Should we facilitate structured blogging?

There should be an easy, transparent way to structure a blog.  Setting up categories and clicking radial buttons as you post new items is NOT rocket science. 

And frankly, over time, a blog without structure is simply a messy diary.  How much is really required on the admin and infrastructure side to allow authors to easily organize a page.   http://structuredblogging.org/

And yes, I've heard that "people are lazy".  You will always have people that email a question to the person in the cubicle next to them. 

But will most people use simple tools provided to them if there is an inherent value?  I point out the amount of people that use the calendar that accompanies their email software.  There is value in this addendum to the program.  And isn't this a frequently used tool in your office?      

Comments

[David Brake]

I would suggest that people should be encouraged and enabled to use appropriate tools. Blogging is a good entry level but if you add too much it becomes too complex to use. Blogging plus extra structure = a simple content management system which can indeed be useful but isn't really the same thing. And sometimes you don't need either - people seem to be forgetting the basic usefulness of the Internet bulletin board...

[Nancy Faget]

What minimalist structure would enhance the value of a blog? Over a bulletin board?