The Soccer Mom Vote

Melanie Nelson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:03:26 -0500

I used to write for a site called The Soccer Mom Vote. That site invited everyone from any political slant to post regularly on their views. I enjoyed writing there, but found it was one more thing on my already-full plate. Although many of the writers have abandoned the site, for a while it was a great place to go for both sides of a story. The comments were always interesting and varied. You may want to check out the archives.

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Norma156 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:14:59 -0500

I couldn't agree more. Most of the communities I've visited appeared to be dominated by one political (usually very liberal) philosophy where attempts to engage in real discussion are dismissed ruthlessly.

Women's forums, with perhaps the exception of blogher which I've been visiting for a couple of weeks now and only created an account as a result of your post, appear to be dominated by discussions of personal pain, sexual exploration and a sort of off-putting, at least to me, bare-all tilt.

It's interesting that the person you posed your question to dismissed the notion of civic discourse by positing an inadequate business model. My understanding is that the business model for most of these communties is evolving. That is, there is popular interest in joining and participating in these communities, but they haven't found a way to pay for themselves yet.

Anyway, very thoughtful and insightful comment. Look forward to hearing more from you.

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