Thread:That-Luz-Doggie/@comment-30334635-20171212045548/@comment-30334635-20171212052526

That-Luz-Doggie wrote: Somewhat off-topic but that AJHQ losing staff you brought in your previous comment.

What's all that about? I heard about it but is it really true? Why are they failing?

Also where did Kitsoon's comment get deleted from? I can't sit here and explain it for long because I really shouldn't even be on my computer right now but here's the summary of it: All "National Geographic" logos have been removed from the Animal Jam website as of about like a week or two ago which is very out of the ordinary, which has caused some to speculate that NatGeo stopped funding Animal Jam (so it would just be in the hands of WildWorks now). And I know that isn't alot, so here's where the evidence comes in. Glassdoor is a website where employees and former employees review companies they have worked for. Look at the most recent reviews of WildWorks on it. I'll let all of those reviews speak for themselves really. The oldest one is from May 2017. And these reviews are supported by AJHQ's recent decisions. They've been wording things differently lately and taking some other turns. For example, in their post on their Instagram announcing Play Wild packs, they specifically speak about membership ALOT, like more than usual and it's really clear to see, they specifically even say "there's never been a better time to be a member", which lines up with the reviews saying WildWorks has been laying off a lot of employees due to memberships being at an alltime low. Not to mention AJHQ gave away the membership bundle this month to ALL members, not even just retail card members like they usually do, pushing membership very strongly along the lines of the way they spoke in the Packs announcement post. And yes, I know, they do push membership and I support that, all I am saying is the way they've been talking about it recently definitely lines up with what the reviews have been saying.

And no, I'm not saying Animal Jam will be closing. Club Penguin was on a massive decline for a year and even announced their possible closing (saying subtly that they may move to mobile app-only in a blog post) LONG before Jan. 2017 which is when they did close. And yeah, no way ever will AJHQ admit that they're failing if you ask them, that's a bad business move. Another bad business move would be them admitting their jambassadors, a major marketing avenue for them have hacked items. It's just stupid though how they didn't fix it and make the black socks available, unless they just didn't realize.