I don't know if the Dog had it all planned, but it has become a marketing scheme. Late last year the Dog took away all invites and told people if they wanted to stay they had to buy a VIP. At the time I thought it was a good idea because indexers were dropping like flies. Nzb.org has no new signups AND no new registrations. They really did close up.
I thought Dog would remain closed. For whatever reason the Dog went "viral" over in Reddit and other places. Over in Reddit there are staff members posting with the Dog's flare. For months people were begging for invites. Some people don't believe me when I tell them that VIP members don't get invites. Reddit created pent up demand for the Dog.
Last May, he made an announcement that he was open again on Reddit. He claims he signed up 1,000 people in three hours. He opened up again briefly a month later. He stayed open for eight hours on 1 August, 2013. There were people in the invite section who missed it and more people started begging for invites. It looks like he stayed open for eight hours again yesterday. Hmmm.........Interesting!
The reason his open/close, open/close game is working so well is because ( for whatever reason ) the Dog is the favourite of wannabe hipsters and others who want to be cool. " That's right, we bad. We got the Dog." " If yo ain't got the Dog, yo ain't shite." LOL.
Experienced Usenet people know that it's just another Newznab indexer and are not impressed. The young hipsters keep talking up the Dog and signing up when they get the chance. The Dog is lining his pockets with gold!
I wish no ill will on the Dog but anybody who attracts this much attention becomes a target. The copyright trolls don't have to shut him down for facilitating infringement. They could simply go after his payment processors. Bitcoin is not a viable option. The Dog and one of his staff members hate Bitcoin. I'd be surprised if 10% of the people would go through the hassle of using Bitcoin to buy a membership in an indexer.
Regardless of what happens, the Dog is laughing all the way to the bank.
http://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comme...tration_again/
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