[thehardknoxlife]

Originally Posted by Writer32

I'm not sure what kind of contributions you are looking for ....

I share my opinions in the form of my work...believe it or not, no one at KNS gets paid extra to blog. It's something our employer likes us to do, but it's not budgeted into our work week.

I enjoy doing the blogs, however, as it gives me an opportunity to share info that might not necessarily fit into my assigned work.

Or, in the case of the violations story, add some info that didn't work it's way into the published piece.

I read this board all the time, and it helps me generate future story and blog ideas.

I think interaction is healthy, and for the most part most people are pretty clean with the insults (like the Spam photo, that's funny).

There's an occasional nasty insult or ugly e-mail, but that's to be expected.

I respond on other threads sometimes -- has to be something that moves me enough to have a strong opinion.

Otherwise, I just read them and consider the info and insight.

BTW, give VolFreak his props for going to Bearden and sweating a couple hours to get you some nice photos from Rocky Top.

The guy is dedicated to this board, and he's really made it a winner.

How about instead of starting a thread with just a link to another site, make your own VolNation thread/blog. If you enjoy doing it so much I don't think that will be a problem. Then you could sneak a few links in and no one would care.