blog view for gitlab

Gitlab has 95% of the stuff that makes a blog site - the issues have simple markdown, you can insert images into text, add likes, comment, like comments, etc.

What I would like to see is

• issue type 'blog entry' or something like that
• an entry page for non-tech users that shows popular/recent activity for these 'blog entry' type issues
• pinned posts picked by administrator/editor for this entry page in addition to the recent/popular
• some way for non-technical users to write blog entries without getting lost in too much detail