It seems to me, if one does not allow other people to start topics, we already have a blog.

Maybe I am too dumb to understand what blogs are all about?

Can someone specify what special features are needed for a blog that can not be found here?
And maybe comment how (with what settings) we can produce something similar to a blog with the ubb version we have now.

Some comments about blogs vs board discussion:

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2003/05/discussion_and_citation_in_the_blogosphere/

http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000768.html
http://weblogtoolscollection.com/ar...ence-between-message-boards-and-weblogs/