This Is How You Know Probox Killed This Site.

[Grandma Lover]

Two Articles in the front page talking about how Froid is broke and suing showtime and they each have less than 5 pages worth of comments. In a whole day no less.

In 2024 before it got bought by the new idiots it would take maybe an hour for those articles to have like 10 pages of the posters going back and forth and using their alts about how hes not broke and everyone is just hating.


Yeah this site is dunzo

[Coverdale]

Those types of thread were lame so no great loss there. What would help is people attempting to make some interesting, boxing related threads.

[Grandma Lover]

Those types of thread were lame so no great loss there. What would help is people attempting to make some interesting, boxing related threads.

How are they lame? Froid going broke articles (actual articles) not just nsb ones used to draw attention. The fact that it doesn't now shows how far this site has fallen

[TelMex]

It's the annoying videos taking up half the page all the bot threads. The site absolutely crawls anymore.

[Coverdale]

How are they lame?

Because they're effectively celebrity gossip at this point. Plus, forum engagement is a tiny part of the actual engagement with articles. Same as comment sections generally.

[Grandma Lover]

It's the annoying videos taking up half the page all the bot threads. The site absolutely crawls anymore.

Fvkcing ridiculous! Its not even funny.

Being forced to listen Paulie and Chris's ****** fvkcing takes.

[Grandma Lover]

Because they're effectively celebrity gossip at this point. Plus, forum engagement is a tiny part of the actual engagement with articles. Same as comment sections generally.

Whether you like it or not it brings traffic.

Lol your a joke

[SteveM]

Because they're effectively celebrity gossip at this point. Plus, forum engagement is a tiny part of the actual engagement with articles. Same as comment sections generally.

says the one who comments on most articles. There's any number of boxing sites that just create an article out of boxing news; just a print form of an echo chamber. But there are those of us who like to engage with other posters. Posting is dropping right off on this site - for various reasons. It used to be an active community even just 5 years ago.

[Coverdale]

says the one who comments on most articles. There's any number of boxing sites that just create an article out of boxing news; just a print form of an echo chamber. But there are those of us who like to engage with other posters. Posting is dropping right off on this site - for various reasons. It used to be an active community even just 5 years ago.

You're looking for a confrontation where it isn't necessary. Me choosing to comment on articles doesn't change the fact I'm in a minority and that this is understood by people who run websites with high engagement. Many writers, wisely, choose not to read BTL (below the line) comments because it impacts their writing too much when the people commenting represent a tiny part of total audience.

Many of the mega threads here were brimming with imbecility and vulgar language which one had to wade through to read anything worthwhile. The owners presumably don't want that rubbish accompanying their articles on the front page and who can blame them? The edgelords had a good run and ruined it for themselves with their excesses and immaturity.

[SteveM]

You're looking for a confrontation where it isn't necessary. Me choosing to comment on articles doesn't change the fact I'm in a minority and that this is understood by people who run websites with high engagement. Many writers, wisely, choose not to read BTL (below the line) comments because it impacts their writing too much when the people commenting represent a tiny part of total audience.

Many of the mega threads here were brimming with imbecility and vulgar language which one had to wade through to read anything worthwhile. The owners presumably don't want that rubbish accompanying their articles on the front page and who can blame them? The edgelords had a good run and ruined it for themselves with their excesses and immaturity.

Valid points, but neither you nor I know whether web traffic is up or down for a random sample of NSB articles. You contend that readership is unchanged and yet for some unclear reason the 'edgelords' have disappeared. It could just as likely be that readership is down and commenting is down.

Beyond that, most of the passionate commentary leading to argument could be interpreted as boxing attracting engaged fans. Engaged fans are the ones who drag their mates to watch fights and get others interested. I know that I have done that in the past. If that's not happening now then it doesn't bode well for the future of boxing. This may well tie in with HBO and GBP finding it difficult to maintain/attract broadcast deals.