Looks like Pirate already crashed

[45acp]

Web traffic. They rake in a ton of cash from advertising, specifically Google AdSense. The site itself it's worth much, but the ads probably generate in the millions annually per site for very little effort or overhead.

But... if you kill a forum... don't you lose traffic? Or is the typical Google search traffic greater than member traffic, so membership doesn't really matter as they're making ad revenue off of archived content?

 

[Motorcharge]

No shit?


So it does work.

Yeah, their whole business model is just buying up high traffic forums then mostly sitting on them. They're fairly active in changing shit on some of the other forums they own, but tbh I'm surprised they've mostly left Pirate alone. Especially considering how strict Google is about content on AdSense sites.

 

[Arickvan]

Who, Greg?

Which Greg?

That Greg???



EDIT: I'll take his bullshit over EvilTwat's any day -
- I think Twat is like that in real life, while "!!!11!!!" is just being a dick online

Dear God what have you done...



🤣

 

[Motorcharge]

But... if you kill a forum... don't you lose traffic? Or is the typical Google search traffic greater than member traffic, so membership doesn't really matter as they're making ad revenue off of archived content?

Random traffic probably far outweighs membership activity. Logout and look at how many ads show up on there now. The site probably paid for itself within a year and now the overhead is paying for the domain, server hosting, and software licensing which can be bought in bulk for next to nothing. They probably cover the overhead per forum in the first week of the year.

 

[Az Scooter]

When they recently did the "upgrade" to JKO, no content was lost . . . just the formatting, smilies, look, feel, and character

That upgrade was abysmal. Now, let's see what happens.

 

[Overbear]

Now how long before I get banned here... 🐻

 

[Donk]

Now how long before I get banned here... 🐻

If this place wants to be everything pirate was, then never? Or tomorrow cos pink broccoli

 

[Clb]

Nice work there crickets, and co.

 

[Murse]

Yay!!!

I can post over here to!?!!

 

[scooter2374]

Still nothing. Last new post was at 0241 today. They fuckered it good

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I wonder if the syrup suckers even realize that they froze a thread telling people to GTFO.

Oh the irony

 

[CDA 455 II]

I wonder if the syrup suckers even realize that they froze a thread telling people to GTFO.

Oh the irony

Naw; it was the same way when they updated/upgraded FSB four months ago.

 

[dnsfailure]

If this place wants to be everything pirate was, then never? Or tomorrow cos pink broccoli

yeah, I wonder who will get broccolied here first.

 

[Clb]

Wonder who got the honor of being the last post of the ole mighty pbb?
gunna be interesting to see what spammer is post #1 on the new site.

 

[Redwagon]

last post I see is from Trampas in the corona thread

 

[NOTHINGWILLCHANGELANCE]

Well well well. did the canadians finally fuck it all up?

 

[Rttoys]

We held on as long as we could. 😕

 

[Stix]

End of an era. Sad.

 

[dnsfailure]

End of an era. Sad.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

 

[Fishbone333]

Pepperidge farm remembers....

 

[SanDiegoCJ]

maybe i'm way off the back, but was there an update to pirate today that caused a lockup?

Yup. They stopped all posting during the migration.

 

[ScrewLoose]

I was wondering why I couldn't post anything over there! Tons of great knowledge there, hope it doesn't disappear. Guess we still have internet archives we can pull the awesome info from if needed.

 

[bdkw1]

Whats up bitch's! I hear you missed Me.

STFU greg!

 

[Boss]

They must be putting the screws to it. Wonder if it will end up like their phone app.

 

[Clemson13]

Whats up bitch's! I hear you missed Me.

Damnit, i knew it was too good to be true that you couldnt find this place

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Damnit, i knew it was too good to be true that you couldnt find this place

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

 

[Redwagon]

so should i continue to be a cum guzzeling fag like i am on butt pirate or should i tone it down some?

You know how i love the cock, it might be hard for me to change.

stfug

 

[MuntCuffin]

stfug

😂😂😂

 

[gt1guy]

So should I continue to be a cum guzzeling fag like I am on butt pirate or should I tone it down some?

If only that was an honest question. If only. If.

 

[McCracken]

I can't even get it to load anymore. It keeps telling me there's a 502 error.