Utefans.net

You mean this?

I can’t believe I’m seeing this again. Actually I can. I wish the dude better luck in the future. All I can do is keep working my ass off here and try to make this place the best it can be.

I’ve been on UFN since last July. This is the second round of donations. I have never seen a forum site be quite so aggressive in asking for money.

I don’t even have words to express the shock and disbelief when I saw the new fundraiser.

Sadly, this might be very beneficial to this site. I can’t imagine there not being a mass exodus.

This site is infinitely better.  It runs better. It has a better format and better features. And people respectfully talk about Utah sports rather than complaining about BYU and religion all the time.

What a dumpster fire.

I remember when this happened last year and everyone was asking him to sell the site because we were all worried about our gathering place to talk Utah. It was pretty awesome @Tony actually stepped up and did something.

I would be curious to see how many new people register for this site over the next week or two.

Webmonkey will never sell Utefans. Any buyer who had half a brain would demand to see the financials for the site in order to justify the asking price. I doubt Chris has any interest in making those available.

If I had the money I probably wouldn’t mind donating for a site that actually functioned like a site from 2016 should. But UFN is horribly outdated.

Well this just might be the nudge to push me over here permanently. It’s so disappointing to see what UFN has become. Now, I think I’m at the point where I just won’t even visit the place anymore. Just turn my back and let it burn, or rot, or…who even cares. So sad. What a waste of what was once a good thing and warm community.

I have enjoyed Utefans and also not a big fan of change, but I am going to give Utehub a more serious look going forward. I have know Chris for several years and hope things get better for him. I would have no problem donating annually to utefans if he took an active interest in the site, updated it, and once again became an active participant.

But at this time I am with the masses that he should sell the site get some $$$

I have been a registered user on uf.n in its various incarnations since the 90s. (Wayback Machine!) I actually still prefer the format there — it is familiar and easy to skim through the hot topics with fewer mouse clicks. I’d keep it the same with just a little more spit and polish, and an effort to make the advertisement relevant and unintrusive.

I can’t really hate on Webmonkey for doing what he is — it’s his property, and his perogative. But it is also my perogative to decide where my money goes, and I can’t support this. I’d love to contribute to the site code and maybe partner with others on ownership (depending on hosting cost), but that’s my limit.

The one thing I will miss is gametime chat. Any plans for that here?

There is very active game chat here. Tab on tight side of browser window.

Wow. This really shocks the crap out of me.

I mean, seriously, WTF????

OK, I gotta say something. I can’t keep my mouth shut. This is just too ridiculous.

I simply cannot believe that a guy who does NOTHING to maintain the site other than pay the hosting costs (which CANNOT be more than $50-80 a month) would continuously hit people up for additional fundraising to the tune of thousands of thousands of dollars.

Keep in mind, the fundraising is ON TOP OF people who consistently contribute(d, in my case) money on an annual basis. AND ad revenue, which while not as substantial as donations is not insignificant.

The site has been around for years. YEARS. He has already made back the money he’s sunk into it in spades, and then some. The ROI for UF.N is extremely high. It has never really been truly updated. What maintenance and day-to-day work there is gets done by moderators – friends of WebMonkey.

The dude is completely detached, he has a low cost / moderate income hobby, and he’s STILL got a loyal following of old timers despite the fact that he doesn’t have a sensible bone in his body.

I know there are going to be people that migrate over here from UF.N that disagree with what I’m saying. And that’s fine.

But what I’m trying to say is this:

1. Tony, DO NOT BUY UF.N. If you do… do it for the domain, and redirect everyone over here. You’ve got a great thing going, with a new attitude that is centered on Utah sports and not on religion and politics.

2. I sure hope Chris gets it together. But it is hard to watch. Wow. I can’t believe he actually had the audacity to do another fundraiser. I mean… wow. Just…. wow.

3. If the UF.N old timers come over here and try to bring their culture with them instead of conforming to the tone and attitude that Tony has already built, it would be a VERY sad, sad thing. That’s partly why I don’t want Tony to buy UF.N. I want those people to stay where they’re happy, and away from here.

OK, sorry y’all, I’m a big jerk, and I deserve to be flamed, so go ahead if you feel like it.

But goodness. I just can’t believe that guy.

I’ve been with utefans since 2008 when my brother was playing for the utes. Back in the day it was an awesome site and I didn’t have any issues.

Obviously I’m posting to this website now meaning that I’ve left utefans behind. After seeing constant pleas for money (don’t get me wrong, I would happily donate but it doesn’t seem to be doing anything) I finally said 8+ years is enough, and moved on over.

So hopefully this fan site works out to be much better 🙂

So hopefully this fan site works out to be much better

I’m always trying to make it better…

Chris drinks away any profit from the site, and abuses his clients horribly. I have zero sympathy left for him. He’s a self-destructive drunk, and based on his DUI, possibly a danger to himself and others. UF.n is dead to me.

So a funny thing happened over on UF.N.

The fundraiser was up to $991. And someone did a post like this:
“991 dollars for beer on the wall, 991 dollars for beer…”
Anyway, that post had gotten some red star action.
That post is now nowhere to be found.

Apparently Monkey is monitoring the board a little more closely after reading the scathing posts about his lack of involvement and constant fundraisers.

He must be surprised that the fundraiser hasn’t yielded what he was hoping for.

Tell me more about this cesspool

And…. the fundraiser goal has been reduced from $4,000 to $2,000.
Reducing the target to make it more “attainable”?
Ah well.

I haven’t enjoyed UFN in years. I was done with it before the latest round of fundraising but I deleted my ‘favorites’ link after seeing their dirty laundry aired on facebook.

I would rather donate my time as a coder to help with the site than any dime I might have to spare. And he doesn’t want that.

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