The reason why sites like this close down due to lack of people is very simple. It is because a lot of people who come
to these sites to read and try to get into discussion are always put down by the very FEW and SAME people that always dominate
and act as if their opinion is the only one that matters. If you disagree with them you get talked about and ridiculed as if
you didn't know a thing about football.... And lord forbid if you say one wrong thing about the Ravens. It is either you
just agree with everything and anything the same 5 or 6 people say that act as if they own the site or say nothing.
This was basically the same thing I read on the Scout Forum a while back as well. They would say that the place
became a ghost town and wondered why. It was the same reason. A few know it alls that spoiled it for everyone else.
So it has nothing to do with advertising, more exposure, etc. ...it has to do with allowing the same very few people dominate
everything with their opinions get away with it and drive everyone else away. That is what happens to these sites. It is as if
these people have no life and have to voice their opinion on every single subject that comes up. And as stated always act as if
their opinion is the best and only one.
I used to sit in seats at Ravens stadium that were adjacent to a lone seat that wasn't owned by a PSL. The best thing
that happened was that a lot of times it usually sold on game day to an opposing fan. At first that seemed like a bad thing...
but eventually I learned that I got better insight and talk from someone with a different opinion about not only their team
but the Ravens as well because they weren't biased and gave opinions that were way different then a purple kool-aid
drinking Ravens fan. So eventually I hoped that the person buying the seat would be someone from the other team as I had
better conversation and friendly rivalry with them.
These sites block those kind of people. They only allow Ravens fans and set up so many rules about what you can say or
not say that after a while it sounds like a Leave It To Beaver TV Show. "Golly gee Wally the R avens are really neat" .. "Yeah,
I know Beave" ... But let Eddie Haskell show up and it all goes down hill and he is told to go home.....
Hopefully, someone opens a site where people can voice their opinions good or bad and stop the few no-it-alls that dominate
and ruin them.