In fiddling with the next release of the software that powers the Phoenyx, I've been considering how to integrate blogs. A lot of us (including me, on occasion) have roleplaying blogs, and I think to a certain extent that's drawn conversation that might otherwise go in GAMERS.

(And yes, this is conversation that might otherwise go in Stakeholders, but it doesn't particularly apply to play-by-message groups, and the Fudge group is allergic to tech discussions. So I'm bouncing it off youse guys.)

So I was thinking about that, and looking at the "planets" (http://forum.phoenyx.net/planet ), and trying to figure out how to better integrate that with lists/forums, and maybe it was the pain meds talking (I had my gallbladder removed Wednesday, whee) but I decided it would be a neat idea to combine all that.

What I'm thinking is: if you've got a roleplaying blog (or a roleplaying section in a multi-topic blog) that has posts that would be appropriate to post to GAMERS, you register its feed, and when you post to your blog, the Phoenyx magically treats it as though you've posted to GAMERS as well. If you provide a comments feed, I might treat that as though the commenters have posted followups, too. (It's up to you and your software to get the GAMERS replies treated as comments on your version - the Phoenyx can provide the feed, but I don't know of any blogging software that's set up to import it. Therein lies one hurdle in my plan.)

Thoughts?