JSchneier
08-17-2009, 10:19 AM
Today we would like to introduce you to Genmay.com, the first site to be acquired by CrowdGather.com.
Stats
This site reaches over 137K monthly people, of which 77,290 (56%) are in the U.S. The site appeals to a young adult, primarily male following.
About GenMay
Genmay.com is the homepage for General Mayhem Forums, a legendary internet forum where all are invited to discuss everything and anything. Many internet memes, sites, and classic internet underground operations have been spawned from within the threads of GenMay, but the heart of internet underground will always be within these forums. GenMay is comprised of a hyperactive community whose diverse ages, interests and knowledge base create a fertile environment for discussion and dynamic feedback.
History
Genmay.com was founded out of the original [H]ardForums. Hardforums.com contained an area for off-topic discussion, known as "General Mayhem or "GM" for short." After operating for a while the owner and operator, Kyle Bennett, closed the General Mayhem subforum on July 3, 2002 , and many users who disagreed with this decision were banned. In the words of Kyle, "I like to always say that GenMay was like a great big party that was as fun as it could get. It was just we had the party at my house every night and we had to clean up the house ourselves the next morning."
On July 4th 2002, some forum members broke off and started their own General [M]ayhem website, genmay.com. Sanjay Sabnani acquired Genmay.com in 2002. Mr. Sabnani founded General Mayhem, LLC in May 2004. On April 2, 2008 General Mayhem LLC and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, General Mayhem Acquisition Corp. entered into an agreement and plan of merger. The merger resulted in General Mayhem merging into CrowdGather, Inc., CRWG.OB.
Christoper Walken for President Campaign
General Mayhem was responsible for the infamous Christopher Walken for President campaign. While the eccentric screen star played a member of the White House in the hit comedy "Wedding Crashers," rumors began to circulate that he was aiming to take over George W. Bush's job in 2008.
In October 2006, Actor Christopher Walken became the subject of a hoax when a fake website was started in August of that year by members of Genmay.com (http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=562197) in which they announced that Walken was running for President of the United States. This hoax gained in steam across the internet being covered by news media like Eonline.com (http://images.eonline.com/uberblog/b50500_walken_president_not.html)and was widely attributed (http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45757") to the General Mayehm forum
When asked about the hoax in a September 2006 interview with Conan O'Brien, Walken was amused by the hoax; and when asked to come up with a campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck?" and "No More Zoos! (http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648221/christopher_walken_would_rather_have_a_tail.htm).T he site Walken2008.com (http://www.Walken2008.com), remains online.
Some believed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5833740.html2006-08-15. "The person who put this together was just trying it as a hoax, I presume," said Mara Buxbaum, Walken's publicist. "My take on it is it sounds like the person who put this on the Web took his role." (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/19/entertainment/et-walken19)
User-Generated Definitions of General Mayhem
GenMay users don't just sit back and enjoy the ride. They actively participate in building the reputation of the brand by posting on other sites about GenMay. One such site is UrbanDictionary.com:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=genmay&defid=173996
Stats
This site reaches over 137K monthly people, of which 77,290 (56%) are in the U.S. The site appeals to a young adult, primarily male following.
About GenMay
Genmay.com is the homepage for General Mayhem Forums, a legendary internet forum where all are invited to discuss everything and anything. Many internet memes, sites, and classic internet underground operations have been spawned from within the threads of GenMay, but the heart of internet underground will always be within these forums. GenMay is comprised of a hyperactive community whose diverse ages, interests and knowledge base create a fertile environment for discussion and dynamic feedback.
History
Genmay.com was founded out of the original [H]ardForums. Hardforums.com contained an area for off-topic discussion, known as "General Mayhem or "GM" for short." After operating for a while the owner and operator, Kyle Bennett, closed the General Mayhem subforum on July 3, 2002 , and many users who disagreed with this decision were banned. In the words of Kyle, "I like to always say that GenMay was like a great big party that was as fun as it could get. It was just we had the party at my house every night and we had to clean up the house ourselves the next morning."
On July 4th 2002, some forum members broke off and started their own General [M]ayhem website, genmay.com. Sanjay Sabnani acquired Genmay.com in 2002. Mr. Sabnani founded General Mayhem, LLC in May 2004. On April 2, 2008 General Mayhem LLC and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, General Mayhem Acquisition Corp. entered into an agreement and plan of merger. The merger resulted in General Mayhem merging into CrowdGather, Inc., CRWG.OB.
Christoper Walken for President Campaign
General Mayhem was responsible for the infamous Christopher Walken for President campaign. While the eccentric screen star played a member of the White House in the hit comedy "Wedding Crashers," rumors began to circulate that he was aiming to take over George W. Bush's job in 2008.
In October 2006, Actor Christopher Walken became the subject of a hoax when a fake website was started in August of that year by members of Genmay.com (http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=562197) in which they announced that Walken was running for President of the United States. This hoax gained in steam across the internet being covered by news media like Eonline.com (http://images.eonline.com/uberblog/b50500_walken_president_not.html)and was widely attributed (http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45757") to the General Mayehm forum
When asked about the hoax in a September 2006 interview with Conan O'Brien, Walken was amused by the hoax; and when asked to come up with a campaign slogan, he replied, "What the Heck?" and "No More Zoos! (http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648221/christopher_walken_would_rather_have_a_tail.htm).T he site Walken2008.com (http://www.Walken2008.com), remains online.
Some believed it was authentic, until Walken's publicist dismissed the claims.http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5833740.html2006-08-15. "The person who put this together was just trying it as a hoax, I presume," said Mara Buxbaum, Walken's publicist. "My take on it is it sounds like the person who put this on the Web took his role." (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/19/entertainment/et-walken19)
User-Generated Definitions of General Mayhem
GenMay users don't just sit back and enjoy the ride. They actively participate in building the reputation of the brand by posting on other sites about GenMay. One such site is UrbanDictionary.com:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=genmay&defid=173996