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Why Dawgman is losing and we are winning
chrisvashon
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(deserves its own thread because, fuck it, I wrote like 100 paragraphs).
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 Eklund 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 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, Eklund, 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
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 Eklund 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 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, Eklund, 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
Comments
They're AD ball gargling faggots who have no clue about football.
We're us.
Simple fact.
Author: SenatorMcCarthy
Date: 05/19/2010 07:29AM
Kicked to the curb without a note.
We're winning.
If you have to ban people and throw them out in order to promote the idea that Woody isn't an idiot, you've lost.
I like to have the largest Husky site on the web with the most active boards and the largest paying membership and obsess over a backwater dime store message board filled with malcontents and lemon party enthusiasts.
That's what I like to do
A. Kim absolutely thinks he knows a ton about football.
B. Our site isn't so little anymore. The numbers since August are impressive. The numbers since the Stanford game are stunning.
How many unique poasters poast daily?
Roughly how many hits are you getting daily?
TIA
Called customer service in Bangladesh and finally got everything closed down
I'm gonna need to see an analysis of current site traffic vs projected site traffic before I invest @TierbsHsotBoobs $20.
Sure, not everyone is like this, but I know I am. I fucking hate the Huskys and you can all die in a fire, but I've enjoyed this counter culture Race invented far more than the 50 and single crowd on eDuck. I love the Ducks, hate Duck fans. I hate the Husky, love Husky fans. FML.