Blog vs Forum

If you want to make an information site where people can discusse stuff. Would you go for a Blog or Forum? why?

 

Forum if your more concerned with your users.
Blog if your more concerned with making money.

 

Start with a blog and end up with both

 

Is it possible to use one database, so that artikels, reactions and user account of the blog also work in the forum?

 

Forum. I tried a blog once, and it crashed.

Blog = You must post info and articles.
Forum = You must get enough visitors for the visitors to stay and post, so it doesn't look dead!!! (Having a web site with a lot of visitors helps big time!)

 

Both.

Use the blog to post articles - Use the forum to discuss the articles.

 

@Nintendo

I have never had a blog, but I have had 2 forums.

Nr1 got 2500+ registerd users within 1 year and about 50 hardcore users (online like 24/7), 500 who came once a week and the rest who came less than once a week. This forum was about breakdance.

Nr2 has around 100 registers users within 6 months. No hardcore users, a handfull who come once a week or so. And around 2 or 3 posts a week.
So I am the only one that posts artikels and because of the, the forum has around 60 to 80 uniqe visitors a day, but they just come, read and leave. This forum is about education.


So for my next project I am stuck. First project was perfect forum, second one would have been better if it was a blog.

 

Is there a way to use one database for registration, posting etc etc?

 

In my experience, Forums have been better. But now I am trying both at the same time with Blogsip.

 

Forum fo' sure.

But I'm a forumaholic so I would say that...

 

I'll start with a blog then do both. ('',)

 

start with a blog as everyone says.... see how many visitors u have, keep comments open to everyone on your blog, as and when the number of comments keep rising u can plan to add a forum ..

 

A forum is a community building experience, but blogs are basically one-person soapboxes.