Did this week save SpursTalk?

[HarlemHeat37]

So traffic equals not dying... Great logic especially when one knows apo is your alt

game planning

people still think we're the same poster?

Ask Kori to confirm we have the same IP..

[GSH]

Now is the time to sell. IMO

Unfortunately they'll probably sell to Disney or something and they will have ads plus heavy moderation not to mention data mining and surveillance

Heh. When it comes to selling to a big company, ST's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness. It's the definitive place for information about the Spurs, but a lot of the people are attracted by the fact that it's the Internet equivalent of the Wild West. No corporation would allow themselves to be associated with what goes on here. I can picture a few execs browsing around, with their hair standing on end. "But... but... they call each other ' got". We can't sell this to advertisers."

They would have to go back and sanitize the whole place, including the archives. And then they would have to clamp down on new comments with a filter. Oh, and the whining and moaning would be epic. Then the bans would come for the tantrum-throwing malcontents. It's fun to just think about.

[silverblackfan]

Heh. When it comes to selling to a big company, ST's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness. It's the definitive place for information about the Spurs, but a lot of the people are attracted by the fact that it's the Internet equivalent of the Wild West. No corporation would allow themselves to be associated with what goes on here. I can picture a few execs browsing around, with their hair standing on end. "But... but... they call each other ' got". We can't sell this to advertisers."

They would have to go back and sanitize the whole place, including the archives. And then they would have to clamp down on new comments with a filter. Oh, and the whining and moaning would be epic. Then the bans would come for the tantrum-throwing malcontents. It's fun to just think about.

Have to agree. The Wild West is better, even if stupid at times. Makes for entertaining reading and if offended, overt thyne eyes...

[Aztecfan03]

I don't frequent the NBA forum or club much. Those sub forums must have blown you away. In here, it was all about Porker and Kiwi with little else in between. It made the forum darn near impossible to read. That is unless you're starting your calendar year in July.

forum was easily better in 2012 and 2013.

[Aztecfan03]

The few times I dropped by, all I saw was a front page full of inane posts by a couple of people. I literally couldn't wade through all the crap to find anything about basketball. (Kawhi is God. Parker sucks. Manu Sucks. And polls about whether Tim in his prime was better than Wolverine. Not much else.)

I read the posts about Apo contributing great content, and I start to suspect that some of you have Stockholm Syndrome. But some of you making those comments have been solid posters for a long time. Maybe I just looked in on bad days.

No it was like that all year.

[703 Spurz]

Case in point. This site is overrun by basement dwelling nose-pickers who get their jollies calling each other bad names. Like a bunch of unsupervised 4th graders. I have no doubts fans of other teams, prospective fans, members of the media, etc, leave here wondering what a great franchise is doing with troglodytes as fans. I've been here in some form since the late 90s and have been gone for a long time. I will be, again.

I happen to think its funny one can call another a got and get away with it.

They's just words yo.

[Trainwreck2100]

I disagree..Apo generated a ton of traffic for the forum this year..

10 car pileups that result in the deaths of many people also gemerate traffic. Traffic dont mean

[Spur|n|Austin]

hopefully, i always get banned at other forums

that's what brought me here over 6 years ago.

[RD2191]

that's what brought me here over 6 years ago.

YOU got banned from a forum? Bull .

[Spur|n|Austin]

YOU got banned from a forum? Bull .

SR banned a ton of posters for mundane things during a stretch of time, it pretty much proved to be that site's demise.

I was also your age, and probably posting the same type a basura you post.

[RD2191]

SR banned a ton of posters for mundane things during a stretch of time, it pretty much proved to be that site's demise.

I was also your age, and probably posting the same type a basura you post.

One day I will be as mature as you, today is not that day.

[Wu36]

I'm sure new ownership will provide plenty of moderation

Bill Simmons?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I've enjoyed reading ST again over the past few days - there's some strong discussion going on, like in the old days. Props to everyone for that.

It's about time the pathetic phobia is addressed though. I'm sick of reading the word " got". It has no place in a forum like this, and anyone who uses it should have it replaced with something funny like mispelling Elliott. If you want to insult someone, show some creativity instead of your deep-seated fear that you may be gay.

