05-31-2015, 07:49 PM
(05-15-2015, 02:06 AM)eoxyod Wrote: Think of it in the big picture. Even in a large forum like that, the effect of its closure means very little, even though it sucks for the regular visitors. The Bengals have hundreds of thousands of fans. Their twitter alone has 355k followers. The boards would have only about 100 regular posters and only a couple more hundred regular visitors. That is a pretty small amount in comparison to the big picture. While I don't think they should have shut down especially when it was so well run, it won't make a big difference in the long term. Hobson or the Bengals official account don't have to make an announcement on it because it would only focus on a very small amount of their fanbase. While that fanbase is typically very dedicated, they are probably more focused on getting a heavier social media following so the boards get the shaft.All good things....With the old board going under today I just want to say Thank You to everyone involved in creating this great new board. It looks like the exodus has been a success so far. We have a great platform to maintain what I think are the best group of Bengals fans on the internet!
That said, I think we should focus more on what we have now rather than why the old board closed.. Let's turn this into a forum people WANT to come to on a regular basis a let them forget that the old boards even existed. I might be biased being a mod now but I think we can keep this as a good thing and hopefully can attract random visitors well.
