Quick SB Nation Question
Just a quick question for the community. I was trying to look at BSD for some PSU content and of course the content is weak and worthless. Then I went on the boards and found that frustrating.
That got me to click other links. Long story short it appears most of the other blogs are run on SBNation. The content on most sites is weak, the formatting gives me a headache and I hate the formatting of the boards.
I'm obviously used to the MGOBLOG formatting and how things work here so I was wondering is it just because I'm unfamiliar with it that I find it frustrating or do you guys find the other sites useful and I just don't know how to use it?
Thanks for the input.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
ALL YOUR CONTENT ARE BELONG TO US
Actually I don't see much of a difference. I just scanned BSD and it looked fine. The FanPosts section doesn't seem much better/worse than MGoBoard.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
the design feel of MGoBoard is far superior to most other blogs around the internets. and I absolutely hate many of the other blogs "comments" on the articles.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
Haven't spent any time on there personally but I feel like i've seen it mentioned in a few places (Ace from thewolverineblog had them on his interview with the enemy)
October 28th, 2010 at 5:46 PM ^
Co-sign Linebacker-U. They are the combination of 2-3 older PSU blogs of good quality. I want to say that one of those two used to also write for BlackShoeDiaries. I kind of feel like BSD has been eclipsed by LB-U in terms of quality these days. BSD has more interesting comments, but LB-U has better front page content. Just one man's e-pinion.
Might also peruse NittanyWhiteOut. They have had a bum rap with some in blogfrica, but they still put out quite a bit of quality content.
October 28th, 2010 at 6:40 PM ^
The praise for LBU is greatly appreciated, but none of the writers are/were from BSD. Just wanted to clear that up. The three blogs it came from were: The Nittany Line, Happy Hour Valley, and Zombie Nation.
Thanks again for the kind words.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
I love the mgoblog format stylezzzzz. HOWEVA, I sometimes miss the old thread format.. i find some of the replies hard to follow (e.g. who is this in response to) once there are several replies to the same person.
October 28th, 2010 at 4:58 PM ^
I too miss Haloscan.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:12 PM ^
Wait, what?
October 28th, 2010 at 5:44 PM ^
The current commenting system/board lacks top-end handlejacking.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^
Along the Olentangy is a very well done OSU blog. Very in depth content, much like Brian's UFRs.
If you are looking for snark though, it is not the place.
http://www.alongtheolentangy.com/
For snark, of course see the king of snark, EDSBS.com
October 28th, 2010 at 7:48 PM ^
EDSBS is good but again the formating hurts my eyes, I prefer Doc Sat it is much cleaner.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:10 PM ^
Some SBN sites are better than others. I've always found BSD to be a little weak, but Black Heart Gold Pants (Iowa) is outstanding, EDSBS is a must read, Burnt Orange Nation (Texas) is also great, and The Only Colors (MSU) is one of the best sources I've found for information on Michigan State.
Also, I might be biased as I contribute there, but Maize n Brew is solid as well.