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"RIP" Natives

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
A really excellent bit of wordsmithery from the Lizzard innit:

http://misplacedperson.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/rip-natives/
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I like and agree with a lot of that, shame about the silly stock images.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Its worse than Lizzard thinks! She forgot there was a Drift Ghost HD Action Camera on the prize list so that only leaves £250 to pay for the rest of the stunning prizes!
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I had the same thoughts, but could't have articulated them like that!

Very sad decline from what used to be a fantastic, knowledgeable and (mostly) friendly community.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Nicely written by Lizzard
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Yep a very good blog entry.
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I am sure they are still getting their advertising and page views. Just a shame they have alienated all of their regular forum users from the irreverent seasonaire type banter and questions.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
They are still *the* season website; the sponsorship, marketing budget, talks, cooking courses and of course job adverts ensure that workers still go there first, and because of that so do employers, and so the cycle continues.

What has really died is the forum ('chat room') and although fun and a great resource I doubt it amounted to much in the site value. It seemed that forum users rarely visited other parts of the site, and the natives team rarely participated in the forum. Anyway, my point is that a community died, not a recruitment agency.
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albinomountainbadger, I don't know - you're seeing a lot more advertising on the likes of ski-jobs.co.uk and seasonnaire.com these days. I would be interesting to know whether they're really still getting the traffic and ad revenue. Not that they're likely to tell us, obviously.
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^ For any internet site it is regular traffic that

1) Keep advertisers paying
2) Keeps your SEO ranking high

A forum / community is one way to keep your web site busy, and thus indirectly, profitable

Natives used to be a great site and was way ahead of its time in the early days of the internet (circa 1999-2005).
I even wrote a few articles for them back in the day... FWIW I am pretty sure Iain Martin did the right thing financially by selling Natives 5 years ago : cant imagine he is too upset. Though who ever bought natives.co.uk certainly hasn't developed or taken it forward in any way during the last 5 years. As good as dead now...
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Lizzard, ad revenue can't have been great, remember the banner ad for a beanie with a false beard attached? Doubt they had much to spend!! Sure natives must have noticed new competition and diminished traffic, but I'm just saying that, to me at least, recruitment was always their core business and the website is part of that, not all of it. The people I know with seasonal businesses aren't aware f recent developments either, and if recruiting their first instinct will be to call natives. I guess that's a generational thing that won't last though.
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Down the years I reckon those of us on the forum helped 'newbies' prepare for their first seasons - we tended to be brutally honest! Haven't been on the site in a while myself, though.
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Kenzie, I'd like to know the effect of the natives chat room on autumnal Ugg sales...
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
albinomountainbadger, .... not to mention sales of socks. Laughing
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
guys guys guys (and gals) you're all missing the point..... it's not about ugg boots, socks, yogurt cake at all.................... it all about the Kitchens! Laughing
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marcellus, I went on recently to pimp the salary table and was amazed that the kitchen guy has the patience to post so much on there - clearly the crappy CAPTCHA nonsense is just to prevent normal people from posting.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Quote:

A really excellent bit of wordsmithery from the Lizzard


yes, it was.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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"These people are making absolutely no secret at all of the fact that they think we’re all just a bunch of witless salivating morons"

Just playing to the modus operandus of their 'extra''bare' advertisers innit wink
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Lizzard, that was awesome!
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That post got nearly 1000 views. Shocked

Clearly the Friday Ad has annoyed more people than I thought.
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Lizzard, How long before they send you a take down request, I wonder?
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don't give them ideas Wink
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After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
1001. I agree: well argued and written.
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Lizzard, I read a few other posts - particually liked the picking pets and the camping ones, very funny.
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WOW - Lizzard has a sense of humour. Who knew Shocked Shocked
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Rantastic
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 And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
Seems like the kitchens are here again too, at least four threads at the moment.
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
albinomountainbadger, But unlike there swiftly removed here
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You know it makes sense.
Pedantica, what a splendid neologism.
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