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It's amazing - found a copy of a picture of a company with the exact same waiting room as bdnmb.ca - picture attached.  
Two photos attached - hilarious.  
 
 
 
Edited by 1950sVintage, 2016-03-30 17:36:53

Same as their cover photo too of the "boardroom" lol

I had intended to follow up after a couple weeks and it’s been about that long.  
For me just because my job is to run this site, my main interest personally is in finding stories that complement discussions that are taking place on eBrandon and even the community at large. Whether those stories are via the Sun, Journal, CKLQ/Star, Bob/Farm, CBC, CTV, Discover Westman, MyWestman or this new one we’re all better for having more sources writing about Westman. It might not necessarily be any given outlet’s primary goal to support discussion on eBrandon specifically, but its what I’ve been self-trained to look for in my 11+ years of doing this job. I’m still not seeing a ton from the perspective of contributing stuff that could complement discussion but its good to see a number of the columnists keeping things up and writing stuff that might be of interest to folks depending on their interests. For those following the election closely that are looking for another perspective it does look like there are a few recent pieces that might be of interest.  
 
Regarding the above couple posts, I did learn about the same thing earlier today. After mulling it over earlier I decided to leave it alone, but it looks like it’s been brought up. If you plug the noted photos into a Google reverse image search they look to track back to a person who offers the service of adding your logo onto an office stock photo.  
https://www.fiverr.com/photoshopworks/do-a-logo-office-interior-mockup-m3?funnel=6e30e48f-b47e-4f8d-b697-41a1f1a3c06c  
and  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/photoshopworks/16399244272/in/album-72157648217985034/  
 
While it certainly and understandably doesn’t look great on the surface when combined with the "new office furniture arrived" comment, it’s also possible that it was a self deprecating gag of some sort (sincerely hope the latter). I’ve tried to get comment that would clarify but haven’t had a lot of luck.  
 
In the end in the big picture its my opinion that its about the service that you offer and the content that you put out. Just about everything else is just noise. This new site has potential to nicely complement the local information landscape as it evolves over time and learns the ropes and I will continue to check in from time to time.  
 
Edited by Adam, 2016-03-30 20:53:59

I've looked at the site and honestly I don't really know what to say. But what i would like to see is a news site similar to something like ItvBrandon, which for anyone who doesn't know or forgot: was a news site that ran from January to August of 2010. When ItvBrandon was around, they reported on everything. If there was a fire or an accident or police standoff, they reported on it and whether it was minor or major. They also reported on politics, sports, businesses opening, concerts and they wouldnt just write an article, they would also post multiple pictures and sometimes video to go along with the story. When I think of a good online news site, that's what I think of. But for whatever reason they ceased operation which was too bad because they were good.  
 
 
 
 
 
Edited by The_Young_Man, 2016-03-30 23:56:56