Dallow Spicer wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:59 am
Hot_Pink_Urinal_Mint wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:32 pm
LaudJohn wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:52 pm
As for being glad you never met DS, well you are the loser there. A more grounded and sensible person who calls it like he sees it is hard to meet. But such people are hard for snowflakes to handle.
Maybe he's a 'nice guy' in real life but this time back posting he's acting like a right c*nt! It's almost as if he's trying to finish what he started - killing the site.
I love this notion that I killed the site. Let’s state a few facts:
1) during my ownership the site had consistently more people online than at any time in its history, before or since. We always had 1200-1500 on, much more than CEO who ‘boosted’ their numbers by changing their settings to measure it over a six hour period.
2) it had more active posters and more posts. We averaged around 250- 300 posts a day. Now it’s lucky to get 50 and that’s only if Jep and Batty aren’t banned.
3)I maintained a regular record of 2-3 front page articles per month, more than KIR and certainly more than currently appear. When was the last one published? Six months ago?
4) for the first and only time in its history it was a commercial success, with profits being made every month and shared between all shareholders religiously. Ask PB how many times he saw profits from KiR (answer: Never) and how regularly he gets a share these days.
5) I sold the site nearly three years ago. If I’m responsible for killing it, how come it hasn’t recovered in that time?
There is a reason 440 is no longer engaging. It’s because unlike the cultists on CEO who are emotionally invested in their site and jabber like monkeys about anything, 440 members are lazy, sit back and want to entertained, rather than make an effort to contribute themselves.
A couple of months ago a handful of old time posters made a conscious effort to kick things into action again - because god knows nobody else does - by posting more and starting more threads. It didn’t last long. One of those who made the effort was soon banned by a mod and hasn’t bothered returning.
But at least he tried. Which is more than can be said for 95 percent of posters here, including yourself.
And - final point- if I’m a cunt now it’s because I now have the freedom to express myself more freely than before. I’m free to say exactly what I think, rather than what I felt I should say as the majority shareholder.
If you don’t like it, put me on ignore. And stop the fucking whining.