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dm27
Posts: 199
Nov 13, 2009 12:12am
ah a place where I can post for free and not be pressured to give. i think this huddle will show that people will donate to keep a good thing going, it's just to bad jjhuddle was run by a couple of goons
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Nov 13, 2009 1:15am
JJ's line of BS was the same crap Natali and Frantz were spewing in the days before the change. Hell, for all we know, they wrote it and just put his name on it so people'd think he was involved in the decision. It's hilarious how dead they are. I saw the T/I board at about 5:30 p.m. and there were five threads that had been updated since noon.
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Nov 13, 2009 1:40am
^^^and all 5 were probably updated by Libbey1963.
namod65
Posts: 508
Nov 13, 2009 1:50am
Haha that was me and Rec that called him out. I'm surprised I'm not banned yet over there.Fly4Fun wrote:Hahahaha, oh man that is classic.se-alum wrote:After Natali made this statement, and got called out on it, the thread disappeared!Just an FYI -
We have 1,600 people on the site right now. That is about average on a Thursday nigth. In those terms, the Huddle hasn't skipped a beat.
The people are still here. I think everyone is still just trying to figure out the new arrangement of the site.
I also think some people are taking a step back and letting the dust settle before diving right back in.
They have to be freaking out as they just torched a $1,000,000 investment.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Nov 13, 2009 2:01am
How'd you guys call him out? I'm curious.namod65 wrote:Haha that was me and Rec that called him out. I'm surprised I'm not banned yet over there.Fly4Fun wrote:Hahahaha, oh man that is classic.se-alum wrote:After Natali made this statement, and got called out on it, the thread disappeared!Just an FYI -
We have 1,600 people on the site right now. That is about average on a Thursday nigth. In those terms, the Huddle hasn't skipped a beat.
The people are still here. I think everyone is still just trying to figure out the new arrangement of the site.
I also think some people are taking a step back and letting the dust settle before diving right back in.
They have to be freaking out as they just torched a $1,000,000 investment.
sonofsam
Posts: 2,052
Nov 13, 2009 3:04am
I enjoyed my time on the "pay" huddle until it came to this point, but I am much happier here. No longer do you have to worry about mods tracking your every post and wondering when your day will come.
I never paid the $10 dollar lifetime fee, I stayed off the huddle during that time... But I will say this, for those of you who did pay the 10 bucks and are getting the shaft, I support you guys and will stay off that other Huddle as well. I think its a crock of shit that they only want to honor it for a year. Hopefully with time, more people will see the light and come over in support.
I never paid the $10 dollar lifetime fee, I stayed off the huddle during that time... But I will say this, for those of you who did pay the 10 bucks and are getting the shaft, I support you guys and will stay off that other Huddle as well. I think its a crock of shit that they only want to honor it for a year. Hopefully with time, more people will see the light and come over in support.
Curly J
Posts: 7,282
Nov 13, 2009 3:53am
Or dumb asses like me that payed 15 dollars. Truth be known I didn't care. I drink 16 dollar 6-packs for a living, but I would give them KAKA right now. Well KAKA in my own messed up way.
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pbuck
Posts: 161
Nov 13, 2009 4:04am
Forget JJ Puddle
said_aouita
Posts: 8,532
Nov 13, 2009 5:06am
I few good quotes over on paypay.
"I just went through all 3 high school football forums and the trivia forum and page one goes back 24 hours. Up until this week you go on any of the 4 and the oldest topic on page one would only be about 2 hours old. Even if I wanted to pay the 12 buck it wouldn't be worth it."
"Any internet forum operator that disallows even the mention of its competitors is amateur and misguided at best."
"I just went through all 3 high school football forums and the trivia forum and page one goes back 24 hours. Up until this week you go on any of the 4 and the oldest topic on page one would only be about 2 hours old. Even if I wanted to pay the 12 buck it wouldn't be worth it."
"Any internet forum operator that disallows even the mention of its competitors is amateur and misguided at best."
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Nov 13, 2009 9:33am
If they are willing to grandfather past-payers in for a year, that just tells me that they very well could have waited till after football season was over.
