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PeterNorthDawg Calls Out Dawgman Censorship

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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839

    To chrisvashon,

    The vast majority of the members there do not post. I'm sure they have at least a few thousand members. Plenty of people have signed up and forgotten about it.

    I agree that most probably don't post, hence my 20% estimate. Honestly, there is just no way they have 4,000+ subscribers. People don't forget about a monthly fee. Maybe for a month or two, but I just don't think there are hundreds of people who see $12 for Doogman on their credit card statement and just let it slide.

    There are <50 regular posters over there. And about 15 of those generate 99% of the content. During super sexy chat time, they rarely - very rarely - crack 300 (this according to the two years when I was a member). People signing up for a recruiting website make it a priority to get into things like super undercover info chat sessions. But, even if we are being conservative and saying that 80% of users don't check out the chats or ever post, we're still talking far less than 2,000 subscribers overall.

    All of this is, of course speculation. But what isn't speculation, as I pointed out, is that Ecklund has another job and Kim, for a long time, had another gig. If this thing was printing money, they wouldn't need to supplement their income. Or do other money grabs like a signing day party in fucking Kirkland.

    And the best part is <b>they fucking know the business they've built is fragile and barely getting by.
    Thriving business are not terrified of competitors. And Doogman is scared shitless of little sites like ours. I've never seen a message board where links to similar types of sites are deleted (and prohibited in the rules!). Just a mention of hardcorehusky will get you a "time out."

    Kim knows he doesn't know shit about football. Other sites are breaking down plays, producing high quality videos, educating their viewers (eg california golden blogs does a great breakdown of key plays after every game).

    Kim, Ecklud, Fetters -- they are totally incapable of adding insight or thoughtfulness to their coverage. All they do is regurgitate. Literally. Their content is a video of a press conference. Or a transcription of Sark's radio show! It's pathetic. I bet they don't even know HOW to edit video.

    All of this is to say their only competitive advantage is that they cornered the market. And, for some reason, no credible or competent (hi Ruth!) competitors ever challenged their dominance. That's it. And that's why they're so scared of us.

    /rant
    A lot of people sign up for the yearly subscription, and from experience I can tell you that's real easy to forget cancelling before it rolls over. Not having an online cancelling option is both awful and semi genius. I guarantee you they have quite a few customers in that boat.

  • BiggusDickus
    BiggusDickus Member Posts: 553
    Hence my project to archive the BS before it disappears into the ether.

    The funny part is that F3 and doogman ask for proof as if they don't delete basically everything that rocks the boat. I would have all the screenshots I need if I didn't have 3/4 of my posts deleted and wasn't perma-banned.

  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781

    Doogman is totally in bed with Pool Boy. Derek even had an actual phone conversation with Kim about how they finally respect Doogman.

    No, it was in person at a bar. He wasn't drunk by any means, but he had had several drinks when he told me that.
    So you were at a bar?