So HORT is dead... dead

Hawkfan_08* · Aug 15, 2026

I wanted to know if all of us poors were essentially unbanned from the off topic board yet. Answer was no.

Very few posts from today and the end of page one had threads last posted from Monday.

Wobmam Rulez! · Aug 15, 2026

Thanks for checking.

AndreWoolridgeB10MVP · Aug 15, 2026

Hawkfan_08* said:
I wanted to know if all of us poors were essentially unbanned from the off topic board yet. Answer was no.

Very few posts from today and the end of page one had threads last posted from Monday.

How will @Torbee buy his next bimmer?!

noleclone2 · Sunday at 6:08 AM

Seems like a dumb overreacting on what they did. It was a good community and the clicks had to generate some income. Related, I am starting to get more ads here, even autoplay videos….

JohnHughsPartner · Sunday at 6:12 AM

Deader than Renee and Alex?

Billanole. · Sunday at 7:15 AM

Hawkfan_08* said:
I wanted to know if all of us poors were essentially unbanned from the off topic board yet. Answer was no.

Very few posts from today and the end of page one had threads last posted from Monday.

Yeah, traffix there is low, low, low.
It still runs laps around the ole Locker Room. That place gives off morgue vibes.

RockyMtNole · Sunday at 7:33 AM

noleclone2 said:
Seems like a dumb overreacting on what they did. It was a good community and the clicks had to generate some income. Related, I am starting to get more ads here, even autoplay videos….

Same. Making the site a bit unstable. (At least for me)

Billanole. · Sunday at 7:33 AM

RockyMtNole said:
Same. Making the site a bit unstable. (At least for me)

Same.

noleclone2 · Sunday at 7:39 AM

RockyMtNole said:
Same. Making the site a bit unstable. (At least for me)

Billanole. said:
Same.

Yep but I am ok with it if they want to monetize this new found activity with income not tied to a subscription that would kill it.

Billanole. · Sunday at 7:43 AM

RockyMtNole said:
Same. Making the site a bit unstable. (At least for me)

Yeah, I get the ads, but weirdly there seems to be little rotation
The same Utah St vs Kansas soccer ad is still playing now that was on yesterday.
Before that it was days and days of Malachi Toney torching the Noles.

AFM22 · Sunday at 8:53 AM

Hawkfan_08* said:
I wanted to know if all of us poors were essentially unbanned from the off topic board yet. Answer was no.

Very few posts from today and the end of page one had threads last posted from Monday.

Tom prob wondering why he didn’t do that from the start

AFM22 · Sunday at 8:54 AM

noleclone2 said:
Seems like a dumb overreacting on what they did. It was a good community and the clicks had to generate some income. Related, I am starting to get more ads here, even autoplay videos….

Pretty sure Tom said his subs revenue crushes ad revenue.

Hawkfan_08* · Sunday at 9:39 AM

AFM22 said:
Tom prob wondering why he didn’t do that from the start

Honestly, he probably is.

noleclone2 · Sunday at 10:51 AM

AFM22 said:
Pretty sure Tom said his subs revenue crushes ad revenue.

Yeah but he could have had both. Get your fan subs and OT non fanatical non paying subscribers to generate clicks. I doubt he has anyone really subscribing for HORT only any more now that it is comatose.

AFM22 · Sunday at 10:54 AM

noleclone2 said:
Yeah but he could have had both. Get your fan subs and OT non fanatical non paying subscribers to generate clicks. I doubt he has anyone really subscribing for HORT only any more now that it is comatose.

He could have had both but getting rid of perpetual headaches makes for a better work/life balance and you can’t put a price tag on that.

Hydro2.0 · Sunday at 10:57 AM

noleclone2 said:
Yep but I am ok with it if they want to monetize this new found activity with income not tied to a subscription that would kill it.

Get the Brave App.

r_desihawk · Sunday at 11:04 AM

Hydro2.0 said:
Get the Brave App.

do you like it better than safari by any chance?

Moogy · Sunday at 11:15 AM

AFM22 said:
He could have had both but getting rid of perpetual headaches makes for a better work/life balance and you can’t put a price tag on that.

He did get rid of perpetual headaches. You guys are here now.

