Board Thread:Administration/@comment-24376429-20140213134325/@comment-24376429-20140213160914

WhyAmIReadingThis wrote:

This was already proposed once, and it was decided that they wouldn't ever be removed. Blogs, despite being a portal to story posting for those who don't know how to add a page, are an asset of the community and a way people can express themselves, most times.

Removing them would only cripple the range of possible places for the users to socialize. We said the same about article talkpages.