Bwog-Spectrum Relationship - Revision history

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160.39.193.238 at 11:21, 21 October 2010

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 ==Cultural and Social Circles==
-The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and Greek life, while Bwog's staff trend vaguely more "intellectual" — its only tangible connection to either former group is [[ADP]], itself and outlier in the Greek community.
+The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to [[Athletics]] and [[Greek life]], while Bwog's staff trends vaguely more "intellectual" — its only tangible connection to either former group is [[ADP]], itself an outlier in the Greek community.
 Although many Spec alumni pursue postgraduate careers in media and journalism, they are joined by many "preprofessional" (think finance/consulting) types who are only found on Bwog as the butt of many derisive jokes.

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 *[[Spectrum]]
 *[[Columbia Spectator]]
 ==External Links==

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 ==Cultural and Social Circles==
-The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and Greek life, while Bwog's staff trend vaguely more "intellectual" - its only tangible connection to either former group is [[ADP]] — itself and outlier in the Greek community.
+The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and Greek life, while Bwog's staff trend vaguely more "intellectual" — its only tangible connection to either former group is [[ADP]], itself and outlier in the Greek community.
 Although many Spec alumni pursue postgraduate careers in media and journalism, they are joined by many "preprofessional" (think finance/consulting) types who are only found on Bwog as the butt of many derisive jokes.

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 ==Cultural and Social Circles==
-The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and greek life, while Bwog's only tangible connection to either group is with ADP—itself and outlier in the greek community.
+The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and Greek life, while Bwog's staff trend vaguely more "intellectual" - its only tangible connection to either former group is [[ADP]] — itself and outlier in the Greek community.
 Although many Spec alumni pursue postgraduate careers in media and journalism, they are joined by many "preprofessional" (think finance/consulting) types who are only found on Bwog as the butt of many derisive jokes.

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−	The [[Bwog]] and the [[Spectrum]], the respective blogs of ''[[The Blue and White]]'' and the ''[[Spectator]]'', have had an occasionally contentious '''relationship''' since the founding of the latter in March [[2010]].	+	The [[Bwog]] and the [[Spectrum]], the respective blogs of ''[[The Blue and White]]'' and the ''[[Spectator]]'', have had an occasionally contentious '''relationship''' since the founding of the latter in March [[2010]]. Relations are largely driven by spontaneous matters of practicality.

	==History and nature of the relationship==		==History and nature of the relationship==

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	In any case, many students read both the Spectrum and the Bwog, as both blogs provide a unique and fresh aspect on campus life. Naturally, both Spectrum and Bwog occasionally have comments from readers threatening to switch to the competition when those readers think a post is bad.		In any case, many students read both the Spectrum and the Bwog, as both blogs provide a unique and fresh aspect on campus life. Naturally, both Spectrum and Bwog occasionally have comments from readers threatening to switch to the competition when those readers think a post is bad.
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		+	==Cultural and Social Circles==
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		+	The two organizations have developed largely distinct social circles with unique cultural traits that seemingly further the cool hostility between the two. Spec is staffed by many students with ties to athletics and greek life, while Bwog's only tangible connection to either group is with ADP—itself and outlier in the greek community.
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		+	Although many Spec alumni pursue postgraduate careers in media and journalism, they are joined by many "preprofessional" (think finance/consulting) types who are only found on Bwog as the butt of many derisive jokes.

	==Speccie comments on Bwog==		==Speccie comments on Bwog==

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 ==Misc==
-As of October 18, 2010, Spectator's entire website has a Alexa ranking of 80,113 while Bwog has a ranking of 1,019,633. There is no separate Alexa ranking for Spectrum alone, making it difficult to determine the blogs' relative readership. Moreover, those rankings are for the entire Internet and not just Columbia affiliates.
+As of October 18, 2010, Spectator's entire website has a Alexa ranking of 80,113 while Bwog has a ranking of 1,019,633. There is no separate Alexa ranking for Spectrum alone, making it difficult to determine the blogs' relative readership — although this may not matter given that fact that the blog appears prominently on the front page of Spectator's website. Moreover, those rankings are for the entire Internet and not just Columbia affiliates.
 ==See Also==

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 The [[Bwog]] and the [[Spectrum]], the respective blogs of ''[[The Blue and White]]'' and the ''[[Spectator]]'',  have had an occasionally contentious '''relationship''' since the founding of the latter in March [[2010]].
 When the [[Bwog]] was founded in [[2006]], it quickly became a popular source of instantaneous campus news, roiling the staff of the ''Spectator'', Columbia's traditional campus newspaper, and increasing tensions between the paper and Bwog's parent, the student magazine ''The Blue and White''. ''Spectator'' spent the next four years rolling out a succession of ultimately unsuccessful blogging efforts, before the founding of Spectrum in Spring 2010, which has, for some reason, taken off in a way that has managed to peel back the advantages of Bwog's early online campus news lead.
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 In any case, many students read both the Spectrum and the Bwog, as both blogs provide a unique and fresh aspect on campus life.  Naturally, both Spectrum and Bwog occasionally have comments from readers threatening to switch to the competition when those readers think a post is bad.
-==Speccie Comments on Bwog==
+==Speccie comments on Bwog==
 In the weeks that followed Spectrum's establishment, [[Speccie|Speccies]] freely and annoyingly utilized the medium of Bwog comments to advertise their budding new endeavor.<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/03/15/overseen-on-facebook-home-sweet-home#comment-192433</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/02/breaking-no-40s-on-40#comment-194644</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/24/free-food-nomnomnom#comment-199103</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/24/free-food-nomnomnom#comment-199041</ref><ref>etc.</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/30/baseball-team-wins-gehrig-division#comment-200104</ref>
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 <br>''-check out the spectrum blog''<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/07/bwoglines-housing-is-upon-us#comment-195851<br></ref></blockquote>
 What was said in the comment turned out not to be true, though this comment could have easily come from someone pretending to be Cotton.