Does anyone use Buffalobills.com anymore?

[Another Fan]

A very sort of off season thread I realize.

 

The other thread about fandom pre Josh Allen made me think of too how following the Bills or really a lot of things changed over the years.  In the 90s and I think even the 2000s the teams official site seemed to be where it was at.  
 

After the old BBMB got cut off very abruptly I really don’t look at Buffalobills.com much at all.   I thinks its still a source for tickets but I’m not sure how much use it still gets.  

Edited 4 hours ago by Another Fan

[Fleezoid]

For me, I'll check in occasionally during training camp. But a lot of that stuff is already posted here. Once the season starts, not really needed much since there's content everywhere. 

[4th&long]

No. I don't go their anymore since the pulled the message board out from under our feet. I don't care for fluff articles so no need to go to that site. 

[H2o]

I was never a fan. I get more enjoyment from being on and reading this website than I ever did over there. 

[GunnerBill]

I use the app and the youtube page. I very rarely visit the website.

[RobbRiddick]

I still have it liked on my MySpace

[JJGauna]

I enjoyed the variety of characters on the BBMB and had fun with the pickem games, simulation league, etc. 

 

When they shut down this was the obvious choice for Bills news, thoughts, opinions and WR threads.

 

Cant say I miss visiting the official site.

[Steptide]

I use the bills app occasionally, but I find it annoying. So much stuff on there, it's hard to navigate sometimes 

[eball]

28 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

I use the app and the youtube page. I very rarely visit the website.

 

The app is basically the website.

 

[njbuff]

BBMB was the best message board by a mile. Had a ton of friends over there.

 

When they abruptly ended that board, I barely ever go there.

[wppete]

No not anymore. Its useless except for checking the roster. 

[streetkings01]

8 minutes ago, njbuff said:

BBMB was the best message board by a mile. Had a ton of friends over there.

 

When they abruptly ended that board, I barely ever go there.

What was the reason it was shut down? I remember back in like 2004/2005 there was talk that the GM at the time (Donahoe) would lurk on the message boards…..I wonder how many other Bills personnel guys lurked?

[Mikie2times]

1 minute ago, streetkings01 said:

What was the reason it was shut down? I remember back in like 2004/2005 there was talk that the GM at the time (Donahoe) would lurk on the message boards…..I wonder how many other Bills personnel guys lurked?

I wonder how many current lurkers we get, players and coaches. 

[wppete]

23 minutes ago, njbuff said:

BBMB was the best message board by a mile. Had a ton of friends over there.

 

When they abruptly ended that board, I barely ever go there.

Yeah pretty crazy they just shut it down and didn’t realize what gold they had with that message board. Whoever advised them to ***** it down doesn’t realize marketing. 

[MJS]

3 minutes ago, wppete said:

Yeah pretty crazy they just shut it down and didn’t realize what gold they had with that message board. Whoever advised them to ***** it down doesn’t realize marketing. 

I feel like there was a trend back then to get rid of comment section and message board functionality from a lot of sites. Probably because it was too hard to moderate and there began to be a lot of pressure to police content more and more.

[wppete]

6 minutes ago, MJS said:

I feel like there was a trend back then to get rid of comment section and message board functionality from a lot of sites. Probably because it was too hard to moderate and there began to be a lot of pressure to police content more and more.

Probably right . But it was a gold mine to monetize if they understood the internet. 

[Mango]

On the useless ladder it's about one rung lower than One Bills Live.

5 minutes ago, wppete said:

Probably right . But it was a gold mine to monetize if they understood the internet. 

 

Given the ages of one Terrance Pegula and Ralph C Wilson, I'm astounded that neither could figure it out.

[akcash]

NFL.com and all the team sites webpages are so slow when navigating. That itself is a huge turn off. 

[BillsPride12]

Nope.  The way I follow the team and consume content these days is far different than the early 2000s.

 

The funny thing is going on the Official team website and using those message boards was new and exciting compared to how we consumed content back in the 90s.  Evolution is wild man

[boyst]

1 hour ago, njbuff said:

BBMB was the best message board by a mile. Had a ton of friends over there.

 

When they abruptly ended that board, I barely ever go there.

BBMB was a complete utter joke and 💩.

 

Topic moderation was so absolutely watered down to boring topics. Controversy wasn't allowed.

 

They, like most teams, got rid of it due to concerns over liability and inability to control their branded topics. They were smart to do it.

 

They're a football team. Not a message board.