In 2007 or 2008 they'd charge $6.95 MONTHLY for subscribers.. no ripple effect due to keeping those who had lifetime memberships with lifetime memberships.
Then for $1 per month it ALL comes tumbling down.
Wow is it dead and irrelevent. Competition for FreeHuddle would be Yappi not JJ
Wow, I said yappi without being threatened.
The mob is dead.
Dec 10, 2009 1:43pm
thavoice
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 1:46 PMDec 10, 2009 1:46 PM
I just checked and lik 3-4 threads on the STI forum were active the last two days I think. Wow.
It really did all come down to how they implemented it. If they woulda grandfathered in all the people who were there already then start charging...like they did a few years ago...then there would not have been a problem.
They not only did not do that...but also crapped on those who paid a one time fee back in teh day, and relied on semantics to say that wasnt a lifetime membership.....it was a one time administrative cost.
The football forum is dead as well..and I havent even looked at the sports who are inactive now.
There is more activity on www.themaconline.com...a site for the MAC conference in West Central Ohio than there is at the huddle.
Amazing how the mighty have fallen.
Dec 10, 2009 1:46pm
hasbeen
Excuse me, Flo?
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hasbeen
Excuse me, Flo?
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 1:49 PMDec 10, 2009 1:49 PM
I just think that I actually paid for that site. Amazing.
Dec 10, 2009 1:49pm
Cleveland Buck
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 1:51 PMDec 10, 2009 1:51 PM
I joined when it was $6.95/month. Boy was I getting ripped off.
Dec 10, 2009 1:51pm
Nate
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 1:58 PMDec 10, 2009 1:58 PM
Never paid them a penny.
Dec 10, 2009 1:58pm
justincredible
Nick Mangold
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:00 PMDec 10, 2009 2:00 PM
Keebler wrote:
Never paid them a penny.
Same here.
Dec 10, 2009 2:00pm
Fab1b
The Bald A-Hole!!
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:05 PMDec 10, 2009 2:05 PM
Me either never paid anything
Dec 10, 2009 2:05pm
justincredible
Nick Mangold
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:05 PMDec 10, 2009 2:05 PM
I have no idea why the thread was closed for a few minutes. I checked the log and it said I closed it. Weird.
Dec 10, 2009 2:05pm
Gameover
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:06 PMDec 10, 2009 2:06 PM
Never seen a penny out of this guy either.
Dec 10, 2009 2:06pm
sleeper
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:11 PMDec 10, 2009 2:11 PM
They didn't want to grandfather people in because they thought that those people that paid would be the only ones paying again. They knew the users that came in when it was free, probably only came in because it was free. Ideally, looking back, they should have done the grandfathering to keep the active prominent users backing the idea and keeping the site alive. It might have gotten people interested in sticking around, but alas, epic failure on their part.
Dec 10, 2009 2:11pm
Heretic
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:15 PMDec 10, 2009 2:15 PM
Never paid, either. Originally joined in 2001 when it was free. When Overdrive got banned, I waited until 2008, when it became free again. I think when I was banned, it was $15 to join and I wasn't going to waste money on that site considering how eager they were to suspend/ban members for anything remotely resembling a transgression.
Dec 10, 2009 2:15pm
j_crazy
7 gram rocks. how i roll.
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7 gram rocks. how i roll.
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:19 PMDec 10, 2009 2:19 PM
i joined for free before it had the lifetime fee. then got banned, and paid for a name, then got banned and created another free name, banned, free name, banned, free name, then the shitstorm last month where I got banned for promoting this site and created several that i flamed out and then all of my new accounts were deactivated.
i think i paid 12.95 or something like that the 1 time i did pay.
Dec 10, 2009 2:19pm
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:20 PMDec 10, 2009 2:20 PM
I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
Dec 10, 2009 2:20pm
justincredible
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:25 PMDec 10, 2009 2:25 PM
Keebler wrote:
I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
You're a real son of a b____.
Dec 10, 2009 2:25pm
Heretic
Son of the Sun
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Heretic
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:26 PMDec 10, 2009 2:26 PM
justincredible wrote:
Keebler wrote:
I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
You're a real son of a .~!#.~!#.~!#.~!#.~!#.
Fixed it for you.
Dec 10, 2009 2:26pm
TBone14
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:29 PMDec 10, 2009 2:29 PM
I joined in 2001...never paid them a cent. Kept the same user name the whole time.
Dec 10, 2009 2:29pm
Chesapeake
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:32 PMDec 10, 2009 2:32 PM
Rydawg hasn't been here and is just now making fun of JJ Huddle.
Should I tell him he missed the bus or does someone else wanna tell him?
Dec 10, 2009 2:32pm
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 2:57 PMDec 10, 2009 2:57 PM
you mean the "short bus" ..those go round n round all the time honey ; )
Dec 10, 2009 2:57pm
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:27 PMDec 10, 2009 3:27 PM
Keebler wrote:
Never paid them a penny.
This
Dec 10, 2009 3:27pm
krambman
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:30 PMDec 10, 2009 3:30 PM
It is pretty amazing how badly and how quickly they ran that place into the ground. The STI forum only has TWO posts in it today! TWO!
And the Bleacher Seats forum only has 45 threads with comments made on them since midnight. And remember this board is a conglomerate of all the broads from when the site is free. The STI forum alone used to have more activity on it on a slow day than that place does.
Dec 10, 2009 3:30pm
MrPoke
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:31 PMDec 10, 2009 3:31 PM
v_falcons wrote:
you mean the "short bus" ..those go round n round all the time honey ; )
FTW
Dec 10, 2009 3:31pm
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:39 PMDec 10, 2009 3:39 PM
Just now? Cmon Peake! A "free" huddle would have been called something else if it weren't for me.
Dec 10, 2009 3:39pm
darbypitcher22
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 3:44 PMDec 10, 2009 3:44 PM
Place is dead.... Pull the plug already.
Dec 10, 2009 3:44pm
Nate
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 4:00 PMDec 10, 2009 4:00 PM
JJHuddle = The Internet Forum Vegetable
Dec 10, 2009 4:00pm
CenterBHSFan
333 - I'm only half evil
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333 - I'm only half evil
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Thu, Dec 10, 2009 4:20 PMDec 10, 2009 4:20 PM
In the politics forum over there, there are still threads from 10-11! Yikes!!!