Thanks. I appreciate your perspective. I’ll take your suggestion to heart.
Wow, is this board dead.
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Thanks. I appreciate your perspective. I’ll take your suggestion to heart.
Where did I say I was angry? I'm laughing throughout.
I'm just pointing out your wild behavior. Your original post about others being selfish and disrespectful for not joining another board couldn't be more selfish and disrespectful.
But then your hilarious pun made me realize, no, you are right, we all should be like you.
I don’t think you could handle the initiation process over on the paid board… it’s not for the faint of heart.
Gotta pay the lawyers for that lawsuit he’s bringing.
I feel that way about TrueNU.
I'm gonna keep doing this until Cappy tells me to stop
Bat signal went out for Droski......
"Enhance" is a verb. Did you ask to help with moderating the boards or support the boards financially? Please don't tell me your rights were violated. You have no rights here.
The members effectively killed the Rant Board. Why should moderators waste time wrangling assholes when they're paid nothing?
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Was there an application for moderators at the time that I missed?
I have no idea how moderators are/were chosen or nominated, but I don't recall any type of open call for moderator volunteers on the board. Maybe it happened on The Rock.
A very good point. The free board, which is monetized through advertising (like all of Rivals free sites) has it's benefits.
Coming from my experience as a former employee of Rivals parent co. and years in the digital / tech space, I'm confident that Wildcat Report's contribution to the Rival's topline / bottom line is probably pretty nominal. And likewise is the economic benefit of Rivals to Yahoo!, which has been majority controlled by Apollo Global Management (a PE fund) since their acquisition of the Verizon Media Group back in 2021.
Pointing out the likely relative scale of Wildcat Report within the parent co. dynamic isn't meant to be a dig at Lou and Matt - quite the contrary. Their excellent work is testament to the fact that they're probably over delivering for we the users against the budget that I guess they have to work with.
Me personally? I like both boards.
Why should members subscribe for something more when they are happy with what they get for free?
I would subscribe and at a higher rate if the brought the rant back and placed it behind the paid wall. Bet it wouldn’t be as volatile either 🤷♂️
I won't share the exact details, I have to maintain some of our mystique, but I can tell you that we share directly in the money from subscriptions and that is the significant bulk of what makes this site run.
I will also say, to paraphrase Blues Brothers, we want to have both kinds of message boards: premium and free.
We take great pride in the content we're able to bring on the site for premium subscribers. It's a very exciting time for both programs, on the field, on the court and on the recruiting trail, and we want to bring you as much exclusive coverage of that as we can.
It is true, as @LACatFan pointed out, that I don't have a direct line to Apollo Globe Management executives, but we would still love to have as many people subscribe as possible.
We also know for various reasons that's not always going to be everyone. We still want to make sure any visit to WildcatReport is a good visit to WildcatReport, whether it's the paid board or the free board, whether you're posting or reading. We hope that we provide enough free content in terms of game coverage, press conferences, player or coaching profiles, and game threads to make that a possibility.
As ppd would say to me, put the bottle down and go sleep it off.
Between the poll tax to enter The Rock and the literacy tests being proposed for the FloridAlum board, things at WR are getting downright unconstitutional.
What’s next? Banning our free practice of Braunastrianism?
What’s next? Banning our free practice of Braunastrianism?
The free board is freer than ever!
Except for when we had the rant board.
Viva la liberté!
