GSMB watch

[itsgr82bag8r]

I just thought it would be fun to laugh at the idiots who shut that board down. Their game thread had a whopping 3 posts and 151 views.

That is absolutely hilarious...and well deserved...

Humiliating to be honest.

 

[aka]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

 

[HogtownGator]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

Oh, please, we all know Ox is everyone's new g.f.

 

[playzwtrux]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

I still think he's the new gf

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Even with the state of the board over there, I thought they'd have a game thread after emailing thousands of members trumpeting their return. 3 posts? That's hard to believe.

Pretty sure if Alvie opened a forum, there would be more than 3 posts.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

Ox looks hot in a skirt.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Embarrassing.

 

[HogtownGator]

Law, I have been touting the same meme all day - and I believe it to be true. The corporate overlords told the staff members that they were suddenly going to be responsible for the message (read as: more work). They don't want more work. They just want to punch in and punch out. The only joy they have in their little existence is to be staffers at the sports page at the GS. But, when they were told they had to monitor a forum, they checked out. They'll delete a post sooner than moderate it.

 

[WillGetIn]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

Ox is the same ol girlfriend, just wearing a leather miniskirt now instead of a sundress....

 

[Floridagator]

Haven't even checked on it. Was a member since '99. I also haven't even been to the regular news site either since they shut it down. They got bad advice from someone

 

[HogtownGator]

This is a true transcript of a meeting that happened last Monday at the Sun offices in Gainesville. I can't disclose my source, but it is really, really real.


Date: Monday 9/1/2014

Agenda Item: Message Board

Present : Gator Sports staff writers, interns, IT personnel, and Halifax marketing & advertising team (HM).
Meeting was called to order at 2:14 pm

HM: As many of you know, we killed the GSMB under the pretense of “disruptive posters” in early June. Our corporate overlords demanded that we produce more click through traffic. The corporate overlords have installed a new system, killing old hamster PHPbb and replacing him with NewResponsiveBB. We regret the tragic death of the old hamster. The launch of the new message board begins a new era at Gator Sports.com. The biggest change for all of you is this: From now on the GSMB will have oversight by staff members. One of you will be the administrator and the rest of you will be moderators.

Intern 1: We don’t want to be moderators. It sucks, and everyone will hate us.

HM: But we have made you moderators 'anonymous'. No one can hate you.

Intern 2: But what if I don’t want to engage traffic and build relationships. I’m just a ****ing retard working for the G.S.

HM: Welcome aboard.

Staff Member 1: Do we get overtime for this?

HM: No.

Staff Member 2: I feel like you’re piling a lot on us.

HM: Too f’ing bad. The days of volunteer moderators at Gator Sports Message Board is gone. We need a tighter ship. The sign-up sheet will be posted in the lunch room.

Intern 2: Can we still go to the football games?

HM: Of course! Moderating a message is a part-time, minor part of your day. It need not impinge on the actual enjoyment of Gator sports as a fan.

Intern 1: Can we “check out” of moderating duties if the Gators are playing an away game?

HM: Sure! Moderating a message board is a few minutes a day; you’ll hardly notice the increase in your workload.

Staff Member 1: But what happens if I truly want to engage the Gator fan family and produce a message board with content worthy of them?

HM: :lightningstrike:

Exactly, law. I'm just trying to educate people that they should not be surprised that GSMB is a dead zone and to illuminate the fact that we have a proven,
caring comrade in Ox,

 

[NavetG8r]

It's like getting a text from your last gf who put your stuff outside and changed the locks without warning. Now she wants to make nice but you have someone else. And you realize it wasn't that good, anyway. (No, Ox, you're not the new gf. It's just an analogy.)

He does keep telling us he loves us...

 

[BNAG8R]

Now it has 4 posts

 

[Gatorious]

Now it has 4 posts

lulz....

 

[Gatoravatara]

Even with the state of the board over there, I thought they'd have a game thread after emailing thousands of members trumpeting their return. 3 posts? That's hard to believe.

It's like I wrote earlier today - compare the two boards' game topic/thread to see which board is better. Chatter had 22 pages. GSMB had two POSTS. While I do read the GS' articles (I do like Dooley and Andreu), it's pretty obvious where I'll be for posting on a message board - HERE.

There would have been more than 22 pages if the chat was not going. So you can add how many pages of chat to the 22 pages.

 

[Gatoravatara]

Exactly. We were expendable, except that we weren't. If you want to break up with somebody, you better be sure about that. Because if you change your mind when you see them with someone hotter, it is too late.

 

[Gatoravatara]

Haven't even checked on it. Was a member since '99. I also haven't even been to the regular news site either since they shut it down. They got bad advice from someone

Does the person who made the bad call still have a job?