Closure of the 606 website
Today, after eight years and many hundreds of thousands of user comments, we are closing down the .
The 606 radio show continues, of course, as one of the lynchpins of the 5 Live schedule and the long-established home of grown-up football debate. But its online counterpart has come to an end.
I explained in my original blog post back in January why we had taken this decision. The headline is that the 91Èȱ¬ as a whole is cutting costs and is taking a more streamlined approach to its online offering. For us at 91Èȱ¬ Sport this means we are focusing on the priority areas of our website: the latest news across a whole range of sports and live coverage of the biggest events.
In many ways 606 belongs to an earlier era of the web. Technology and user behaviour have been transformed in the years since it was launched in 2003. As I have mentioned before, it is worth remembering that this was back in the days before the likes of Facebook and Twitter came along to change not only the internet but, some would argue, create whole new forms of social interaction.
I know many people still use 606 and enjoy the banter and the chance to exchange views with fellow fans on the sporting issues of the day. And it is worth stressing that all of us at 91Èȱ¬ Sport Online are proud that 606 established itself as such a popular forum for debate. But we have had to accept that things move on and, with user numbers declining for a number of years now (the audience has halved since 2008), the end of the 2010-11 football season feels like an appropriate time to bring things to a close.
Let's be clear though, we still welcome comment and debate. We want to do that both on our own site and on other sites our audiences may be using, whether that's Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking services.
On our own site, we want our audience's views to become a more integral part of the main 91Èȱ¬ Sport website rather than on a separate 'mini site'. In the coming months we will be introducing new ways for fans to discuss the biggest sports news stories and give their views on the major events on the main pages of rather than taking place over at 606.
But we also recognise that there are so many other places on the internet for fans to take part in sporting debates - this clearly isn't a preserve of the 91Èȱ¬. In fact I'm sure many of you will take the chance to comment below giving examples of other websites that have developed thriving communities of sports fans.
It only remains for me to thank everyone who has taken part in 606 discussions over the years. It's been a website that was always dependent on the creativity and dedication of its users - and we owed it all to you.
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Comment number 1.
At 31st May 2011, thecityisred Join Sport Witness wrote:Goodbye, it's been a good journey.
I'm going to Sport Witness. Enjoy wherever you end up guys and gals.
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Comment number 2.
At 31st May 2011, Mark - Save 606 wrote:Disgrace.
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Comment number 3.
At 31st May 2011, liam1om wrote:Many tens of thousands of people use 606 and how much did it actually cost to run?
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Comment number 4.
At 31st May 2011, Mark - Save 606 wrote:The way the bbc have handled the 606 saga has truly been a disgrace and has lost the respect of thousands.
The very least they could have done was give us some alternatives like:
1) Do shorter opening hours
2) Make the forum a voluntary moderation site where trusted members moderate the site for free meaning you do not need to hire moderation staff as we would do it for free.
3) Place advertisements on the left hand side of the pages making you revenue.
4) Sell the 606 forum to a commercial venture
I emailed the bbc on alternatives but to no avail.
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Comment number 5.
At 31st May 2011, billy do be a hero wrote:This service was well used. Should have cut some of the dross from the TV listings instead.
VERY unhappy!!!!!!!
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Comment number 6.
At 31st May 2011, Redman wrote:Ok a positive to start with - since the decision was made at least there have been a few decent alternatives set up.
However the main strength of the 91Èȱ¬ 606 is that it was on the main 91Èȱ¬ sport pages and so you would go on there whilst also browsing the sporting stories. It was a centralised forum and the new sites will struggle to achieve as many members.
what the 91Èȱ¬ don't seem to realise is that there will be far less reason now to use the 91Èȱ¬ sport pages now 606 has ended. Sky sports football centre is for example far superior to the 91Èȱ¬ anyway.
the death of 606 reflects the decline in the 91Èȱ¬ as a major sports provider in this country and so this is a sad day for those of us who were brought up watching sport on the 91Èȱ¬.
finally the argument that the 91Èȱ¬ put forward that 606 membership levels were falling is total rubbish. Since the closure date was announced members online have not noticeably fallen at all and as for facebook and twitter replacing 606....
goodbye 606 and goodbye 91Èȱ¬ you have let your public down. Enjoy Salford its the best place for you
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Comment number 7.
