Twitter accounts aren’t really a barometer for success, but they are a good way to fake it.
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NeoGAF is pretty radioactive as a brand, especially right now, so it's unlikely he can get more than a few hundred thousand dollars on it, especially if any prospective buyer can see that a good chunk of their user base is either working on a successor forum or going elsewhere.My money is still on Evilore waiting for this thing to settle down and then reopen it. He might issue a half assed statement, he might not. Then he will pretend as if nothing has changed and if you bring up this whole thing, the posts will be deleted and your account will be wiped. It'll see enough of a decline in traffic where he will no longer be able to afford Austin high rises, Muay Thai training in Thailand, failed model girlfriends, and front row tickets to Dave Chappelle specials.
http://geonaf.com/memberlist.php
http://geonaf.com/memberlist.phpDICKS AHOYNewbie mac is that u?
Quote from: Dennis on October 22, 2017, 08:35:27 AMhttp://geonaf.com/memberlist.phpDICKS AHOYNewbie mac is that u?no it's me
Quote from: hampster on October 22, 2017, 07:40:58 AMStill dead? I just hope ckohler got paid at some point. The mobile app he made was ace. Nothing feels quite as nice Nothing like trying to browse The Bore on mobile to make you miss GAF.
Still dead? I just hope ckohler got paid at some point. The mobile app he made was ace. Nothing feels quite as nice
Quote from: pilonv1 on October 22, 2017, 08:26:12 AMwww.geonaf.com http://www.geonaf.com/showthread.php?tid=2 Where do I apply?
www.geonaf.com
These are the ones I know so far: https://twitter.com/GAF_besada
Quote from: VomKriege on October 22, 2017, 08:16:21 AMQuote from: zomgbbqftw on October 22, 2017, 07:56:06 AMQuote from: Rufus on October 22, 2017, 07:44:17 AMWho the fuck is gonna pay a couple million for a message board these days?You'd be surprised and tbh, a few million bucks for a punt on gaming isn't a lot. He won't get the "tens of millions" he was allegedly offered when he came to London and nor will he ever be the Mark Zuckerberg of gaming, but between 2 and 3 million bucks is still probably achievable.Meh, not a specialist of the economy so maybe I'm wrong but I'm skeptical. GameFAQs had obvious avenues for synergies, GAF doesn't have that. All you get is a tarnished name and a modest community (120k total registered members IIRC ?) who in part is a rowdy one and was only sticking around because of the echo chamber facilitated by a moderation I have a hard time seeing any serious buyer would consider "professional".Yeah the site was allegedly pulling good revenue (supposedly of over a million over 1 or 2 years, but this has been on the decline assuredly) however you have to factor in server costs, keeping the site up to date (something which Lore was always stingy on) and have actual paid staff for the important stuff (again, something it's unclear Malka ever did except for the mythical "ad team"). All those costs would baloon up pretty fast for any serious owner / corporation. I don't think the profit margins are that fat all said and told. And all for dubious influence.But what do I know I think it might be worth a punt, which for a few million bucks might pay off. Just for the user data. There are also loads of obvious synergies, just that Tyler isn't smart enough to do it, affiliate links for all purchases, profiles with game collections (allowing for publishers to mine the data on which games are most popular with which group), an e-shop to buy digital codes. There are loads of ways to make money from a group of people who like to spend, the elf was just too stupid to make them happen. Remember he just lucked into owning it, he didn't build it from scratch.
Quote from: zomgbbqftw on October 22, 2017, 07:56:06 AMQuote from: Rufus on October 22, 2017, 07:44:17 AMWho the fuck is gonna pay a couple million for a message board these days?You'd be surprised and tbh, a few million bucks for a punt on gaming isn't a lot. He won't get the "tens of millions" he was allegedly offered when he came to London and nor will he ever be the Mark Zuckerberg of gaming, but between 2 and 3 million bucks is still probably achievable.Meh, not a specialist of the economy so maybe I'm wrong but I'm skeptical. GameFAQs had obvious avenues for synergies, GAF doesn't have that. All you get is a tarnished name and a modest community (120k total registered members IIRC ?) who in part is a rowdy one and was only sticking around because of the echo chamber facilitated by a moderation I have a hard time seeing any serious buyer would consider "professional".Yeah the site was allegedly pulling good revenue (supposedly of over a million over 1 or 2 years, but this has been on the decline assuredly) however you have to factor in server costs, keeping the site up to date (something which Lore was always stingy on) and have actual paid staff for the important stuff (again, something it's unclear Malka ever did except for the mythical "ad team"). All those costs would baloon up pretty fast for any serious owner / corporation. I don't think the profit margins are that fat all said and told. And all for dubious influence.But what do I know
Quote from: Rufus on October 22, 2017, 07:44:17 AMWho the fuck is gonna pay a couple million for a message board these days?You'd be surprised and tbh, a few million bucks for a punt on gaming isn't a lot. He won't get the "tens of millions" he was allegedly offered when he came to London and nor will he ever be the Mark Zuckerberg of gaming, but between 2 and 3 million bucks is still probably achievable.
Who the fuck is gonna pay a couple million for a message board these days?
Quote from: Dennis on October 22, 2017, 08:31:12 AMQuote from: pilonv1 on October 22, 2017, 08:26:12 AMwww.geonaf.com http://www.geonaf.com/showthread.php?tid=2 Where do I apply?QuoteThese are the ones I know so far: https://twitter.com/GAF_besadaSay no more, I'm in. This SMELLS of success.
