01-02-2017, 06:34 PM
(12-30-2016, 11:41 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: Yessiree...
I am told that there are far more advertising possibilities on FB & Twitter.
Can anyone verify that ?
Anyway, Denny was a nice guy and could take a joke.
He was just star struck after hanging at PBS behind the scenes.
He became a brown-noser, as he wanted to retain the ability to visit and hopefully more.
Apart from overreacting a bit and deleting posts, I can't blame him for going all RAH RAH !
I'm not the type that nut-rides, but if it made Denny happy.. so be it.
Now, if we want to take a step back and look as an observer, you realize a successful forum needs certain "characters".
Back in the early 90's, I helped friends get forums off of the ground by creating and playing different characters in their forum to raise interest and traffic.
I don't think Denny was a fabrication, but he may have exaggerated his personality to get reactions and raise activity.
One of my very good friends works for the Bengals organization. I wont say what he/she does in order to protect them, but they told me getting rid of the message boards was strictly a financial decision.
Apparently most everything that had to do with the boards was outsourced and the organization saw no value in it. Cost cutting at its finest.
The boys are just talkin' ball, babyyyy