At 31st May 2011, Geijo lets go wrote:You say that you will continue to allow people to discuss the biggest sports news stories.
That's lovely.
But what about those of us a little bit lower down the pyramid? Fans of Championship and League One clubs. Cricket, rugby league, and athletics fans outside of the Olympics?
It's these people that the 91Èȱ¬ has betrayed with this decision. None of the alternatives out there have the ability to attract the numbers and diversity that the 91Èȱ¬ was, and still is, able to.
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Comment number 8.
At 31st May 2011, Captain Bernard wrote:Good riddance!
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Comment number 9.
At 31st May 2011, Yob Tvoyu Mat wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 10.
At 31st May 2011, Antonsedgewick wrote:I will miss 606. Please keep it open.
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Comment number 11.
At 31st May 2011, Vermaelens Steely Stare - FO Phil Dowd and the F A wrote:why couldn't you just cut EastEnders?
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Comment number 12.
At 31st May 2011, Deeeemarles wrote:Hmm, users have halved since 2008. Dare i say the audience base is similar in size to the primetime shows on 1xtra, 91Èȱ¬ asian Network and 91Èȱ¬ radio 6? And how much do they cost to run/produce?
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Comment number 13.
At 31st May 2011, malcolmcomley wrote:Although I'll be sorry to see 606 go, I have to admit it has changed for the worse in the 3 years I have been a member. I used to check 606 for any F1 news before other sites, as anything interesting would have been immediately picked up by a 606er and posted. These days it is just endless WUM articles by schoolkids with fake Italian names.
So, RIP 606, and thanks for the good times.
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Comment number 14.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 15.
At 31st May 2011, Ron wrote:What I fail to comprehend is that with so many alternatives, run virtually by individuals with voluntary moderators, how come the 91Èȱ¬ could not afford to keep the site running on a similar basis, or why some other organisation could not have kept it going with voluntary moderators. It has resulted in several new sites springing up causing the existing communities to disperse. It's been good on 606 but the reasons for the closure seem totally invalid. It is not just a case of saving money as this could have been achieved easily without closing it down.
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Comment number 16.
At 31st May 2011, Cooperbear wrote:Such a sad day - and I agree a disgrace.
Please all check out and use Sportpost.com ( which I have started after many years of using 91Èȱ¬ 606.
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Comment number 17.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:Thanks Ben. Thanks for letting us know well in advance. Thanks for keeping us informed since January. We know you didn’t have to, but letting us know early showed us that the 91Èȱ¬ are not the incompetent inner-looking organisation we all thought they were, but the world leading public service we've all grown to love.
Thanks for showing us the One True Wayâ„¢ of using the internet. I'm sure we'll all get used to posting highly argumentative debates using only 140 characters. I'm sure we'll get used to clicking that 'Like' in a fit of teenaged joy.
Thanks for allowing us to post our email addresses so we can follow our fellow fans, and dare I says it, friends. Thanks for allowing us to post our real names so we can be tracked on Facebook.
Before I gush too much more, I think I can speak for most 606 users when I say:
Thanks for everything, now...
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Comment number 18.
At 31st May 2011, noodle wrote:I'll miss 660. Surely it did not cost gazillions to run, and I am not convinvced by the alternative 91Èȱ¬ are offering.
However, I accept that the numbers have dwindled and that it is no longer a key aspect of the site. Also, there are more modern ones out there than the 606 page, which seem to feel quite old.
See you all on ja606!
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Comment number 19.
At 31st May 2011, Establishment under siege - Likely to offend wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 20.
At 31st May 2011, Ginger wrote:Its a sad day. The 91Èȱ¬ should have found a way.
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Comment number 21.
At 31st May 2011, TheIncredibleRiseOfGomes wrote:Joke
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Comment number 22.
At 31st May 2011, lcmeltonfc wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 23.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:Are you going to close this thread down after a handful of comments? You know, you read the text, you read the comments, you have something to add and *BANG* the close is already closed after a dozen posts.
Is this going to be the style of all further discussions? Can we come back in a week, when new information is availible, and post further comments? Can we debate until the subject is fully exhusted?
I look forward to debating the major sporting issues like "Should Button have won at the weekend?", "Will Man Utd will another title?" and "Liverpool: The new Liverpool"
Hurry, hurry, hurry.
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Comment number 24.
