A Couple of Things
Live and learn. We launched Brooklyn Record almost exactly a year ago with the idea that there was a whole lot of stuff going on in Brooklyn that had little to do with real estate and that wasn’t being adequately covered in any one blog. We still think it’s a valid concept but we’ve decided…
Live and learn. We launched Brooklyn Record almost exactly a year ago with the idea that there was a whole lot of stuff going on in Brooklyn that had little to do with real estate and that wasn’t being adequately covered in any one blog. We still think it’s a valid concept but we’ve decided to leave it to someone with deeper pockets to try and to stick to our knitting here at Brownstoner. It’s been hard trying to support two brands and creating artificial boundaries editorially; frankly, it’s also proven a lot harder to support a general interest blog with advertising. Going forward, some of the things we’ve been putting in the Brooklyn Record basket in recent months—like storefront openings and closings and the more human-interest side of real estate, for example—will find a home under the Brownstoner umbrella. Other topics, like kick-boxing classes and indie rock concerts aren’t going to make the cut.
In other news, we’re in the process of upgrading the site to a new system that will dramatically improve the user experience and strengthen the sense of community. Within the next few weeks, readers will be able to have their own profile pages which they can use to track comment threads, upload photos of their house or apartment and connect directly with other readers. The new system will also make the Forum much more flexible and user-friendly. We can’t wait.
Onward and upward.
Mr. B
DANG@! I really liked BR! Great ideas / destination spots for weekend bike trips. Sad to see it go.
i also read the record every day. how sad. any way you could keep the old site up? it’s good reference for restaurants and such.
i can’t stand brownstoner. it’s all entitlement and hatred. boo.
I’ve been reading what appears to be the last post on the Record, about that hero joint in my Bensonhurst. That’s what I loved about the BR – the way you could go through dozens of NY papers and blogs and cull the best snippets about things to do-places to eat-what’s going on in Brooklyn.
Dear Brooklyn Record: I’ll miss you.
Totally uninterested in Brownstoner–big fan of Brooklyn Record. You’ve made a poor decision, as the “community” at Brownstoner isn’t worth all that much, IMHO.
As an ex-Brooklyn resident (boo-hoo) I enjoyed keeping up with events via the Record. I commend you for the work you put into the blog, will miss it but look forward to keeping up in touch through the Brownstoner. Shake-outs are inevitable in this new cyber-blog world, and when reading the Record I got the sense that the work load must have been tremendous. I certainly appreciated the effort, and felt the blog was better than any of the local printed rags that claim Brooklyn as a beat. Congratulate yourselves for being ahead of the curve and doing a great job out on a limb…and hang on to the domain address! Ya’ never know!
Wow Jack! I’m surprised at your take on nasty posters – I would have thought it would be the other way around, us older folks being a little more concerned with etiquette, real and virtual. i do agree, though, that the snarkiness is a turn-off, and more suited to curbed readers where it seems to be the main attraction. I’ll miss BR too, esp. the blog roundup.
I was a huge fan of brooklyn record; never commented by a daily reader. I’ll miss it!
any other reader want to keep the concept going on another blog?
my 2 cents, yeah, I think the Record spoke to more people who cant really afford to think soley about real estate, and more just where to eat/drink/bike/listen to music etc.There are more advertisers on brownstoner cause people that interested in real estate are the ones the advertsers are looking to speak to. And i agree, the blog roundup is how i navigated the other blogs, you were the authority…maybe BR could come back in another form…looking forward to seeing how the change develops…cheers
Brownstoner.com has a problem. Its forum discussions almost as a rule are dragged by petty and rude posters who seem completely oblivious to any sense of Internet etiquette. What is Internet etiquette? Well, it means not posting all in capital letters but it also means not saying anything in your posts that you wouldn’t say in real life communication. Many young people today view their online persona as an extension of themselves but older people who use sites like Brownstoner still view online forums as an opportunity to vent the aggressive and negative feelings that they bottle up in their real life. In almost every forum discussion on Brownstoner, there is some poster (probably some 50-something guy who never posted on an online forum before he started looking for a Brooklyn brownstone) who spouts venom and finds cataclysmic fault with some innocent discussion or Brownstoner article. I think this negativity tends to drag down the site and the Brownstoner brand as a whole. I propose that Brownstoner require all posters to the forum to register before they can leave message. People could still use made-up names, but at least they would feel some kind of ownership for their postings and I believe that a real sense of community could be fostered.