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tcannizzo Wed Dec 07, 2011 07:48pm

Slow here...
 
...but some good action on HeyBucket.:cool:

NCASAUmp Wed Dec 07, 2011 08:51pm

This forum is dying. There are various reasons why.

I may not be here for too much longer. It's a sad state of affairs.

tcannizzo Wed Dec 07, 2011 09:25pm

Why?

Scooby Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:21pm

I am likely one of the reasons. I visit the forum 4-5 times a week, yet I rarely post. That can't help.

Gulf Coast Blue Thu Dec 08, 2011 02:12am

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcannizzo (Post 802749)
...but some good action on HeyBucket.:cool:

I hate the format at that site............it pisses me off. lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 802755)
This forum is dying. There are various reasons why.

I may not be here for too much longer. It's a sad state of affairs.

Nah........it is always slow this time of year. Don't go.

Joel

Steve M Thu Dec 08, 2011 04:49am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby (Post 802779)
I am likely one of the reasons. I visit the forum 4-5 times a week, yet I rarely post. That can't help.

Me too. I read most of the posts but don't post often.
And Joel is right too - it's a slow time of year.

IRISHMAFIA Thu Dec 08, 2011 07:23am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue (Post 802804)
I hate the format at that site............it pisses me off. lol



Nah........it is always slow this time of year. Don't go.

Joel

I love this format and it is a slow time of the year.

CLBuffalo Thu Dec 08, 2011 07:55am

If I don't post and don't log in things will probably pick up.

NCASAUmp Thu Dec 08, 2011 08:58am

Quote:

Originally Posted by CLBuffalo (Post 802842)
If I don't post and don't log in things will probably pick up.

*blink*

Another ump from NC?

MD Longhorn Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:06am

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcannizzo (Post 802760)
Why?

I'm guessing anti-customer customer service of late.

NCASAUmp Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:08am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue (Post 802804)
I hate the format at that site............it pisses me off. lol



Nah........it is always slow this time of year. Don't go.

Joel

It's not just the fact that it's slow. It's the horsecrap attitude.

Skahtboi Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:11am

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 802861)
I'm guessing anti-customer customer service of late.

That is certainly a reason why I am considering giving up this forum.

Umpteenth Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:12am

What other forums are available? This was the 1st I found 3 years ago, and I stopped looking.

Skahtboi Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:12am

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 802862)
It's not just the fact that it's slow. It's the horsecrap attitude.

Ya think??? :D

NCASAUmp Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:14am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Umpteenth (Post 802864)
What other forums are available? This was the 1st I found 3 years ago, and I stopped looking.

Stay tuned. May be a while, but stay tuned.

Skahtboi Thu Dec 08, 2011 09:15am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Umpteenth (Post 802864)
What other forums are available? This was the 1st I found 3 years ago, and I stopped looking.

There are other options out there. One has already been named in this thread. This used to be, far and away, the best option available, and for the time being may still be. However, the moderation around here has gone from one of being user friendly, and thanking individuals when they report SPAM, to being more pro-SPAM, allowing it to stay for days, and then banning members who report it for given periods of time. This is causing many of the old guard, myself included, to wonder about the customer service goals of officiating.com and its forum.

MD Longhorn Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:15pm

Scott - are you on FB?

IRISHMAFIA Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:34pm

Just curious.

How much do you all pay to use this forum?

okla21fan Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:45pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 802918)
Just curious.

How much do you all pay to use this forum?

fidi bazzilion!

NCASAUmp Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:47pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA (Post 802918)
Just curious.

How much do you all pay to use this forum?

Our mere presence is payment.

You see, this site uses Google AdSense. Ever notice those funny little ads on the top of the page (especially the ones from bat doctors)? Google pays the site's owners a fixed fee for each time those ads are loaded and viewed on a page. Every time we click one of those ads, they get a little more.

So by simply being here, we are, in effect paying them.

And if people stop coming here...

Crabby_Bob Thu Dec 08, 2011 02:34pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp (Post 802921)
Ever notice those funny little ads on the top of the page (especially the ones from bat doctors)? Google pays the site's owners a fixed fee for each time those ads are loaded and viewed on a page.

What ad? ;)

NCASAUmp Thu Dec 08, 2011 02:40pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crabby_Bob (Post 802933)
What ad? ;)

Then one you're blocking via AdBlock or some firewall-based ad zapper.

Not that I know anything about firewall-based ad zappers... ;)





(Okay, maybe I'm running one on my Linux firewall at home...)

Skahtboi Thu Dec 08, 2011 02:50pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbcrowder (Post 802912)
Scott - are you on FB?

Yes sir. Just shot you a PM.

Andy Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:57pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcannizzo (Post 802749)
...but some good action on HeyBucket.:cool:

That site is so slooooow on my work computer, but is fine on my laptop at home....I think it is probably the internet connection at work....but it makes that site so much more frustrating to visit on a regular basis....

IRISHMAFIA Mon Dec 12, 2011 01:06pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy (Post 803926)
That site is so slooooow on my work computer, but is fine on my laptop at home....I think it is probably the internet connection at work....but it makes that site so much more frustrating to visit on a regular basis....

I have some issues on my netbook, laptop and desk top. I think there is a lot of extraneous/garbage downloading, mostly graphics that causes a delay just long enough to be an annoyance.


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