At 31st May 2011, cyprussyd-safc wrote:Been a good trip and sorry to see it go. I'm on not606 now with over 9000 users, 700 plus on line right now so all welcome.
Good luck whatever you all choose
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Comment number 25.
At 31st May 2011, steviemac14 wrote:Beeb should have found a way to keep 606, maybe they aren't getting enough money from all our licence fees....
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Comment number 26.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 27.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:Wrong decision but hardly surprising...good luck to all 606ers
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Comment number 28.
At 31st May 2011, Redman wrote:I find it quite funny that as you attempt to wind down 606 the number of members online continues to increase this morning.
and how can the 91Èȱ¬ think that the 606 format is outdated when there have been so many successful alternatives set up to replace it?
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Comment number 29.
At 31st May 2011, gibson1972 wrote:So sad to the end of 606.
If they wanted to save money, just cancel Eastenders and Doctors.
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Comment number 30.
At 31st May 2011, clevor trevor wrote:Well, that's that then.
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Comment number 31.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:How typical you have just closed it without warning... Utter contempt...
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Comment number 32.
At 31st May 2011, racingcertainty wrote:Glad it's going. In recent years comment has come from saddos with axes to grind who don't get out enough and are incapable of reasoned comment. You get what you deserve. Pity, tho. It's a great idea.
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Comment number 33.
At 31st May 2011, jerusalem9769 wrote:I was there right at the end and didn't get modded! Woo hoo!!!!
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Comment number 34.
At 31st May 2011, devonshirespur wrote:91Èȱ¬ needs to get with the times.
Dropping the 606 website but keeping the phone-in is totally backtofront.
As for grown-up debate, the website never used to be overrun with childish wind ups but changes made by the bbc enabled them to flourish
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Comment number 35.
At 31st May 2011, eirebilly wrote:Well thats that then. I had a good 5 years on the 606. Take care all
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Comment number 36.
At 31st May 2011, 17th_spur wrote:That's it then, it's gone. Forever.
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Comment number 37.
At 31st May 2011, U14804610 wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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Comment number 38.
At 31st May 2011, Lobsters Hot Sauce Committee wrote:darn it
I gotta work now:-(
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Comment number 39.
At 31st May 2011, Establishment under siege - Likely to offend wrote:Dismal management from a 91Èȱ¬ in steep decline.
Just pathetic excuses for piggy-backing onto twitter.
91Èȱ¬ failed to keep up with evolution of internet debate and haven't tried to modernise 606 or adapt it to suit an ever changing internet.
Completely failed many people today. Congratulations.
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Comment number 40.
At 31st May 2011, Bath_BTGOG wrote:I feel cheated the 91Èȱ¬ have let us down by closing 606, sport is an important part of are way of life in this country the fact that we pay a tax to the 91Èȱ¬ means they should provide us with a service so sports fans can debate amongst ourselves, ok there was a few Muppets out there but by and large most 606 folk are decent enough people who have a bit of friendly banter with other fans.
Why was 6 music saved and 606 hung out to dry just because we didn’t have a voice like the radio stations DJ’s banging on about it all the time on air.
Why is it that during the news there is a reporter and support crew sent out to cover every story instead of just a report read out by the news reader, eg how many reporters are out in Switzerland covering Blatters attempts to hang on to power at FIFA?
Cuts could have been made else where and 606 could have been left alone as it was one of the best thing going for the 91Èȱ¬
RANT OVER SO LONG 606
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Comment number 41.
At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:Well handled in a 91Èȱ¬ type way
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Comment number 42.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:Right, I see inda, devon, lobs and dazza.........we'll just stay here I reckon..
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Comment number 43.
At 31st May 2011, Lydneyian wrote:Im surprised at the comment that the user level had halved in the last 3 years _ I wonder how that worked for each sport - if it is the case (Im sure it is) then some of the blame needed to go down to the moderators policy - The first issue was never being given reasons properly for comments being removed - They were not always clear cut - I had 1 comment removed once - no idea why. Secondly - petty squabble became more frequent which turned people away - I was a member for 5 years but the last 18 months just got ridiculous - the cricket board (my favourite) was ruined - and that should of been stamped out - The rugby board was better but not by much - in the end I had to stop commenting or writing articles - In a way I will miss it - but I have a lot of friends that bailed out a while ago
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Comment number 44.
At 31st May 2011, IblameRedRum wrote:Typically the site is closed with no warning, not even half way through the last day.
