Please Read: New Community Features

New features have been added to Diet Blog that will improve the way commenting works as well as providing more of a community feel - and more interaction.

Diet Blog is over 5 years old - which, in Internet terms - makes it 'mature'. In that time we've had almost 2,500 posts, and nearly 60,000 comments. One of the most difficult aspects in this time has been dealing with spam - Diet Blog is a major target for all kinds of scams and spams - and every day we spend considerable time weeding out spam and self-promotional material.

The site is one of the few independent sites around of this size - most other larger blog sites are part of a larger media network. This means we write want we want to write - but also means that upgrades and changes are slow (basically when I get time to work on the site). To that end, here is what has changed:

1. User Profiles
   Rather than commenting by adding name and email every time - you can now create a User Profile. From here you can enter info about yourself, upload a picture. Other users can track your commenting etc. If you want to include your site URL - this now goes into your profile. Once logged in, you will only see a comment box
2. Login / Logout
   On the top right of the page are links to login/logout - and to edit your profile once logged in.
3. Diet Blog Share: Create Your Own Post
   Users can now create their own blog post in a new area called Share. The idea is to share advice, tell your story, or post a question to the wider Diet Blog community. When a new entry is added - it will be queued for moderation. These posts can be voted on and for the best posts, we will integrate them into the main Diet Blog home page.

These features are very much in beta - meaning that there will be bugs to iron out - so bear with us as we work through those.

Thanks for being a part of Diet Blog,

Jim