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Revision as of 14:38, 8 June 2013

Bwog's logo up to 2009.

Bwog, originally called The Bwog, is the blog of The Blue and White magazine, centered on campus news and gossip. It was launched on January 30th, 2006[1], by founding editor Taylor Walsh. The site was inspired by gossip blogs that began to be popular in New York in the mid-00s, especially Gawker. Some consider it to be snotty and elitist. Others consider it witty and entertaining. Most people read it regardless. It's generally understood that Bwog was great last year but now it sucks, regardless of the current year.

History

Bwog's 2012 redesign

Although it had already been active for months, Bwog went mainstream in October 2006 with its nearly real-time coverage of the Minuteman stage-rush incident, which did for it what the Gulf War did for CNN - made students realize that the blog medium, and Bwog in particular, was their most up to date source of campus news. A popular sister blog launched in 2008 to cover the exploits of Hawkmadinejad. The site has undergone three serious redesigns since inception, notably on January 1, 2009 and September 22, 2012. Both designs were met with immediate backlash from readers[2], but just like Facebook, eventually people stop complaining and continue using the site.

In 2010, the site celebrated its 100,000th entry comment. That same year, the site moved from Bwog.net to Bwog.com, for unclear reasons.

Common features

  • Breaking news
  • "Quick" versions of campus publications, especially the Spec
  • Coverage of protests / major campus events
  • Lecture hops
  • Things overheard on campus
  • Event listings
  • Free food announcements, far too close to the event time to be of any use
  • Internet culture features
  • Comments, with a reputation for being caustic and asinine
  • Senior Wisdom
  • BwogWeather

See Also

References

  1. "You Can Take the Soviet Out of Russia...", Bwog, 1/30/06 - First post to Bwog
  2. "Looking for Feedback", Bwog, 9/23/12

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