uses open threads.  Of course, Blog for America has a much higher traffic volume than we have, so they need frequent Open Threads.  (More on that tomorrow, as I file our one-month anniversary report!)

We, on the other hand, as Bev pointed out, need a place to go where off-topic posts will not get lost.

So, I've added the Topic "Open Threads" and you can go there to post about anything at all.  That will be the central location where we can keep track of such things.

Of course, I would like to add, just FYI, that I do see all the new posts in the comments each day because there is a feature on the control panel that lists all the comments in chronological order.  But the Open Threads topic would allow everyone else to track idears, too.

So, consider this the Open Thread.  For easy access, this post will appear on the main blog and in the Open Thread topic at the same time.

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