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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? the owners are absentee landlords
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Jun 17, 2023 00:59
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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? The community is relatively small and dedicated, management is relatively hands off, operating costs are relatively low, and the posting culture and monetization models are such that a relatively small but regular income stream exists from registrations, title purchases, banner ads, etc. Also apparently like five figures a year el jeffe gets to rake in from the NordVPN sponsorship or whatever because a bunch of people who probably don't even post here any more signed up through the SA affiliate link back in the day and he still gets a cut every time they re-up.
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Jun 17, 2023 01:05
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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? It's not demanding infinite growth like everything else seems to be
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Jun 17, 2023 01:06
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RareAcumen posted:It's not demanding infinite growth like everything else seems to be I think it's this. If SA was ever sold off it would immediately go to poo poo like everywhere else.
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Jun 17, 2023 01:09
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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? That which is already fail cannot fail.
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Jun 17, 2023 01:10
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im pretty sure at one point lowtax offered a large amount of money for the website but refused to sell it... what could have been
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Jun 17, 2023 01:11
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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna89700
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Jun 17, 2023 01:13
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Terrible Opinions posted:I always considered essayist to be a different thing than X Explained and lore head dudes. Matt Pat is probably worse for media literacy than Cinema Sins. I haven't watched his DE video yet but his other stuff isn't really on that spectrum at all. He's more like, I dunno, Dunkey? where there is a heavy comedy focus.
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Jun 17, 2023 01:27
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Reminder that Dunkey is capable of doing decent (if a little amateurish/clumsy) literary analysis just chooses not to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTBW6jbHgX0 oh lol he did a shining thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU1hnE6klVw fez_machine fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 01:41
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I can fathom something I'd want less than Dunkey talking about Disco Elysium
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Jun 17, 2023 01:42
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YggiDee posted:I can fathom something I'd want less than Dunkey talking
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Jun 17, 2023 01:49
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YggiDee posted:I can fathom something I'd want less than Dunkey talking about Disco Elysium it'd be very good actually
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Jun 17, 2023 01:49
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Dunkey asmr
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Jun 17, 2023 02:10
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Schwarzwald posted:as every notable significant website of the past 15+ years all begin to curl up and die at once I'm left with the same question as ever: how the hell is Something Awful still around? we're small and not publicly traded so we dont have to pursue endless growth
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Jun 17, 2023 02:24
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this userbase is getting older gayer and fatter and if that isnt endless i dont know what is
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Jun 17, 2023 02:32
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The sa grenade logo but in fat faded rainbow stripes
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Jun 17, 2023 02:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvOvaEZPWd0 Chris James teaches Gabi Belle how to Heely and also reveals that she's a weird little gremlin.
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Jun 17, 2023 03:40
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RareAcumen posted:It's not demanding infinite growth like everything else seems to be This is the main one, but I think it's also fair to say this place got profoundly lucky. More than once. Most other forums or social communities from the early aughts are dead and gone for one reason or another. Drama, buyout, lack of interest, slow withering, etc. You could probably pick out half a dozen instances over the past twenty years when SA should have died to the fate of a coin flip but held on through pure luck. Like when Lowtax was offered 20mil for the site or when Jeff paid for the place out of pocket. Those are the kind of things that should have broke bad and sent the site spiraling, but... they didn't. Of course, the sense of community and history help, but plenty of other places have that and still get got. Let's hope we keep on dodging bullets.
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Jun 17, 2023 05:10
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I used to frequent this vidya and movie (and tons of anime) soundtrack forum and the way it died was just bizarre. The admin one day decided to shut it down and made a reddit post saying he was haemorrhaging money due to server expenses (fair) but also he despised the community anyway and he never enjoyed music, or something to that effect. People started a completely different board where they actually encourage community effort and it's staggering how good the new place is compared to the previous
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Jun 17, 2023 05:21
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Going back to the streaming platform discussion, I can recall another site that people used to stream games on. I think it was supergreatfriend who streamed games like Virtue's Last Reward and spoopy games for Halloween.
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Jun 17, 2023 05:39
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Mraagvpeine posted:Going back to the streaming platform discussion, I can recall another site that people used to stream games on. I think it was supergreatfriend who streamed games like Virtue's Last Reward and spoopy games for Halloween. Justin tv?
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Jun 17, 2023 05:41
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Oh no wait sorry, I was thinking about the sequel, Zero Time Dilemma. My bad. It's been years since I thought of it.
