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Introducing the B/R Chatter Page

Written by Zander Freund

3 comments

Sep 23 2008

Attention Creatures: Bleacher Report at long last has a true home for your articles about the site itself and its wonderful Community.

The section is called BR Chatter, and it can be found in the menu bar on the top of the front page—so rest assured that articles you assign to this tag will be seen!

What goes hand in hand with this is a polite request from us that you no longer assign league or team tags to general B/R pieces—this includes articles which give tips, encouragement, or thanks to the network’s writers, editors, commenters, staff, etc.  Articles that are Community specific can be tagged with both the Community they are referring too and the “BR Chatter” tag.

To some of you, this request may seem like an attempt on our part to limit your audience—this couldn’t be further from the truth.  These type of pieces are what make our Community so unique, and help us greatly in evaluating our product and finding ways to improve it.

That said, it’s important to remember that the average reader comes to Bleacher Report looking sports content.  If when searching for a college football editorial, a reader instead stumble across a manifesto on how site writers can take the Open Source Sports Network to the next level, they may leave Bleacher Report thinking that this isn’t a place for sports consumers.

A very special thanks to everybody who has taken the time to offer feedback and suggestions about Bleacher Report in the form of articles.  This new section of the site will do justice to these efforts and give us all an easily accessible area to discuss the site.

If anyone has questions or comments, feel free to voice your opinion below.

File Under: Community

Comments
  1. Shaun Ahmad said on September 24, 2008 3:09 am

    Another great decision guys. While those articles are very helpful and informative, I feel sports related articles should grace the front page. Good call.

  2. Tim said on September 24, 2008 11:39 pm

    Big ups.

  3. Tim Parent said on September 25, 2008 12:28 pm

    Great idea. While I enjoy the pieces about the community, I always thought they weren’t particularly suited for the NHL, MLB or CFB sections.

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