Message Boards vs. Blogs

A blog is really just a single message board, with no subsidiary or supplementary forums, nothing more. Think about it…

The initial post:
– On a message board, the initial post makes a new thread.
– In a blog, the initial post makes a new entry.

Subsequent posts:
– On a message board, subsequent posts are grouped by thread.
– In a blog, subsequent posts are grouped by entry.

Am I missing anything here? If you were to grab a blog roll and feed the information into a format similar to a message board, would anyone notice the difference? If a message board was broken into its forums, each presented as a separate blog, would anything change?

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