Couldn't handle the level of critcism coming your way Ben? Truth hurts I suppose.
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Comment number 45.
At 31st May 2011, Colin Smith wrote:I personally think that it is ridiculous that 606 is being shut down. There are lots of other things which could have been shut down or limited. Surely it does not cost much to run it and even if the 91Èȱ¬ had listened to some of its users and implemented limitations and changes to it to REDUCE costs, then most people would accept this, but to close it down completely is totally unnecessary and shows a lack of care for its users from the 91Èȱ¬. I therefore urge you, 91Èȱ¬, to see sense and to keep it running, making changes if necessary to reduce costs but NOT axing it.
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Comment number 46.
At 31st May 2011, RoyMunson wrote:Did any poster bring this up with any football club or footballer?
Too late now but it needed to be brought to the attention of a bigger audience.
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Comment number 47.
At 31st May 2011, TheSnowmonkey wrote:I agree with many of the comments posted above, 606 was a great community and it is for that reason that alternative sites are set up. Ben, I was a fan of the 91Èȱ¬ for many years, but so far all I have witnessed is a steady decline, particularly on the sports pages. The 91Èȱ¬ is often late with a story, sometimes by only an hour but I have frequently seen stories that are a week or more late. I have also found that sometimes the journalist appears not to have written a particular article and merely copies it verbatim from another source..something we use to get pulled up on 606 for. So now you are saving vast quantities of money where will it be going, sending some of your journalists back to school to study? One final thing, in a sport where most of the home nations have success, Rugby Union, when will the 91Èȱ¬ get behind it properly and bid for the RWC or are you going to waste it on individual sportsmen who don't succeed ? Great shame you closed 606.
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Comment number 48.
At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:"Dropping the 606 website but keeping the phone-in is totally backtofront."
Just perhaps its all about the money?
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Comment number 49.
At 31st May 2011, BahamasSpurs wrote:"In many ways 606 belongs to an earlier era of the web." = Rubbish! Citing facebook and twitter as alternatives is codswallop! These are not forums in which discussions and points of view are shared in terms of a collective conversation which is exactly why neither facebook nor twitter sell themsleves as forums!
Twitter and facebook are useless in terms of meaningful debate and serve only for less than useful one liner soundbites. Is this what the 91Èȱ¬ means when it says "streamlined approach"?! The dumbing down of debate to mere soundbites????
I give up......
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Comment number 50.
At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:At least 14 comments awaiting moderation Lets keep 'em busy!
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Comment number 51.
At 31st May 2011, Nasri4Gunners-Save 606 wrote:Its gone.
My favourite smiley - laugh>
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Comment number 52.
At 31st May 2011, TheIncredibleRiseOfGomes wrote:Well thats that, bye bye everyone
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Comment number 53.
At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:"Let's be clear though, we still welcome comment and debate."
Keep telling yourself that
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Comment number 54.
At 31st May 2011, Ronnie Rees wrote:The visible 91Èȱ¬ wastage - eg sending additional reporters off to foreign climes at the drop of a hat or seemingly keeping a helicopter permanently in the air to cover the most banal domestic event or hosting absolute dross tv shows etc etc - is bad enough. But to then close down something that gives pleasure to many and can only cost a pittance shows how remote 91Èȱ¬ accountants and management are from the real world. I don't listen to the 606 phone-ins - not a fan of Alan Green and not interested in Chelsea, Man City etc, clubs that will self destroy sometime soon.
Best wishes to all real footie fans out there and, at least, thanks to 606 for having given us this opportunity over the years.
Sky Blue Sid lives.
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Comment number 55.
At 31st May 2011, Sonny wrote:It's a load of rubbish about Facebook and Twitter being the reason for a decrease in numbers on 606. The real reason is because it was so poorly moderated and ruined by wind up merchants which drove most sane and intelligent sports fans away. I used to enjoy 606 but I moved on a long time ago and I have no sad feelings about its demise whatsoever. Good riddance to a rouge state of libellous posts, hateful and spiteful "members" hiding behind anonymity and multiple IDs, and some of the most disgusting and disrespectful things I've ever read about many of our sporting heroes. Good riddance to a disgrace of a forum.
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Comment number 56.