[2centsworth]

I'm sure new ownership will provide plenty of moderation

Your kids are gorgeous.

[pgardn]

I disagree..Apo generated a ton of traffic for the forum this year..

Heck yes.


We need the absolutely inane posters to generate traffic while its summer for the middle school crowd.
When school starts for the kids, I figure we got about a month of peace before the porker crew is sent to an alternative setting and starts posting again.


The CBA stuff was very good.
The overall level was up.

Harlem Hairston's ability to rate posting is infinitely awful.

[RD2191]

Crofl, RuffnReadyOzStyle is a whiny got.

[Clipper Nation]

I've enjoyed reading ST again over the past few days - there's some strong discussion going on, like in the old days. Props to everyone for that.

It's about time the pathetic phobia is addressed though. I'm sick of reading the word " got". It has no place in a forum like this, and anyone who uses it should have it replaced with something funny like mispelling Elliott. If you want to insult someone, show some creativity instead of your deep-seated fear that you may be gay.

Christ, you're a got.

[GSH]

Your kids are gorgeous.

They are, aren't they? Look of pure joy on their faces. Mom and dad are missed here, but not as much as they would be missed by them.

[Samr]

I've enjoyed reading ST again over the past few days - there's some strong discussion going on, like in the old days. Props to everyone for that.

It's about time the pathetic phobia is addressed though. I'm sick of reading the word " got". It has no place in a forum like this, and anyone who uses it should have it replaced with something funny like mispelling Elliott. If you want to insult someone, show some creativity instead of your deep-seated fear that you may be gay.

Exactly.

As I just said in another thread, the LMA stuff is what brought me back after a few years (hi guys! Been here since SpursCentral took a dump I think like 10 years ago or something). Left because, like Kori said, every thread was the same pointless talk about parker sucks, duncan is awesome, church of whomever scored the most last game. I listen to sports radio on the way to and from work, and I read twitter, so there really wasn't a point in wading through the everglades of suck in order to find one smart opinion on here.

I like that things appear to be changing, at least temporarily.

Keep it up.

[RD2191]

Using got doesn't mean you're phobic, tbh. And phobic is an idiotic term. No one is afraid of s, some people just don't approve of their lifestyle.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Case in point. This site is overrun by basement dwelling nose-pickers who get their jollies calling each other bad names. Like a bunch of unsupervised 4th graders. I have no doubts fans of other teams, prospective fans, members of the media, etc, leave here wondering what a great franchise is doing with troglodytes as fans.

This is why I left too. The trolling got out of hand to the point where there was no decent discussion to read. I hope ST has found its real reason for being again: to talk about the Spurs, not to indulge the phobia, racism and toilet humor of moronic man-children.

[Trainwreck2100]

Will you and your big ole bruised vagina ever stop crying about the moderation? ing leave if it bothers you that much.

This site ran best when the no spamming of topics rule was enforced. The problem with the last year was people saying the same over and over again. So like it or not we do need some sort of moderation. quited down real quick when the powers that be came back down. But will no doubt start up again when they leave. Hopefully an influx of new blood less to some fresh happenongs

I probably will. After a while the good posters will leave, too, leaving the rest to call each other s and gots, making all of a Spurs fandom look like fools.

Some people here are my s. And some people here are gots welcome to spurstalk.

[Samr]

And just in case anyone is in the position to take suggestions:

Is it really a good idea to let just anyone start threads? Maybe a sub-forum for thread suggestions, then a moderator moves the good ones into the main Spurs forum? That'd clear up a lot of nonsense. The main page here looks like a facebook feed instead of a list of actual topics.

[RD2191]

People that are ing can gtfo and find another forum imo. Good luck finding a site with as many knowledgeable posters and limited moderation as ST.

[Trainwreck2100]

I've enjoyed reading ST again over the past few days - there's some strong discussion going on, like in the old days. Props to everyone for that.

It's about time the pathetic phobia is addressed though. I'm sick of reading the word " got". It has no place in a forum like this, and anyone who uses it should have it replaced with something funny like mispelling Elliott. If you want to insult someone, show some creativity instead of your deep-seated fear that you may be gay.

They're not calling them sexual when they call them gots