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
Nov 13, 2009 9:41am
I never paid for JJhuddle. I was on in April of 2001 and never spent once cent on that garbage site.CenterBHSFan wrote: If they are willing to grandfather past-payers in for a year, that just tells me that they very well could have waited till after football season was over.
That being said, if they would grandfather people in for one year, it leads me to believe they weren't hurting at all for money and that they didn't need the money. They got greedy. 12 bucks per member equals out to a lot of money.
They figured 12 bucks isn't alot to one person, but if they got 12 bucks from everyone, they'd be making some nice coin. However, what they didn't expect is people to stand up against them because of the principle behind it all. They made people pay lifetime membership fees before and then welched on it. Who wants to belong to something like that?
No matter what they do now, they have really screwed up.
RedRider1
Posts: 3,850
Nov 13, 2009 10:03am
Poor economy + bad business model = FAIL
If it was a one-time $10 fee....properly communicated (i.e. to "save" the site)...I might have been down...but this $1/month forever is nuts.
If it was a one-time $10 fee....properly communicated (i.e. to "save" the site)...I might have been down...but this $1/month forever is nuts.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 13, 2009 10:06am
Only eight topics have been hit so far today in the sports/info forum.
That says a lot about how many stayed.
That says a lot about how many stayed.
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CincyRedRider
Posts: 101
Nov 13, 2009 10:10am
Libby and TomFromDaytonCurly J wrote: ^^^and all 5 were probably updated by Libbey1963.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 13, 2009 10:13am
I did not pay that much attention.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
Nov 13, 2009 10:13am
It's dead over there. Screw 'em.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 13, 2009 10:17am
I pretty much walked a very narrow line after they let me back on after my lifetime ban that left approximately three years I believe. I went as far as making a large ignore list so I would not take shots back at those that loved to take them at me.
I have no problem with them charging a fee just as I had no problem not paying it. Their site do as they wish. I did think it was wrong for them to not let those who had paid in the past to continue posting on all of the forums.
They made their bed and I am all but sure they will change the covers on it before sleeping.
I have no problem with them charging a fee just as I had no problem not paying it. Their site do as they wish. I did think it was wrong for them to not let those who had paid in the past to continue posting on all of the forums.
They made their bed and I am all but sure they will change the covers on it before sleeping.
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CincyRedRider
Posts: 101
Nov 13, 2009 10:19am
Yeah but it's like a trainwreck and I can't stop looking at it.
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 13, 2009 10:20am
It's like that very, very fat girl wearing the short dress and high heels you do not want to look but you have to.
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cat_lover
Posts: 2,388
Nov 13, 2009 10:29am
Sounds like he is begging people to stay. I will still post of the free stuff,maybe but I am really liking this site!!
Cleveland Buck
Posts: 5,126
Nov 13, 2009 10:32am
No, you don't.newarkcatholicfan wrote: It's like that very, very fat girl wearing the short dress and high heels you do not want to look but you have to.
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v_falcons
Posts: 447
Nov 13, 2009 10:33am
LOL @ Upper!
newarkcatholicfan
Posts: 3,199
Nov 13, 2009 10:39am
Then its jst me.I look and ask myself why a 300 pound person would wear something like that and then I have two more drinks.Cleveland Buck wrote:No, you don't.newarkcatholicfan wrote: It's like that very, very fat girl wearing the short dress and high heels you do not want to look but you have to.
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fan_from_texas
Posts: 2,693
Nov 13, 2009 10:59am
This is a great analogy. It's like watching a train wreck with a mixture of disgust and curiousity. To take something so good and destroy it so quickly is mind-boggling.newarkcatholicfan wrote: It's like that very, very fat girl wearing the short dress and high heels you do not want to look but you have to.
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Nov 13, 2009 11:01am
The best part is... if they (the girl or JJ) catch you looking, they actually think you're interested in them!fan_from_texas wrote:This is a great analogy. It's like watching a train wreck with a mixture of disgust and curiousity. To take something so good and destroy it so quickly is mind-boggling.newarkcatholicfan wrote: It's like that very, very fat girl wearing the short dress and high heels you do not want to look but you have to.