At 31st May 2011, Junglist wrote:So the 91Èȱ¬ continues to dumb down its TV scheduling, but a resource used by a small but dedicated niche of its market is removed. A small niche that also are in the main license fee payers.
Surely a niche interest group being disenfranchised is against the 91Èȱ¬â€™s equal opportunities criteria?
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Comment number 57.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:Men, thanks for the insightful posts over the years, thanks for the funnies. I will look for new pastures in a week or so, then the football chat will continue.
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Comment number 58.
At 31st May 2011, SFCDan wrote:Utterly terrible management from 91Èȱ¬. No interaction with the users at all, no negotiation around looking for a new party to host 606, no attempts at all to salvage anything for the users. Lazy business, if only 91Èȱ¬ bothered responding to the users about the closure of 606 then maybe they'll have kept some of the respect they lost. Embarrassing.
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Comment number 59.
At 31st May 2011, TheSurreySpur AKA Gin N Tonic wrote:I'm bitterly disappointed that 606 has closed, I've laughed, I've debated and I've made some good friends through 606. When it was good, it was very, very good and the Spurs board was among the best. Gin N Tonic
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Comment number 60.
At 31st May 2011, Steve Heath wrote:Very annoyed with the closure of 606. What was the cost of 606? Yes numbers have been in decline however it is a great way to engage with 'core' bbc users discussing anything to do with sport, whether it being 'front-page' news headlines or in my case most of the time chesterfields recent game. And that is the real annoyance, that i presume the debate in the future will be similar to the bbc news website, with comments displayed at the bottom of the page. And thats the problem, people want to engage in more than the select few headlines and top stories, and that was the beauty of 606.
Lost lots of respect for the bbc over this, bbc sport still is the best sports news site around, but its now lost its personal feel.
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Comment number 61.
At 31st May 2011, Malvin P Lawnmowerparts wrote:Well it's been emotional.
Thanks for everything. I find it hard to understand how 606 gets the axe whereas I'm sure other MBs still exist on fewer numbers? e.g. Radio 4
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Comment number 62.
At 31st May 2011, Fuzzy Duck wrote:Stop pumping millions of license money into rugby union and the 6 nations....... keep 606,
It's only a sport for posh people anyway!
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Comment number 63.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:Ahh.........so that's devon, dazza, lobs, inda, bahamas, 17th, incredibleriseofgomes and gin!
It's like home!
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Comment number 64.
At 31st May 2011, wakey wrote:Disgrace 91Èȱ¬. Disgrace
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Comment number 65.
At 31st May 2011, see you next wednesday wrote:Had some fun times on 606: Spurs fans trying to wind Gooners up, Man Utd fans gloating when Arsenal went out of the Champions League to Barcelona - are the same Utd fans gloating now?
I think not!
Goodbye 606!
And good luck to the three teams who gained promotion to the PL!
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Comment number 66.
At 31st May 2011, Grizzly wrote:Very short sighted by the 91Èȱ¬.
The overall coverage of sport by the organisation is reducing by the year, removing an opportunity to discuss evenrts with other fans offers further confirmation the 91Èȱ¬ see sport as an evil it must rid itself of.
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Comment number 67.
At 31st May 2011, Ramilas1 wrote:Can't agree Ben, we're not all going to keep in touch through Farcebook or Tw*tter.
I refused to join Farcebook in the early days as I felt it was just inherently an unsafe place to post so much private info .... and, guess what, I do believe I was correct.
Twit-ter has all the appeal of being in a train carriage with the most boring people in the world AND they're all shouting into their mobile phones to their very best friend, who is probably sitting right next to them.
This was, again, my first reaction to it's over-hyped introduction - and people like Stephen Fry and Jake Humphrey (never mind all the brainless Premier League players) have proven that opinion correct many times over..... oops there they all go again!
Nice to see you're keeping the quaint old telephone contact option for the show on the quaint old wireless, but a shame you're also doing away with e-mail for many of the live web commentary events and only accepting text messages as an alternative.
Anyone at the 91Èȱ¬ know the location of their posterior in relation to their elbow joint?
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Comment number 68.
At 31st May 2011, Auqakuh wrote:lol, how does this exactly cut costs if user load was falling? Sounds like a right load of old tosh.
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Comment number 69.
At 31st May 2011, Eastleigh Saint wrote:Noooooooooo!!!!!! Up the Saints!
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Comment number 70.
