Teh TRGz—last bastion of the good internet?

[frorider]

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...it-rubbish-ipo

Facefvck, Twatter…the enshitification of the internet communities is relentless. I’m sure Reddit will start evaluating the profitability of forums.

[ötzi]

"big money has a nasty habit of ruining our favorite sites". Ima go way out on a limb and say we're safe for a while.

[JimmyCarter]

Big money doesn’t care about forums. There are much easier ways to target advertising these days.

[AdironRider]

The suits had us for at least a little while (I've lost track of where TGR stands at this point) and we either scared them away or are unbreakable. Either way we should be proud.

[hawkgt]

we are no more than a bloating whale on the TGR beach. sure, they could get the dynamite but the stinky shit is confined for now.

[BmillsSkier]

The site doesn't work properly enough to monetize it with any real meaning.

And that's ok. The glitches are a feature, not a flaw.

Like a creaky old screen door on a porch, or a well-worn stool at the end of the bar.

[riser4]

The site doesn't work properly enough to monetize it with any real meaning.

And that's ok. The glitches are a feature, not a flaw.

Like a creaky old screen door on a porch, or a well-worn stool at the end of the bar.

Right? Don't like the smell? Then don't hang out here.

[stealurface831]

I will personally fight any suit or group of suits looking to purchase.


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[Danno]

with flakka or without?

[stealurface831]

Either.


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[BmillsSkier]

Remember box fan-tender Old Andrew? Didn't he go join the new corporate overlords and just leave the server closet to rot? Maybe that was a good thing for this place.

[Dantheman]

The site doesn't work properly enough to monetize it with any real meaning.

And that's ok. The glitches are a feature, not a flaw.

Like a creaky old screen door on a porch, or a well-worn stool at the end of the bar.

I'm starting to think that they broke the login link on purpose, and if so, a tip of the hat.

[dan_pdx]

It's a shame that the early promise of the Web as a way to build community has been so thoroughly besmirched and exploited by capitalism and the drive to get rich quick. Fortunately, there's no way to get rich off TGR, so I don't think this community is ever going to be throttled by the drive to monetize.

[BmillsSkier]

Oh there's a way to get rich off TGR.

[Timberridge]

Bathrobes aside, and outside of the few bitcoin millionaires we have, does a forum full of post menopausal divorced men with depression issues and $10K in retirement savings really appeal to advertisers?
And let's not forget the Canadians, they're only equivalent to 0.74 of a US consumer.

[riser4]

Bathrobes aside, and outside of the few bitcoin millionaires we have, does a forum full of post menopausal divorced men with depression issues and $10K in retirement savings really appeal to advertisers?
And let's not forget the Canadians, they're only equivalent to 0.74 of a US consumer.

Ouch. Ouchie ouch.

[Timberridge]

Ouch. Ouchie ouch.

Oh no, it's actually a good thing. It's why nobody bothers us.

[Dantheman]

...and $10K in retirement savings...

Well, $10k lighter than last week at least

[From_the_NEK]

More actual real people may start moving back to bastions like TGR forums:

[m2711c]

come on now, our extensive research on the vagaries of upstate boundary lines alone has got to be worth a fortune. seriously, the free carfaxes are reason enough for a hostile corporate takeover…



fact.

[byates1]

"big money has a nasty habit of ruining our favorite sites". Ima go way out on a limb and say we're safe for a while.

Lol

[Timberridge]

come on now, our extensive research on the vagaries of upstate boundary lines alone has got to be worth a fortune. seriously, the free carfaxes are reason enough for a hostile corporate takeover…



fact.

If you add in questionable home improvement advice and whatever Leroy posts does it sort of even out to zero?

[pfluffenmeister]

Oh there's a way to get rich off TGR.

When I was in Jackson this year I saw the the TGR store and went in with one specific purpose.

There were no robes.

[m2711c]

t’werent none at that popup shop neither… startin’ ta think them robes may​ be vaporware.

[Meadow Skipper]

"big money has a nasty habit of ruining our favorite sites". Ima go way out on a limb and say we're safe for a while.

Knock on wood.

I remember thinking Usenet was tits. Wasn’t any money in that either.