Why blogs are better than message boards: an object lesson

Question the design strategy behind The Complete Peanuts on a blog, and you get this.

Question the design strategy behind The Complete Peanuts on a message board, and you get this.

Respectful disagreements, thoughtful support, both with well-reasoned arguments on design, aesthetics, and the content of the strip itself to back it up, plus admissions that ‘hey, this is just where I’m coming from,’ all done in a spirit that everyone involved is intelligent and honest and basically decent and pretty knowledgeable about and invested in the success of Peanuts in particular and comics in general, versus groundless accusations of fanboyism and ad hominem attacks on blogs, Barnes & Nobles shoppers, people who watch television, and anyone who dares criticize anything that Smart People Like ever, plus a general atmosphere of shouting-down, intellectual one-upsmanship, and playing-to-“win.”

Nothing further, your honor.