True story: I walked in with my buddy once, no one came over to offer us service, we looked around unimpressed, got up and left
The ownership group behind On3 has acquired Rivals and forged a partnership with Yahoo Sports.
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Man I hope this doesn’t become a paid membership service, I don’t post much but I enjoy reading all the posts and getting my Uk bball news here
Pretty sure this place was Catspause when I first joined, then it got switched to Cats illustrated after some 24/7 or something stuff went down, but free board I'm pretty sure was always called Rupps Rafters. Guess this is different than that change in that Rivals itself was sold? but is it true the founder of oN3, bought Rivals and brought it out of bankruptcy around 2001 and later sold it to Yahoo(2007?), so he is basically just buying it back from Yahoo after about 18 years?
IIRC the switchover from Catspause to Cats Illustrated was pretty hilarious.
There was a few hour period where people were posting nonsense into the void, unsure if the site would just go dark or continue.
There was a few hour period where people were posting nonsense into the void, unsure if the site would just go dark or continue.
That unfortunately doesn’t answer a lot of our questions about this board remaining and remaining
free.
I interpret that as the board will not be free.
I remember people were test posting Matt Jones’ name to see if their posts would get deleted. Catspause forbade any mention of Jones.We had a watch going on that night. I remember posting this.
I have enjoyed reading (mostly reading) the free thread for years… Why anyone would pay to talk sports is beyond me but people do… I would think that forums like this could be reconstituted by someone but perhaps not… But damn if I’m going to pay money to read the same stuff I can hear in the Barber Shop… Well unless you go to the solon😁
I love the job my barber does, went to him yesterday. Only sport he was interested in talking about was WNBA and Kaitlyn Clark, not sure I’ll go back
Why couldn't someone just create an account on a platform like MeWe and start a new forumn? I use to be a member on a message board there a few years ago. It was pretty simple and last I checked it was free.
I tend to cringe when I hear corporate types say things like " we are giving you more value". Code for bend over and wait for it.
Within 2-3 years it would die out from lack of new members because nobody would find it.
I know. That’s what I’m worried about. Decades of good Uk discussion being thrown in the trash in the name of the almighty dollar.
Yep. Same vibe as “We appreciate our employees so much!” And it’s shown with 4 pizzas and Pepsi.
It isn't a matter of attracting new members. It is a matter of keeping a message board alive so the fans on this site can continue to discuss.
Right, but people will drift away for various reasons and nobody will replace them. I've seen it happen other times.
It is the way of the world now. Change, things always get worse. I hope they leave us be. This is the only forum I'm on anymore, but I would miss it.
Somebody reach out to Pope. He's always doing good deeds for that fans and has plenty of pull.
Somebody reach out to Pope. He's always doing good deeds for that fans and has plenty of pull.
We could still advertise it. All you have to do is copy the forum link and post on Facebook, Twitter etc. I would certainly try something like that instead of just giving up.
