SB Nation unveils fancy new blog

by clockwerks on Sep 2, 2008 5:12 PM EDT in Introductions

Almost every week we announce a new blog in the SB Nation family of sports blogs. And we're at it again. Welcome to our newest blog - Blog Huddle - a blog that doesn't cover your favorite team or sport, but instead keeps you updated on the happenings of SB Nation itself. I, along with the other good folks who run SB Nation, will be posting as frequently as possible on things like:

Announcements of new blogs
Introductions of new features
Tips + tricks on using the platform
Scheduled downtime notices and outage explanations
Media mentions of our blogs and the network
General observations on the growth of sports blogging overall

But we don't want this to be a one-way thing. We're always looking for feedback and ideas on how we can improve the network. We hope you'll jump in, talk to us, and get to know us a bit. That's why we set this up on our own blogging platform: if you already have an SB Nation account, you can quickly and easily join this blog and start commenting today. And if you don't have an account - of course you should Sign Up today.

One note - if you are encountering problems with any of our blogs or account registration system, please continue to send us reports via email instead of posting a comment or FanPost. Just as a reminder our email address is: support@sbnation.com.

BTW, I'm Trei - you might remember me from such blog posts as Welcome to the new SB Nation or as the guy who often replies to your support requests. I work on products and technology at SB Nation. And because this place is of, by and for the fans, you should know my team is the Astros (one reason why).

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cool.. first comment in blog history

Is there a Lakers or Chargers blog coming in the future?

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 3, 2008 8:06 PM EDT 0 recs

What about a Washington Capitals blog?

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey

by jobe on Sep 4, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up 0 recs

Chargers blog coming this weekend -

We’re working on finding good bloggers to cover the Lakers and Capitals. Any suggestions?

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by sixfoot6 on Sep 4, 2008 11:15 AM EDT up 0 recs

wait a sec

is the charger blog coming today? (sunday)

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 7, 2008 12:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

I remember you as the guy with the sweet pics of Collin Balester. Thanks, Clockwerks.

Everything I say is a "little" sarcastic.

by e chigliak on Sep 3, 2008 10:44 PM EDT 0 recs

This is awesome. Love the logo.

by Brian Galliford on Sep 4, 2008 6:45 AM EDT 0 recs

I like the formatting guide and better ways of inserting links and pics,

but is there a way to put width considerations into the image quicktag?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Sep 4, 2008 10:46 AM EDT 0 recs

Not sure what you mean by quicktag

Do you mean that you’re looking for an easy way to size down a large image when composing a post?

I’ll look for your response here, but you might find it more effective to post a Blog Huddle FanPost that everyone can respond to, or else submit a bugreport@sbnation. We’ll see what we can do if you can clarify what you’re looking for. Thanks!

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by sixfoot6 on Sep 4, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up 0 recs

some suggestions

- an ability for users to “favorite” posts and view those posts (along with # of new comments) on a page in their profile. the gmail system of the star would be nice, with the ability to toggle the star on/off on each post’s page AND on the profile page where all the favorited posts are listed

- a page in each user’s profile that lists posts that user has commented in that have new comments.

those two suggestions are especially useful for users who read mutiple blogs.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 4, 2008 7:51 PM EDT 0 recs

how about a link to a video tutorial

that shows some of the features?

Also, I can’t believe that there is no blog for the San Diego Charges (unless I’ve missed it) especially considering their a playoff favorite this year.

"Phenomenological ontology? The Dude abides."

by LOUtheMETSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:19 PM EDT 0 recs

ooops.

Chargers blog coming this weekend. Got it.

Astros fan? Poor fella.

"Phenomenological ontology? The Dude abides."

by LOUtheMETSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

Good call on a video tutorial.

We’ll be properly tackling documentation and a more comprehensive help guide in the next month or so, and a few short video tutorials will be a high priority.

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by sixfoot6 on Sep 5, 2008 3:05 AM EDT up 0 recs

thank you

" I don't read the script. The script reads me."

by LOUtheMETSfan on Sep 8, 2008 9:29 AM EDT up 0 recs

i'd also like to urge individual blogs

to have a more thorough user agreement than “don’t be mean”.

- is swearing allowed? just in game threads?
- should full comments be left in a comment title?
- should the title field always be used?
- is there max size for pictures?
- what exactly will get a user banned? how about boxed?
- etc

not all of those have to be addressed in the initial agreement, but they should be listed somewhere for users to refer to.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 4, 2008 8:24 PM EDT 0 recs

Good ideas! thanks.

You’re right about our needing to encourage the individual blogs to flesh out a proper user agreement. I’ll start it off by writing out an agreement for Blog Huddle tomorrow.

I like the idea of specifying “what will get you banned”. Perhaps we should even link this from the foot of every comment thread, similar to the way we’re doing the little formatting guide.

Feel free to start a FanPost here on Blog Huddle to encourage other people to weigh in.

I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly and with better features.

by sixfoot6 on Sep 5, 2008 3:00 AM EDT up 0 recs

Lookout Landing has just been having this very discussion

I don’t know that there can be an SBN-wide, uniform set of “what will get you banned” – each site has different standards as regards content and posting. There may be certain universals, but I think it’s best left to each blog to set their own standards and adhere to them, as sixfoot6 mentioned.

With the assistance of a lot of people, I drew up a “Lookout Landing Style Guide” that will hopefully give new posters at LL a look at how we do things – it’s not a list of “this will get you banned”, but more a list of “these things will make you a successful LL poster”. It’s a long list, and to a lot of people it may seem overly pedantic or picky – but that’s OK, because at LL the mods have set a pretty high bar for what constitutes a discussion, and we all want to keep it that way as much as possible.

So anyway, here it is, if anybody’s interested – I wouldn’t dream of insisting that people at SBN blogs I never read take this as gospel and start using all of it, but hopefully it can help spur some discussion on sites that want to develop strong guidelines as regards posting and etiquette.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Sep 5, 2008 10:11 AM EDT up 0 recs

i like calling it a "style guide" btw

i’m not a huge rules guy and i mostly like to let a community grow organically and not be limited by rules. but it’s always nice to have them to point to when big issues arise. and it’s a nice feeling for new members to see that there actually is some sort of guide as to what sets a certain community apart from other ones.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 5, 2008 3:09 PM EDT up 0 recs

yeah, the LL mods try not to be too authoritarian

but they have found a tone that they believe works for their site, and those of us that post there a lot defend it whenever possible. There was no codified place on the blog that listed all the things that the regulars see as “guidelines”, so I drew one up. The LL mods do a really good job of not being too quick with the banhammer – they like to give people enough rope to hang themselves, as it were – but it will be nice going forward to have one place to point people to the next time somebody new does something that doesn’t jibe with the mods’ view of how LL should function.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Sep 5, 2008 3:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

By the way..

i noticed your awards section on this site. just to let you know. http://juicedsportsblog.com/2008/05/top-100-valuable-sportsblogs.html ranked quite a few SB nation blogs in its most valuable sports blogs list.

"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." -Ted Williams

by AnaheimHalos61 on Sep 7, 2008 9:09 PM EDT 0 recs