What happens if the Iowa Borg becomes self aware?

AFM22 · Sunday at 11:24 AM

Moogy said:
He did get rid of perpetual headaches. You guys are here now.

What happens if the Iowa Borg becomes self aware?

Oh look it’s the most fun person on the board.

HoggI74 · Sunday at 11:29 AM

@cigaretteman has started like 30 of the threads on page one...

AFM22 · Sunday at 11:33 AM

HoggI74 said:
@cigaretteman has started like 30 of the threads on page one...

BAU

Hydro2.0 · Sunday at 11:34 AM

r_desihawk said:
do you like it better than safari by any chance?

It’s significantly better

gohawks50 · Sunday at 11:41 AM

It's sad because since the beginning of internet sports message boards, Iowa has always had a very active OT board. I am a subscriber, but rarely read the articles or spend time in the lounge. I kept my subscription at Rivals to support the new guys when Tom and the others moved to On3. I didn't cancel it last year when the Beacon merged with Hawkeye Report because I appreciated that they kept the OT board free. My subscription renews in January and I see no need to keep it.

Moogy · Sunday at 11:41 AM

AFM22 said:
Oh look it’s the most fun person on the board.

Oh, look, it's the person on the board who is so fun and interesting, his girlfriend left him for a d.ildo strapped to a tree.

AFM22 · Sunday at 11:45 AM

Moogy said:
Oh, look, it's the person on the board who is so fun and interesting, his girlfriend left him for a d.ildo strapped to a tree.

Happens to the best of us.

Btw, I left her and this was a year after the fact. Figured a self labeled genius like you would be able to remember that.

CRazzle · Sunday at 11:56 AM

Let not go back to HORT. Tis a silly place.

lucas80 · Sunday at 10:18 PM

If only a few of you had figured out what the ignore function was for.

cpahawk · Sunday at 10:30 PM

HoggI74 said:
@cigaretteman has started like 30 of the threads on page one...

Not only that, he usually posts the same threads here.

tarheelbybirth1 · Sunday at 11:44 PM

lucas80 said:
If only a few of you had figured out what the ignore function was for.

Feeding the trolls only begats more trolling.

Scott559 · Monday at 5:13 PM

Tom is thinking of opening the OT board back up, He said he will likely make decision tomorrow.

NorthernHawkeye · Monday at 5:18 PM

lucas80 said:
If only a few of you had figured out what the ignore function was for.

If people ignored you they'd miss out on your posts where you talk about you working out.

Scott559 · Monday at 5:20 PM

NorthernHawkeye said:
If people ignored you they'd miss out on your posts where you talk about you working out.

Says the lake lap guy.

AFM22 · Monday at 6:06 PM

Scott559 said:
Tom is thinking of opening the OT board back up, He said he will likely make decision tomorrow.

Tom tomorrow

AFM22 · Monday at 6:07 PM

Can you imagine MR BEASTHAWK1032 showing up here after freed from jails and we’re all gone

jaxhawk · Monday at 6:10 PM

He needs to add some mods to the OT board and if it's possible to put something like a 48 hour hold on posting after an account is created

Scott559 · Monday at 6:10 PM

AFM22 said:
Tom tomorrow

I believe if he wasn’t seriously considering it he wouldn’t have asked for the input from posters currently on the board.

LiveFreeOrDie97 · Monday at 6:17 PM

I’ve volunteered to mod and will only allow those of equal stature as myself to post. It’s going to be an exclusive club.

AFM22 · Monday at 6:18 PM

jaxhawk said:
He needs to add some mods to the OT board and if it's possible to put something like a 48 hour hold on posting after an account is created

The main culprit would make several on the same day and then just burn through them a few weeks later

jaxhawk · Monday at 6:23 PM

AFM22 said:
The main culprit would make several on the same day and then just burn through them a few weeks later

True, but I think something needs to be done about creating an account then posting a bunch BS 15 seconds later

AndreWoolridgeB10MVP · Monday at 6:26 PM

AFM22 said:
The main culprit would make several on the same day and then just burn through them a few weeks later

You could start a pinned thread with a dedicated mod where guys could play grab-*** instead of just starting a group text. Call it something like HROT: After Dark.

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