At 31st May 2011, HarrysDisciple - 606 SOS wrote:Shame about the forum closure. 91Èȱ¬ becoming increasingly out of touch with genuine fans
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Comment number 71.
At 31st May 2011, Auqakuh wrote:Second thought: if 606 was so out of touch in terms of the modern internet... why does 91Èȱ¬ radio, with a declining audience (for several decades now, I think), still exist?
Radio is so far out of touch with the modern world that it is somewhat similar to me attempting to go to the local supermarket by chariot.
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Comment number 72.
At 31st May 2011, dawolf wrote:penny pinching cost saving measure, aimed at destroying the 91Èȱ¬ website.
606 was never properly advertised - very few sports articles properly linked to it. Then they wondered why it didn't take off and lost numbers.
A forum based around the 91Èȱ¬ news website SHOULD be massive due to the millions of people who read each article. The fact it failed is due to 91Èȱ¬ stupidity.
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Comment number 73.
At 31st May 2011, PrestonSpur wrote:Fabulous service ripped away without consultation. Shame on you Aunty...
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Comment number 74.
At 31st May 2011, Bath_BTGOG wrote:So the SAVE 606 campaign counted for nothing?
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Comment number 75.
At 31st May 2011, Jacky Ickx wrote:Go to not606 and you will find the same people you posted with and the same banter but with much more functioanlity in the site.
not606.com
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Comment number 76.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:Let's stand up by having a sit-in.
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Comment number 77.
At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:devon, dazza, lobs, inda, bahamas, 17th, incredibleriseofgomes and gin, harrysdisciple, preston..the list grows..this is officially the new SPURS board...........anyone else is a wum...
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Comment number 78.
At 31st May 2011, claretbigtom wrote:I support this decision. Partly because whenever I've looked at 606 it has been over-run by trolls and WUMS. But mostly because there are so many forums out there, and setting one up is so easy. I don't consider it the best use of public money to pay people to replicate what is being done elsewhere, perfectly well, by amateurs. If money is tight the 91Èȱ¬ should be focusing on its core remit - top quality coverage, writing and photography - which I believe it still does very well.
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Comment number 79.
At 31st May 2011, was sweep_____but call me Jason__every1 else does wrote:so the bbc take your licence fee money, spend it on what they want. but when you want something like 606, u get no say at all. u dont get a say in them taking ur money though. very poor
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Comment number 80.
At 31st May 2011, PrestonSpur wrote:Numbers were in decline because they were being actively managed down by reduced advertising and linking to articles. Slaps forehead.
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Comment number 81.
At 31st May 2011, IndaUK wrote:Must. Resist. Urge. To. Break. House. Rules.
Stand up, if you hate the Beeb
Stand up, if you hate the Beeb
Stand up, if you hate the Beeb
Stand up.
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Comment number 82.
At 31st May 2011, SFCS - STATing the obvious wrote:I've always enjoyed using the 606 message boards and think it's a real shame they're gone. It offered a completely different platform to share your views and enter discussions, which Twitter, Text-ins, etc simply do not accomodate for.
Anyway I'd like to thank everyone at the 91Èȱ¬ and agencies that helped make 606 happen and also to the users that have made it a fun and interesting place to visit.
Steffen Freund Crossbar Superstar OUT!!
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At 31st May 2011, Nathan Morrow-Murtagh wrote:So 606 joins the grave populated by Chants of the week, Quotes of the weeks and Robbo's blog. The four things that made the 91Èȱ¬ Sport website the unique place it was.
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At 31st May 2011, PrestonSpur wrote:You're right Galvin...
Tottenham have slapped a £50m price tag on left-sided player Gareth Bale, who is believed to be a target for Juventus and Inter Milan. However, they will let midfielder Luka Modric go for about £25m - despite denying the Croatian is on his way to Chelsea or Manchester United.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Have the Mirror journoes lost their marbles? Why would we accept half the value of our best player..? Discuss please...
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At 31st May 2011, Establishment under siege - Likely to offend wrote:91Èȱ¬ 606 had real potential, tis a shame that the management haven't done it justice. I imagine some sort of negative impact on the website in general and a reduction in those paying their license fee. 91Èȱ¬ not providing what the British tax payer desires.
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At 31st May 2011, TheSurreySpur AKA Gin N Tonic wrote:61 - All together now We shall not, we shall not be moved...
