Rachel Cunliffe has a post on online communities and change.

Meanwhile, in an online community I help run, we made a number of changes about a month ago after much thought and research.
One was adding a new feature to vote up or down others’ comments in a forum.
Another was moving the forum options sidebar from the left to the right of the screen.

Both these changes generated a lot of discussion on the site and in this post I’ll document how people reacted to the changes and some of the ways I’ve managed the feedback.

We all know that many people don’t like change. Why?

As Real Live Preacher gets his website rebuilt I’ve had to change his RSS a couple of times. I saw ‘Katies blog’ in my bloglines feed today. Huh. I never added a Katies blog.

It said RLP’s RSS was such and such a URL.
Okay. I updated, and it’s the one I have.  
I’m going to stick with him as he restructures his website, he’s a writer, not a tech.  
People stuck with BDBO and pitched in when problems took this blog down, and at the end of the day redesigns and rebuilding is far more frustrating for site owners than it is for readers.
As a designer Rachel does change all the time, as a designer she puts people first. The reaction she has been charting is interesting.

Darren Rowse who started Pro-blogger gives a nice pat on the back to Tall Skinny Kiwi. Most of us who have been online longtime in the faith blog community remember Darren when he started blogging at LivingRoom; he went on to follow his marketing muse and become a six figure professional, and built one of the most popular online blogging destinations.

via TSK: Forbes took the seven deadly sins and matched them with the top 10 cities in each of the deadlies. Sloth appears to run right up tornado alley. Wrath clusters in the north east. Lust is urban and spread out, as is avarice; gluttony sinks south, pride is rather coastal, and envy was all over the map.

Faith on Facebook: In search of the Killer Religion App over at ReligionWriter

Two bloggers I’ve missed are slowly making their way back. Shalom took a huge real life step, a painful and difficult one, it’s good to see her posting again. And Pernell is back, he’s been really sick.

Virtual-Doug has been carrying for his mom as she goes into the final stages of Alziemers., he’s thinking about whether he can love unconditionally.

Yes, I still try to visit Mom every day.  There are more days I don’t visit than I like to admit – but for the most part, I go.

Someone was checking out BDBO on Copyscape, a site (free and paid)  used to check for plagerism.  I found three entries for BDBO, all attributed quotes. Whew.