I always get a little confused and weirded out when Big Corporations "buy" websites. I'm not really sure what it entails, per se, and whether it will mean Changes in the website itself.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Polter-Cow - Mar 13, 2007 9:02:23 am PDT #4602 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sumi - Mar 13, 2007 9:03:00 am PDT #4603 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Was it? I somehow hadn't realized that. What about Brothers and Sisters?
They're supposed to be getting more recappers or something as a result of this. If they're just having the same - I don't know what changes. (Other than the forum is irritating me with it's inability to remember me and also, not allowing me to see my subscribed topics.)
lisah - Mar 13, 2007 9:04:23 am PDT #4604 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
OK. I'll bite. What's confusing.
There's no relation to Bravo buying TWoP and Drive being recapped. That this is happening at about the same time is a coincidence. (As far as I know. Bravo & NBC are related, right? But Bravo & Fox are not.)
(I'm totally psyched that the Wire is being added to the roster! Although I pity the recapper assigned to it. that's some complicated plotting!)
Sue - Mar 13, 2007 9:06:22 am PDT #4605 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I just hope that they stop using so many pages to recap a show.
Allyson - Mar 13, 2007 9:07:27 am PDT #4606 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Yahoo owned them before, keerect?
Una - Mar 13, 2007 9:11:00 am PDT #4607 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I just hope that they stop using so many pages to recap a show.
What I never understood about that is that they say they sell advertising based on page views, but I swear 99% of their ads are for themselves. How exactly does that make them money?
lisah - Mar 13, 2007 9:12:47 am PDT #4608 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I just hope that they stop using so many pages to recap a show.
haha! whereas I actually like the multi-page thing because I often read recaps in spurts interrupted by my, you know, real job/life etc. and it's easier to keep track of where I left off.
Polter-Cow - Mar 13, 2007 9:12:48 am PDT #4609 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, Yahoo bought them a...year ago, maybe?
And they recently started pulling quotes from the forums and pasting them on Yahoo!TV, which was really annoying because they pulled from Meet Markets and spoiler threads, too.
I just hope that they stop using so many pages to recap a show.
I was about to say that they did that to increase pageloads, but maybe they won't need to increase ad revenue so much now? They did add the pagelinks recently, at least.
Monique - Mar 13, 2007 9:16:46 am PDT #4610 of 10001
There's a thread in the Nuts and Bolts forum to explain how the Bravo thing will affect TWOP. I haven't gotten too far into it, but the Yahoo thing was apparently a partnership that ran its course.
Allyson - Mar 13, 2007 9:23:32 am PDT #4611 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
All I wanna know is, does Strega get a raise? Because my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks.