Consistently, and I'm sure you have the data, the DBD blogs have the most user exchange and participation. They often dwarf the interaction on the sports blog. The sports blogs consistently have the same posters, which is a small number of users.
Ergo, it would seem to me that the optimal business model for WFC would be to charge for the DBD content. That is where your traffic and user participation ACTUALLY is. Do you plan to charge for DBD content? If not, can you provide an explanation?
I’m sure the answer is no and that Uve already considered this, but is there any opportunity to transition back to the SB Nation platform? Whoever took THAT over has clearly abandoned the Cal site w the last post being from June…..uh, it’s football season people! I thot I just saw a news article about a court case re: how Uber/Lyft drivers were considered in employment; any chance that related to the issue that motivated the transition over here? I love this site and your content, but that platform was super user friendly. Just a thot, my friends.
My reaction is that I understand. It's remarkable there is free content without a flood of ads. I'm not sure if I will pay to join, but I can't fault the authors for going this route. More than anything we need a robust online forum for Cal fans that has a low bar for entry. I've never joined any of the paid sites, though I know many here belong to them. Something about my cal fandom has prevented me from paying money to read about it, though I watch all the youtube videos on Cal Athletics and consume Cal news like water. It's some firewall in my limits of how crazy I can be. But this group has certainly earned my respect and appreciation, and maybe I will move the goal posts here soon.
I'll support this. I'm looking forward to the podcast. I wonder if Nam will keep doing his podcast on Rivals since he's bringing his talents over here and Trace Travers is now a... rival.
Aug 30, 2021Liked by Rick Chen, Rob Hwang, Piotr Le
Happy to support you all bringing high (and even higher) quality content! :werenotworthy:
As for what the income could be used for, I would love to see efforts to diversify the writing community. Perhaps a summer/semester writing internship for underrepresented folks (including, uh, women?).
The Cal community is built on diversity, and supporting new voices in the athletics blogosphere would only strengthen our community.
I'd love to see this community return to its former CGB glory. It was by far the best college blog on SB Nation. It was awesome when we played blueblood teams with much larger fanbases like Texas or Ohio State and so many of their fans were on our live blog because the activity dwarfed theirs. We'd have it broken up into pregame, halftime and 4 quarters with ~1,000 comments on each one while the Longhorn blog would have one post with a few hundred comments. Maybe I'm exaggerating the numbers but that's how I remember it.
Would love to subscribe, but I've become increasingly more paranoid about financial security online so I have a few questions: Is this subscription a Substack thing or did you custom create it and if so who's the payment processor?
Also out of curiosity have you considered Patreon?
Anyway looking forward to the detailed posts and breakdowns. Even if I don't comment much anymore, I still read all the articles top to bottom!
Did I misread what was said? Could have sworn that it was stated that everything would be free the first two weeks and after that time frame the paywall would go into place for the appropriate stuff. However, there is already an article today that is behind said paywall.
Very nice website about a failed team. Nevada has beat you all 3 in a row. I'm sure you can find a spot in the Big Sky conference. That will never happen because, or course, PAC 12 entitlement which means nothing to any one but you all.
The big question: will Twist's Men's Fashion Blog posts re-appear in the Premium Tier?
Consistently, and I'm sure you have the data, the DBD blogs have the most user exchange and participation. They often dwarf the interaction on the sports blog. The sports blogs consistently have the same posters, which is a small number of users.
Ergo, it would seem to me that the optimal business model for WFC would be to charge for the DBD content. That is where your traffic and user participation ACTUALLY is. Do you plan to charge for DBD content? If not, can you provide an explanation?
Regards,
Monetization is always a good thing. Another possibility is an ad-supported model, but clearly you guys decided on the subscription model instead.
I’m sure the answer is no and that Uve already considered this, but is there any opportunity to transition back to the SB Nation platform? Whoever took THAT over has clearly abandoned the Cal site w the last post being from June…..uh, it’s football season people! I thot I just saw a news article about a court case re: how Uber/Lyft drivers were considered in employment; any chance that related to the issue that motivated the transition over here? I love this site and your content, but that platform was super user friendly. Just a thot, my friends.
I'm here for it all, but especially the X's and O's breakdowns!
My reaction is that I understand. It's remarkable there is free content without a flood of ads. I'm not sure if I will pay to join, but I can't fault the authors for going this route. More than anything we need a robust online forum for Cal fans that has a low bar for entry. I've never joined any of the paid sites, though I know many here belong to them. Something about my cal fandom has prevented me from paying money to read about it, though I watch all the youtube videos on Cal Athletics and consume Cal news like water. It's some firewall in my limits of how crazy I can be. But this group has certainly earned my respect and appreciation, and maybe I will move the goal posts here soon.
I'll support this. I'm looking forward to the podcast. I wonder if Nam will keep doing his podcast on Rivals since he's bringing his talents over here and Trace Travers is now a... rival.
Happy to support you all bringing high (and even higher) quality content! :werenotworthy:
As for what the income could be used for, I would love to see efforts to diversify the writing community. Perhaps a summer/semester writing internship for underrepresented folks (including, uh, women?).
The Cal community is built on diversity, and supporting new voices in the athletics blogosphere would only strengthen our community.
I'd love to see this community return to its former CGB glory. It was by far the best college blog on SB Nation. It was awesome when we played blueblood teams with much larger fanbases like Texas or Ohio State and so many of their fans were on our live blog because the activity dwarfed theirs. We'd have it broken up into pregame, halftime and 4 quarters with ~1,000 comments on each one while the Longhorn blog would have one post with a few hundred comments. Maybe I'm exaggerating the numbers but that's how I remember it.
Would love to subscribe, but I've become increasingly more paranoid about financial security online so I have a few questions: Is this subscription a Substack thing or did you custom create it and if so who's the payment processor?
Also out of curiosity have you considered Patreon?
Anyway looking forward to the detailed posts and breakdowns. Even if I don't comment much anymore, I still read all the articles top to bottom!
I'm in! Hope this helps the cause. Thanks fo keeping this community together!
Can we insert pictures and gifs in comments on the new site?
Did I misread what was said? Could have sworn that it was stated that everything would be free the first two weeks and after that time frame the paywall would go into place for the appropriate stuff. However, there is already an article today that is behind said paywall.
Very nice website about a failed team. Nevada has beat you all 3 in a row. I'm sure you can find a spot in the Big Sky conference. That will never happen because, or course, PAC 12 entitlement which means nothing to any one but you all.