Husker free message board

[HuskerO58]

Did On3 get rid of the free Husker message board? All I can see is the Red Sea Scrolls pay board...

 

[JimmyDaGreek]

Same here.

 

[JimmyDaGreek]

Guess this is the new one.

 

[NUisLIFE]

Same here.

 

[Cornspiracy]

cant find it either

 

[Cornspiracy]

Guess this is the new one.

looks that way

 

[Alum-Ni]

IIRC, the "Free Board" was on the Inside Nebraska message board. That site now no longer exists, it was shut down

 

[Nuts McClanahan]

Apparently the criticism of management, continual rule breaking and general dumb assery by regular contributors was no longer worth the trouble.

 

[Big bo fan]

Apparently the criticism of management, continual rule breaking and general dumb assery by regular contributors was no longer worth the trouble.

Possibly. But I think this was the plan from the get go when On3 bought rivals. And that plan was 1 board.

 

[TwinsRRUs]

Did On3 get rid of the free Husker message board? All I can see is the Red Sea Scrolls pay board...

Yes. Here is what Sean Callahan has said about it in the past:

I'll be curious what the status of the free boards will be? I don't have that answer.
We were told not to have one when we launched because of the bots and spamming that happens on them, along with other issues.
So we did just one board here to simplify the discussion.
We obviously had the Open Scrolls, and that also had plenty of issues.

Yes. Very few sites if any have them do to the spammers/bots and other moderation issues they cause.

Huskerland Prep has had plenty of spam/bots in the past, so there is actually some truth to what was said about the free boards.

IMO, On3 gets more paid subscribers by doing this, since more people want to either voice their opinion, or simply read other's opinions.

 

[Truewooper]

Hiding here because I guess we aren't special enough.

 

[Big bo fan]

Guess this is the new one.

Wrong

 

[Nuts McClanahan]

Possibly. But I think this was the plan from the get go when On3 bought rivals. And that plan was 1 board.

I always thought that free message boards got people onto your website and that traffic helped advertising. But I guess On3 doesn't have much for outside advertising.

 

[Big bo fan]

I always thought that free message boards got people onto your website and that traffic helped advertising. But I guess On3 doesn't have much for outside advertising.

Ya who knows . The free board was getting out of hand with the political stuff and the Iowa Tards.

 

[William Munny]

Yeah, I thought is was just me and I was internet challenged.

 

[Sean Callahan]

I always thought that free message boards got people onto your website and that traffic helped advertising. But I guess On3 doesn't have much for outside advertising.

It actually creates more problems. Between bots, trolls, spam posts, and political posts, it creates several moderation issues. Then you have issues with other fan bases coming on the free board and causing issues as well. Hope that all makes sense. When we came to On3, we had a free board, btw, at first, and it got no traffic. 99 percent is on the premium boards. We had an off-topic board, and it just got ugly with politics and other issues, so we had to get rid of it.

 

[Kato]

All BS excuses for shutting down the free board. Iowa's free board is still up and running.