Quote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 22, 2017, 08:27:15 AMNeoGAF is pretty radioactive as a brand, especially right now, so it's unlikely he can get more than a few hundred thousand dollars on it, especially if any prospective buyer can see that a good chunk of their user base is either working on a successor forum or going elsewhere.My money is still on Evilore waiting for this thing to settle down and then reopen it. He might issue a half assed statement, he might not. Then he will pretend as if nothing has changed and if you bring up this whole thing, the posts will be deleted and your account will be wiped. It'll see enough of a decline in traffic where he will no longer be able to afford Austin high rises, Muay Thai training in Thailand, failed model girlfriends, and front row tickets to Dave Chappelle specials.Userbase means jackshit. They'll just keep the content so the links aren't broken and the page rank is maintained. Then convert the site into entirely something else unrelated to gaming and still make a profit.
http://geonaf.com/showthread.php?tid=6jesus chRIST
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/921960768123297794
Quote from: CrankyJay on October 22, 2017, 08:50:52 AMhttps://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/921960768123297794A Microsoft corporate account publicly celebrating the death of a forum that had a reputation for shilling Sony is incredibly funny to me, but I'm assuming there's some sort of obscure history here.
I cannot fucking believe this shitty looking gaf clone got all these members when my cool gaf clone got none.I'm gonna fuckin' kill myself. I just turned 25 and I can't even get people to sign up for a FORUM.
Kinda crazy how it all went down. Goes to show how poorly moderated that place was when your userbase can use just turn on you like that. Tyler never really fostered a healthy, collaborative culture in recent years.
Quote from: Rman on October 22, 2017, 09:01:31 AMKinda crazy how it all went down. Goes to show how poorly moderated that place was when your userbase can use just turn on you like that. Tyler never really fostered a healthy, collaborative culture in recent years.Hey, he fostered that environment. Cater to ultra-Social Studies Warriors and they will turn on you the second they find out that you're not the paragon of virtue they imagined you to be.
I still remember the days of cheeseburger Surprise threads on gafAnd cuntgate where cunt was disallowed while evilore was on his euromolesting trip - and when he came back he made a thread calling GAF a den of cunts and stated that Adele is fat. Funny how that thread was nuked not long after the site started its downfall into echo chamber hell...
at least 11 site administration and moderation staff have stepped up and walked out in a show of solidarity with the accuser, taking many of the site's regular users with them.
NeoGAF held a special place among gaming forums for a very long time, with a combination of active moderation (on top of effectively being an invitation-only community, with applications to join often taking weeks or months to be processed)
this would of course require Malka to stand down and hand the site off to someone else
Quote from: CrankyJay on October 22, 2017, 09:03:08 AMQuote from: Rman on October 22, 2017, 09:01:31 AMKinda crazy how it all went down. Goes to show how poorly moderated that place was when your userbase can use just turn on you like that. Tyler never really fostered a healthy, collaborative culture in recent years.Hey, he fostered that environment. Cater to ultra-Social Studies Warriors and they will turn on you the second they find out that you're not the paragon of virtue they imagined you to be.Yeah, all he needed to do is say I was drunk, did dumb things, apologized. Let's move on. It's funny how GAF became so puritanically unforgiving.
Quote from: Rman on October 22, 2017, 09:04:56 AMQuote from: CrankyJay on October 22, 2017, 09:03:08 AMQuote from: Rman on October 22, 2017, 09:01:31 AMKinda crazy how it all went down. Goes to show how poorly moderated that place was when your userbase can use just turn on you like that. Tyler never really fostered a healthy, collaborative culture in recent years.Hey, he fostered that environment. Cater to ultra-Social Studies Warriors and they will turn on you the second they find out that you're not the paragon of virtue they imagined you to be.Yeah, all he needed to do is say I was drunk, did dumb things, apologized. Let's move on. It's funny how GAF became so puritanically unforgiving. Oh gosh, don't say that. Next thing you know sobriety will be a requirement of the website. Let the purity tests begin!
https://archive.fo/1YIX7It's salt Christmas, on all sides
Woke up, did a bunch of work stuff, check this thread, 30 new pages.Fucking hell mates, get a life....GAF seems entirely down now. Any juicy updates in the past 12h? I stopped following at the point when 10 or so mods had bailed.
Quote from: Kartik on October 22, 2017, 08:32:48 AMQuote from: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 22, 2017, 08:27:15 AMNeoGAF is pretty radioactive as a brand, especially right now, so it's unlikely he can get more than a few hundred thousand dollars on it, especially if any prospective buyer can see that a good chunk of their user base is either working on a successor forum or going elsewhere.My money is still on Evilore waiting for this thing to settle down and then reopen it. He might issue a half assed statement, he might not. Then he will pretend as if nothing has changed and if you bring up this whole thing, the posts will be deleted and your account will be wiped. It'll see enough of a decline in traffic where he will no longer be able to afford Austin high rises, Muay Thai training in Thailand, failed model girlfriends, and front row tickets to Dave Chappelle specials.Userbase means jackshit. They'll just keep the content so the links aren't broken and the page rank is maintained. Then convert the site into entirely something else unrelated to gaming and still make a profit.They can even redirect to a different site after the purchase for all they care. As long as links don't disppear, and the 10+ year old link juice is going somewhere, that valuable page rank will follow.
Where's the goddamn S T A T E M E N T ?
Does it even matter now? Evilore has no skills whatsoever.
I want to hear about the sex cult love triangle with roofies
Quote from: helios on October 22, 2017, 09:26:32 AMI want to hear about the sex cult love triangle with roofiesCatch me up to speed on the sex cult thing? What did he say about that?
oh.. this seems to be the most active new forum..https://snagf.forumbee.com/