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Jun 17, 2023 05:46
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The Saddest Rhino posted:I used to frequent this vidya and movie (and tons of anime) soundtrack forum and the way it died was just bizarre. The admin one day decided to shut it down and made a reddit post saying he was haemorrhaging money due to server expenses (fair) but also he despised the community anyway and he never enjoyed music, or something to that effect. People started a completely different board where they actually encourage community effort and it's staggering how good the new place is compared to the previous That's sort of how this forum my friend posted on died--the main admin up and disappeared and there was no way to renew the hosting without them. They tried to start a new board but by that point most of the dedicated regulars were on Facebook and friends with each other so that one fizzzeled out
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Jun 17, 2023 05:48
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Mr. Lobe posted:Justin tv? No love for UStream? They had the best superhero 
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Jun 17, 2023 05:52
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Mraagvpeine posted:Oh no wait sorry, I was thinking about the sequel, Zero Time Dilemma. My bad. It's been years since I thought of it. that was probably hitbox
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Jun 17, 2023 06:02
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Definitely was not hitbox. I finally found an old link on my old laptop: Beam.pro
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Jun 17, 2023 06:14
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Beam became mixer after microsoft bought it iirc
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Jun 17, 2023 06:44
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is there any juicy gossip about hot diggity demon/max gilardi? Saw some of his videos earlier and first, the little ghost goofball is very clearly a dead klurf and that makes me uneasy  I also got the feeling that he was kinda chuddy, maybe just a liiiittle bit. but then I realized that he reminds me more of an early 2000s goon. the kind that woulda probably got permabanned within the last few years for some very valid reason. I like gossip
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Jun 17, 2023 08:26
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Telltolin posted:is there any juicy gossip about hot diggity demon/max gilardi? Saw some of his videos earlier and first, the little ghost goofball is very clearly a dead klurf and that makes me uneasy Took about ten seconds with Google to turn up a Twitter thread. Links to some of the receipts are defunct, but then there is this...   CONTENT WARNING: Slurs and Bigoted Caricatures. So, yeah, gently caress that guy.
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Jun 17, 2023 09:05
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Ok obviously this dude is a gigantic poo poo but I lmao at this https://twitter.com/King_Mudkip/status/1078460746147651585?t=BqVBxSXygXeWS4BtMo49Dg&s=19
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Jun 17, 2023 09:13
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Skippy McPants posted:Took about ten seconds with Google to turn up a Twitter thread. Links to some of the receipts are defunct, but then there is this... The Saddest Rhino posted:Ok obviously this dude is a gigantic poo poo but I lmao at this https://twitter.com/King_Mudkip/status/1078460746147651585?t=BqVBxSXygXeWS4BtMo49Dg&s=19 This is my shocked face, look at how shocked I am seeing this I bet there's more dirt too, but that's easy assumption to make considering the man is dirt all the way down to his soul I saw a video he made about the grinch movie or something and I could just tell based on the way he talked. i could tell this was a man who has some opinions e: the racist steven universe drawings absolutely seem like something I'd see circa 2005, tying in with what I said previously gold member on facepunch vibes Telltolin fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 09:27
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If you just scroll down to his earlier videos it's weird my little pony murder videos.
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Jun 17, 2023 09:39
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Mr. Lobe posted:Justin tv? Want to blow your mind? Justin tv actually rebranded and became twitch before it was bought by Amazon.
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Jun 17, 2023 10:04
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https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1668736079862562816?t=r7DWlKsz2MunfOb68arIFQ&s=19
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Jun 17, 2023 10:24
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Terrible Opinions posted:If you just scroll down to his earlier videos it's weird my little pony murder videos. Yeah, he's not really trying to hide it, and a quick skim of his recent videos doesn't really indicate a change in general vibe. A lot of people who are casually bigoted or who cozied up to the fash have tried to rebrand in the past several years. Not because they've grown as people or let go of their hideous ideas but simply because platforms won't pay them if they're too overt with their bullshit. fatherboxx posted:https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1668736079862562816?t=r7DWlKsz2MunfOb68arIFQ&s=19 I may have already linked it in this thread, but it should be taken as a given that all platforms are following the enshittification cycle. In brief, quote:This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of poo poo. Skippy McPants fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 10:27
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Mraagvpeine posted:Going back to the streaming platform discussion, I can recall another site that people used to stream games on. I think it was supergreatfriend who streamed games like Virtue's Last Reward and spoopy games for Halloween. I remember hanging out with Oyster, Raar, Geop, RChimpCola, Sartak and others - and at some point not too long ago, I even managed to find the old chat logs from my IRC client. Mr. Lobe posted:Justin tv?
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Jun 17, 2023 11:48
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Thank goodness we have the miniseries to right that wrong. The miniseries is better than the movie because the hedge animals come to life 
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Jun 17, 2023 13:14
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Macaluso posted:The miniseries is better than the movie because the hedge animals come to life in all their 1997 television budget CGI glory
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Jun 17, 2023 13:22
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fez_machine posted:Reminder that Dunkey is capable of doing decent (if a little amateurish/clumsy) literary analysis just chooses not to Watched these videos OP No he is not.
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Jun 17, 2023 13:48
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Telltolin posted:is there any juicy gossip about hot diggity demon/max gilardi? Saw some of his videos earlier and first, the little ghost goofball is very clearly a dead klurf and that makes me uneasy Didn't he post a really bad faith defense of Apu? Because everyone knows that if a white guy says something isn't racist then it totally isn't.
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