
Facebook quickly became a huge, debilitating anchor around my neck. My haters (95% criminals, dopers and others that didn't pay attention in school) throw turds at anything shiny. Especially, if it has to do with a pro-police ex cop running a crime news page. Managing the hateful, and sometimes criminal in nature, comments became way too time consuming. Plus, 'Freakbook' is a terrorist organization in its own right. Faceless rulers with complete bullshit "community standards" edicts...hey, anytime you can't email a person at a company, like as with Facebook....that's just some shady shortbread that you should steer clear of. And, Patreon manages all aspects of membership and payment; freeing up about 60% of my time.
53 year old Hot Springs, AR native Paul Maddox: U.S. Navy Veteran (MA2 K-9) former Garland County Circuit Court Bailiff, former Garland County Deputy Sheriff, Former Arkansas State Trooper, worked at The Mountain Valley Water Bottling Facility for several months and current/full time U.S. Navy Merchant Marine traveling the globe 8 months out of the year. He grew tired of never seeing local news that mattered to him. So, he did something about it...and here we are.
AR911NEWS was wildly popular and grew to an audience of well over 72,000 people (in a city with a population of 37,000). With monthly page view counts north of 1.6 million, Maddox failed to convert those views into an income source. Ad sales were anemic at best, forcing him to switch to become a pay site only. The viewers refused to pay for fast, accurate, local emergency response news. Everyone is encouraged to visit the Arkansas 911 News Facebook Page and go through the "Reels" section. Check out that video and see the direction Maddox wants to go. For now, I post all new content, including video, on the Arkansas 911 News Patreon Page.
The COVID Pandemic put AR911NEWS out of business. Maddox had to find money....and fast. He went back to the U.S. Navy where he worked as a Merchant Marine 2007 - 2011. He'd rather be back in Hot Springs full-time and as soon as he gets 2,000 PAID members on the AR911NEWS Patreon Page, He will return full-time and chase the emergency response news that over 72,000 viewers want to see. GO PURCHASE A MEMBERSHIP AT PATREON and we can all get back to finding out what's really going on around here.
01/12
You never know my hours and neither do I.
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