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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Dec 10, 2009 1:43pm
everytime I go to JJ.
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.
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.
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thavoice
Posts: 14,376
Dec 10, 2009 1:46pm
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.
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.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Dec 10, 2009 1:49pm
I just think that I actually paid for that site. Amazing.
Cleveland Buck
Posts: 5,126
Dec 10, 2009 1:51pm
I joined when it was $6.95/month. Boy was I getting ripped off.
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
Dec 10, 2009 1:58pm
Never paid them a penny.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Dec 10, 2009 2:00pm
Same here.Keebler wrote: Never paid them a penny.
Fab1b
Posts: 12,949
Dec 10, 2009 2:05pm
Me either never paid anything
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Dec 10, 2009 2:05pm
I have no idea why the thread was closed for a few minutes. I checked the log and it said I closed it. Weird.
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Gameover
Posts: 150
Dec 10, 2009 2:06pm
Never seen a penny out of this guy either.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 10, 2009 2:11pm
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.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Dec 10, 2009 2:15pm
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.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Dec 10, 2009 2:19pm
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.
i think i paid 12.95 or something like that the 1 time i did pay.
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
Dec 10, 2009 2:20pm
I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Dec 10, 2009 2:25pm
You're a real son of a b____.Keebler wrote: I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Dec 10, 2009 2:26pm
Fixed it for you.justincredible wrote:You're a real son of a .~!#.~!#.~!#.~!#.~!#.Keebler wrote: I locked this thread with my mind for a minute.
TBone14
Posts: 6,383
Dec 10, 2009 2:29pm
I joined in 2001...never paid them a cent. Kept the same user name the whole time.
Chesapeake
Posts: 1,603
Dec 10, 2009 2:32pm
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?
Should I tell him he missed the bus or does someone else wanna tell him?
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v_falcons
Posts: 447
Dec 10, 2009 2:57pm
you mean the "short bus" ..those go round n round all the time honey ; )
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mtrulz
Posts: 2,905
Dec 10, 2009 3:27pm
ThisKeebler wrote: Never paid them a penny.
krambman
Posts: 3,606
Dec 10, 2009 3:30pm
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.
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.
MrPoke
Posts: 348
Dec 10, 2009 3:31pm
FTWv_falcons wrote: you mean the "short bus" ..those go round n round all the time honey ; )
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rydawg5
Posts: 2,639
Dec 10, 2009 3:39pm
Just now? Cmon Peake! A "free" huddle would have been called something else if it weren't for me.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Dec 10, 2009 3:44pm
Place is dead.... Pull the plug already.
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
Dec 10, 2009 4:00pm
JJHuddle = The Internet Forum Vegetable
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Dec 10, 2009 4:20pm
In the politics forum over there, there are still threads from 10-11! Yikes!!!