Gatorsports blocks article comments from Gatorchatter.com
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- Jun 17, 2014
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Hello. Just visiting OxUrbia and seeing if I can get some real insight over here versus GSMB. That site sucks. Nobody has posted on the recruiting page for a couple of days. Lawrence is just what they need, he'll probably get put on double-secret probation as the skin is a little tight over there.
- Jun 5, 2014
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The GSMB software was going haywire for the 3rd time - all the thread posts were out of order. It was so bad the site was practically unusable. I emailed the Admin about it, and he told me there were other "priorities" but he would report it to the IT guys.GatorTAG;n163461 said:
Class of '78 starts a thread about the Halifax Media Group and posts the public information of the executives and such, in the context that we should contact them and complain about the software. No one did, a lot of people just made jokes about the server "hamster" being dead. bradgator2 made a couple of posts of fake email exchanges with Halifax executives, questioning them about the hamster. They looked real but were completely fabricated, and weren't personal or vicious at all - they were just meant for laugh.
Evidently someone very high in the chain of command at Halifax got word of the thread and read it, and the entire forum was shut down within 3 or 4 days. They put up some kind of message (I wish I had saved it) saying the board was closed down because of "disruptive posters" and they would turn their efforts towards other forms of social media for Gatorsports. That insulting message was left up the entire summer and there was no indication that the GSMB would ever come back. I had been told privately that Halifax had already shut down several other "anonymous message boards" from their other newspapers.
A week into the season they suddenly re-opened up the board with new software, after not mentioning to a single soul that's what they were doing. I'm guessing there was a tug of war behind the scenes to bring the message board back.
Gatorchatter was actually created the day BEFORE the GSMB shut down, as I had anticipated something bad about to happen. By the time the GSMB re-opened, we had over 300 members.
- Jun 11, 2014
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oxrageous;n163478 said:
And here I thought my posts of scantily clad ladies was part of the problem. Silly me. The Jason Collin's thread is probably the only one the GSMB folks saved in their archives. :wink:
- Oct 21, 2014
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Okay thanks Ox.
So here's my suggestion. It's pretty audacious but its business. And we all know emotions don't drive money. ;)
I'm guessing you have a good idea what it cost to run a sports related forum, so you could negotiate something appealing for both parties. Since it was they're own shutdown that caused everyone to jump ship. And now that you're the keeper of the audience they are so jealous of. Maybe you should talk to them about contracting GatotChatter out as their official Gator forums. They could stop feeding their gerbils. Their handful of members would merge in with GC. They would be out of the forum business (which they clearly don't want to be in). And you could make a few extra bucks.
Think they'd go for it?
So here's my suggestion. It's pretty audacious but its business. And we all know emotions don't drive money. ;)
I'm guessing you have a good idea what it cost to run a sports related forum, so you could negotiate something appealing for both parties. Since it was they're own shutdown that caused everyone to jump ship. And now that you're the keeper of the audience they are so jealous of. Maybe you should talk to them about contracting GatotChatter out as their official Gator forums. They could stop feeding their gerbils. Their handful of members would merge in with GC. They would be out of the forum business (which they clearly don't want to be in). And you could make a few extra bucks.
Think they'd go for it?
- Jul 28, 2014
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That was so three Lowe's agoDevoGator;163489 said:
- Jun 20, 2014
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I thought you already knew this. I, and others, mentioned this and you said something to the effect of "don't push the issue" or some sort. Yes, they suck.
- Jun 20, 2014
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oxrageous;n163715 said:
Not at all. This has been going on for a while. Yet another reason not to champion Abowlverdi.
- Jun 12, 2014
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So most people dont know this. But I may, or may not, have posted one last fake email exchange where I accused the guy of having inappropriate relations with that hamster. That thread was deleted within 2 minutes, so I knew something was up. I sent a PM to Ox to apologize and just let him know that it was all fake and I was joking around. He immediately responded with something to the effect of "of course I knew it was all fake". Then the whole freakin site closed later that day.
I was so relieved when I found this site a few days later. But I didnt know if Ox would be pissed or what... so that's why I showed up with a bag on my head.
I wish I saved a copy of those fake emails.
I was so relieved when I found this site a few days later. But I didnt know if Ox would be pissed or what... so that's why I showed up with a bag on my head.
I wish I saved a copy of those fake emails.
- Jul 29, 2014
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Wow that place really dropped the ball....I'm glad I never joined over there. What do they have left? Their paper(online) sucks, their sports writers suck and now they have no traffic.
Brad did you mention that before you have inappropriate actions with a hamster you're supposed to wrap it in duct tape???
Brad did you mention that before you have inappropriate actions with a hamster you're supposed to wrap it in duct tape???
