NPR

happytramp wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:20 pm Cheers. Tried a couple of times but to no avail...I'll give it another bash.

Mahoney wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:42 pm It may also help that a search for "Rugby Forum" on Google returns "Planet Rugby Forum" as the second result and NPR isn't in the first 3 pages.

Peripheral wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:11 pm 1. Why we lurked and never posted? - Must have lurked on and off since the 2003 World Cup I think. I'd occasionally post - but I didn't have the time to get involved in day long discussions/arguments so it was much easier to dip in every few days, see what was the current outrage and then go back to the real world.

2. Do we miss PR? - Yes. I've learnt a lot of odd stuff and been completely taken aback at how much effort some people will put into being complete wankers. Threads like the Sean O'Brien / Pascal Pape one were brilliant back in the day for sheer idiocy.

3. What can PR hope to achieve by locking down? I presume that they are trying to close it down / monetise it in some way. It was a free service that has run for decades now and seems to exist only to provide oxygen to extremely odd characters.

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:37 pm

Mahoney wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 12:42 pm It may also help that a search for "Rugby Forum" on Google returns "Planet Rugby Forum" as the second result and NPR isn't in the first 3 pages.

We are not optimised for google search, not top of my list of things to do, there is no ambition to monetise this place, there will be no ads, not ever (unless Porn Hub come in with a big money offer of course). Quality over quantity

Yeeb wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:12 pm

happytramp wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:20 pm Cheers. Tried a couple of times but to no avail...I'll give it another bash.

From your username , are you Mrs Bimboman ?

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:37 pm
We are not optimised for google search, not top of my list of things to do, there is no ambition to monetise this place, there will be no ads, not ever (unless Porn Hub come in with a big money offer of course). Quality over quantity

happytramp wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 2:54 pm

Yeeb wrote: ↑Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:12 pm

happytramp wrote: ↑Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:20 pm Cheers. Tried a couple of times but to no avail...I'll give it another bash.

From your username , are you Mrs Bimboman ?

I really hope not

MrLurk2u wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:06 pm Have lurked on PR for 17 years. Not one for posting but always like reading the comments from posters on various topics.

Ethologist wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:15 am

MrLurk2u wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:06 pm Have lurked on PR for 17 years. Not one for posting but always like reading the comments from posters on various topics.

Once you know which posters are smart, and which ones are dumb, you have a better idea of what to think about certain things. PR was great for the range of opinons it offered, from smart to dumb, honest to dishonest. Was always worth checking out if something happened. It was worth going there just for Ali's Choice's take on things, pretty much everything he predicted came true.

The shame was losing all the smart posters, like Southern Softie, Seneca, Psychologist, hermes_trismegistus and the like, but keeping Dozy and that foetal alcohol syndrome Irishman whose name escapes me.

Just the life cycle of empires I suppose.

Slick wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:23 am

Ethologist wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:15 am

MrLurk2u wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:06 pm Have lurked on PR for 17 years. Not one for posting but always like reading the comments from posters on various topics.

Once you know which posters are smart, and which ones are dumb, you have a better idea of what to think about certain things. PR was great for the range of opinons it offered, from smart to dumb, honest to dishonest. Was always worth checking out if something happened. It was worth going there just for Ali's Choice's take on things, pretty much everything he predicted came true.

The shame was losing all the smart posters, like Southern Softie, Seneca, Psychologist, hermes_trismegistus and the like, but keeping Dozy and that foetal alcohol syndrome Irishman whose name escapes me.

Just the life cycle of empires I suppose.

Yeah, Ali's Choice really was the GOAT of PR, superb human.