Jets Insider Shutting Down

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  1. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    This board is nearly unreadable.
     
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  2. MachinaVerde

    MachinaVerde New Member

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  3. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    It's too much. Both have stuff to offer, but each is too much into troll activities. I'd ban both for a spell if I was a moderator. I might make some jokes here or there but I have tired of the put downs and troll shit. I have to sometimes sift through 20 posts before I see one of substance.
     
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  4. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    You are probably joking. Alas, I am not. The moderators have to clean up the crap.
     
  5. GreenWhiteandGold

    GreenWhiteandGold Well-Known Member

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    I rarely post here but am here most days to catch up on news. The number of threads you two have made unreadable must be in double digits by now. We get it ye want to wave ye re cocks at each other can't ye just open a dedicated thread and do all ye re measuring in there?
     
  6. joeuser

    joeuser Active Member

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    Why?! Then we'd have to read this forum & that forum... Keep it central, less tapping!
     
  7. JStokes

    JStokes Well-Known Member

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    Enjoy the latest thread that you will note I have not participated in. The jocularity starts on page 3. There are a bunch more just like it. It ain't just me, however, there is a common theme going on. Let me know if you can figure it out.

    http://forums.theganggreen.com/threads/grantland-best-case-scenario-jets-a-9-win-team.81615/

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  8. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    I'm not joking.
     
  9. joe

    joe Well-Known Member

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    LMAO.
     
  10. soxxx

    soxxx Trolls

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    Great post troll.

    /Ignored.
     
  11. hastygreen

    hastygreen Well-Known Member

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    I couldn't resist.
     
  12. joe

    joe Well-Known Member

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    "I'm only here for the NBA thread" mewling quim

    On-topic: Here's the Jet Insider Board Administrator, Founder & 'President' announcement:


    09-01-2014, 10:56 PM#1THE_SOOTHSAYER
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    Why I decided to make this move and Q&A

    I was reading the other thread and obviously some are making speculations about why I decided to make this move. I've been called a traitor, a sell out and numerous other things (which I knew would come from some when I announced this.) I also appreciate the several supportive and calm/collected feedback as well.

    I mentioned this in another thread but will explain again.

    I decided to make this move because we have reached our pinnacle here. We are the top Jets site on the internet. No other Jets site is even in the same stratosphere as we are regarding site hits and message board traffic and posts. We are the only Jet fan site with full credentials with the team and have a great relationship with them. Every other fan site has begged the Jets for access but has been denied time after time. That beng saud, it was time for a new challenge and joining Scout's national platform I think will take this site to a new level.

    Scout has literally been heavily recruiting this site for nearly a decade. We must have declined at least a dozen times. They started when Fox bought it in 2005. They wanted to kick Leberfeld out and have us move our site in and replace Jetsconfidential. At that time this site was much smaller and it wasn't the situation I wanted. I liked being independent. Furthermore, after FOX bought it they really did nothing with it for the whole time they owned it. They couldn't find a right fit and it languished for years. Then, last year the site was bought back by a group led by it's original founder and the CEO of Clear Channel. Here's the story:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-p...jected-2013-11

    After this happened, they started heavily recruiting us again right after the purchase. I declined again but in the meantime did some due diligence, talked more to them, met with them on several occasions and really feel the guys running now this site are extremely bright and we are getting in on the ground floor of a site and organization that is going to be a power in the sports world.

    After months of negotiations I felt comfortable that this was the right move for this site at this time. I hope you respect the decision and trust our 15 year history that it will be a great move for all of us.

    I am an entrepreneur by heart. I love doing new things and am never shy to take on a challenge. I felt this is the next step to take this site.

    Now the brass tax...

    Yes, the software of the new board is inferior to here. They are working on a whole new platform and the new ownership group is spending millions to upgrade the site. It may be a small adjustment at first but this board isn't the software, it's the people. It always has been. That isn't going to change.

    The site is not closing down. It's just moving to a new platform. We are going to run it the same way regarding Jets coverage, content (actually more content including video coverage and more). Furthermore, since we can't immediately move the threads we will keep the old board open for reference just not posting.

    The board is set up exactly the same as this one. Same staff, same mods, same forums. Nothing will Change

    I nor any of our staff is leaving. I did not sell the site. We just agreed to do what we've been doing for 15 years on Scout.

    I hope you respect that this decision I made, I thought was best for the long term future of JI.

    In closing, for those of you that truly think I am a traitor or a sell out please post elsewhere. I give you my blessing.

    Here's the other options:

    nyjets.com forums
    ganggreen.com forums
    jetsaddicts.com forums
    jetnation.com forums
    nyjetsfan.com forums
    jetsconfidential.com forums

    Those who trust our 15 year track record, I hope you will stay. I think you will be happy you did.

    Now any questions you may have, fire away.
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  13. Dierking

    Dierking Well-Known Member

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    How can you not hate that guy?
     
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  14. joeuser

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    Stopped reading at Fox
     
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    4jetfans Well-Known Member

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    Feel like the carpet has been pulled from under my feet.
     
  16. MachinaVerde

    MachinaVerde New Member

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    why? were you a regular on one of those boards?
     
  17. Poeman

    Poeman Well-Known Member

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    Fox are the same cocksuckers that cancelled one of the best things to ever happen to TV...Firefly.
     
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  18. Cakes

    Cakes Mr. Knowledge 2010

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    Well, I get that sucks is a problem. My phone changed his name, not me. I will leave it as is. Anyway, I would ban you for a spell just for exacerbating the situation. Maybe a week. The other guy would get a much more significant ban.
     
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  19. CJLang

    CJLang Well-Known Member

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    He did give people his blessings to post elsewhere... so there's that.:)
     
  20. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Who would have thought that he could even type that after breaking his arm patting himself on the back for 9 paragraphs?
     
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