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Clutchfans vs Bleacher Report

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by coachbadlee, Jul 9, 2013.

  1. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    The way BR formats their site is crap. I don't want to visit thirty pages to see the top thirty anything.
     
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  2. el gnomo

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  3. el gnomo

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    does that include jumping for joy?
     
  5. A_3PO

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    Is that why you have to click multiple times to read individual articles?

    I will refuse to read Bleacher Report under any circumstances until they add a View As One Page option. To read an article on the top 15 players in the NBA, you have to click 15 times. That is low-class garbage.
     
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  7. coachbadlee

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    Maybe Bleacher Report should be appreciated for it's entertainment value.
     
  8. J.R.

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    Who likes reading slideshows?
     
  9. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    .... huh?
     
  10. bobloblaw

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    YES. That is exactly why every BR article is a slideshow. Deadspin has a good article on the problems with it.

    The staff is almost entirely nonpaid, yet the articles are written in order to generate web traffic with inane titles.
     
  11. coachbadlee

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    Hey, stop raining on my one man parade.;)
     
  12. coachbadlee

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    I bet if Clutchfans got that kind of attention, team forums would start coming out of nowhere. We could set a trend. We have a very interesting group of posters here.
     
  13. coachbadlee

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    Ohhh!!!! It took me a while, but now i get it!!!

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    ...and yes, that's me!:grin:
     
  14. Kwame

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    Coach Badlee compared Royce White to LeBron James.
     
  15. Deckard

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    And you think that was merely a coincidence? Comparing the two sites would be like comparing a Tesla Model S to a Honda Civic Hybrid. They both have 4 wheels, and they both use batteries. Beyond that, a comparison is rediculous, coachbadlee. You would have been well served to pay attention to those who suggested blowing off Bleacher Retort. Once in a Blue Moon, there's a decent column there. In other words, it's very rare, and not worth your time, in my humble opinion.
     
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  16. conundrum

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    I agree, the Team Stream App is not too bad. It pulls articles from various sites about your team our leagues you are interested in. Just don't click on the articles that are actually from Bleacher Report. They also include tweets from insiders and such as Woj for NBA, Schefter for NFL and Feigan for the Rockets.
     
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  17. JuanValdez

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    I have to agree with a comparison in this regard: reading an article on BR and a post on CF is similar in that you are reading the amateur opinion of a basketball fan who might be smart and might be dumb. BR is different from Broussard because Broussard is providing (or trying to provide) primary source information while BR is providing (or trying to provide) secondary analysis of information, which is what most posts on CF are also doing. What CF provides that you don't get from a BR article are: (1) the occasional delivery of primary or secondary information on a real-time basis, (2) a persisting community in which you have some familiarity with the posters offering amateur analysis, (3) a feedback mechanism to refute dumb posts and praise good ones in conversation. Where CF is delivering value is that it's a viable community whereas BR is just a collection of articles floating in a vacuum. And, if you're going to be merely a collection of articles, those articles should provide information (preferably fresh primary-source material), and/or professional, educated, and consistently high-quality analysis. So, BR is falling between 2 stools, with not enough professionalism to be treated as journalism and not enough interaction to be treated as a community.
     
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  18. Haymitch

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    I think the faults with BR have already been pointed out. It's simply there to generate clicks for their ads. Nothing wrong with that in general, but it's hard to take a site like that seriously on sports.

    The Team Stream app just seems like it takes stories about your team from all over the web and directs you to them.

    I don't even know where to begin with this
     
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  19. Williamson

    Williamson JOSH CHRISTOPHER ONLY FAN

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    Would go on both of those dates.
     
  20. Invisible Fan

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    The slides gimmick is also for ads to load per click.

    The google bait is so bad that I tAke out all instances of bleacher in searches
     
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