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At 31st May 2011, london_man wrote:"I support this decision. Partly because whenever I've looked at 606 it has been over-run by trolls and WUMS"
Totally agree - when you have idiots who use usernames like Holte Legends, bombarding the Spurs board with claptrap day after day, the 91Èȱ¬ have made the right decision to close 606.
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At 31st May 2011, Estesark wrote:I'm laughing out loud at the contention that 606 is the home of "grown-up football debate" :D
Most of the opinions on there - usually from the callers, but occasionally from the more "colourful" hosts/pundits, are just daft. I usually find that the number of interesting and/or sensible opinions in any given show is half the number of "sack the manager"-type opinions. That's why I haven't been a regular listener for about seven years.
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At 31st May 2011, Spike wrote:More biased views from 91Èȱ¬ staff and less banter from the General Public.
Not what people pay their Licence fee for.......
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At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:Anyone got any and s?
"We shall not, we shall not be moved"
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At 31st May 2011, Galvin and Stacey_61_Duh Winning wrote:Preston! Ridiculous story, though not surprising.may as well pack it in if we sell Luka.
Ere, /dna/606/A85189936 - Some people are STILL POSTING on 606.... What's going on?
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At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:Beat me to it by 5 minutes G&T :(
Still, where's the and s to keep us occupied while we "Hoddle" round thew 606 "Glaziers"?
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At 31st May 2011, Ron wrote:Not 606. 1060 members on line at this moment and increasing by the minute. Come and visit.
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At 31st May 2011, legendkillar wrote:Why not approach the users of the 606 site first before closing? We know how the forum should be run and even suggest much more efficient way of the running it!
With all due respect, I don't want to read the un-necessary blogs written by most of the toilet standard journalists you have in here. The users of 606 create their own debates, so I see no need for the over-bloated journo-section that exists.
Other forums have been set up with little cost, but with the dedication of users that want to create a social space for debate and exchanging views.
Shows how out of touch the 91Èȱ¬ is.
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At 31st May 2011, jbclaret05 Together lets save Burnley 606 wrote:Ive been a 606 forum member for 3 years now and i loved being on it i was addictive, Im Unhappy and bitterly dissapointed with the 91Èȱ¬ for closing the 606 forum down I pay my Licence fee to you guys and then you go and this. Without being disrespectful i think you shutting this dow is in my honest opinion 100% out of order and i urge the 91Èȱ¬ to reopen it. Its a total disgrace it has to be said!
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At 31st May 2011, Tony Torrance wrote:The passing of the 606 website is sad but in truth it had run its course a bit like all the 606 nonsense on Radio 5 Live. The 91Èȱ¬ of live sport also needs a overhaul as it has become a 2nd rate Sky. Over the weekend with so much world class sport and last night what did we get more of the same football drivel which has seen 5live become a shadow of it's former self.
No it is time for the 91Èȱ¬ to cut much of its football content. Way to much coverage on a sport where with the very rare exception we as a Country are rubbish at.
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At 31st May 2011, Ron wrote:Why are all comments being pre-moderated?
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At 31st May 2011, Unkel Fill wrote:RIP 606 :(
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At 31st May 2011, Owain Glendwr wrote:"In many ways 606 belongs to an earlier era of the web. Technology and user behaviour have been transformed in the years since it was launched in 2003. As I have mentioned before, it is worth remembering that this was back in the days before the likes of Facebook and Twitter came along to change not only the internet but, some would argue, create whole new forms of social interaction."
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Utterly uninformed and ludicrous comment. The web is evolving for sure and pretty soon Twitter and Facebook will look old hat....but Message Boards - which is what 606 was - have been around since day one of the web and many millions are still here.
Of course these Message Boards evolve too - or not in the case of 606 but whose fault is that? - but what they do not do is turn into Twitter or FB.
Nor do Twitter or FB try to be Message Boards.
It's like saying - we had to stop making ships because they are old hat now we have cars. Wait, no it's not...it's nowhere near as informed or sensible.
Goodbye 606 we'll miss you....just as we'll miss the 91Èȱ¬ itself which seems to be intent on ritual suicide - after they've finished dismembering themselves publicly. It's a shame but we have to sit and watch....literally,
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At 31st May 2011, divin dissin desertin debutin doublin darren wrote:What no smileys? I was requesting virtual tea and cakes. Is there no budget for them?
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