Comments on: Millennial Star, no more.

By: Mark D. Butler

Mark D. Butler — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:13:04 +0000

Matt W. (#11),

“Mark Butler” is my real name. Ask Ken Jennings.

Jack (#44),

Formally, no. I quit posting there for two reasons – first, because it was too much of a hassle dealing with the comments my posts were generating, and second because the administrators were unhappy enough with the situation to delete my last two posts completely. So I figured easily enough that I wasn’t welcome there anymore.

Geoff B. (#24),

As I told Clark, I was between projects at the time and the situation wasn’t likely to last very long. Back to reality…

By: Lowell Brown

Lowell Brown — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:33:48 +0000

My hunch is that religion bloggers need to be driven to write. I work on two blogs and it is a time and energy drain to keep them up. Perhaps LDS bloggers need to have a bone or two to pick to sustain their blogging efforts. Those on the “liberal” side of the Church usually are unhappy about about several aspects of Mormon life. Also, they have few places to take their concerns for discussion with like-minded individuals (Gospel Doctrine class having been proven a very unsatisfying place to attempt such discussions). The bloggernacle is really perfect for such folks. People who are a bit more content in the Church don’t find blogging about LDS issues that interesting. It’s not a matter of better or worse, just different.

Reviewing the above, I see that some might see in it a condescending or judgmental tone. Not intended!

Lowell

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:18:47 +0000

Hey, so apparently they’re going to try and make a go of it, at least according to Geoff B. Well, I know better than to bury someone who’s only “mostly dead.” Good luck, guys!

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:45:01 +0000

Firefox can’t find the server at http://www.millennialstar.org.

That’s too bad.

Guess I should have gotten my next guest post finished sooner.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:56:40 +0000

Clark, et al, I’d also be happy to archive your site for free should it actually be archived. I serve the pages for my sites and support what you have done.

It will be missed…or not…depending upon what you decide.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:00:42 +0000

Interesting, Clark. Even in death, the drama continues! Keep us all posted.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:50:51 +0000

It’s still up in the air what will happen to M*. We’re discussing this and will put up a post explaining things when a decision was made.

By: WillF

WillF — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:20:20 +0000

Bummer – they had the best Priesthood session summary on the net.

By: jjohnsen

jjohnsen — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:33:58 +0000

After Mormon Stories, Millenial Star is the second quality production that goes off-line. In both cases, the producers could not square their involvement with their obligations to their families and careers. Does it take a business plan to sustain the bloggernacle?

I’ve never understood why some of these bigger blogs don’t use Google ads. It seems like it would help offset the cost, even in a small way.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:06:01 +0000

Great, ben — is this to give people access to archives, or is this a full-blown resurrection?