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    Anyone hanging out on Jalopnik?

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    • MidEngine
      MidEngine last edited by

      I haven't bothered since the hyphen came to be, the endless ads and looped videos, the sub standard writing, etc.. also, why support Herb? I imagine their numbers are way down

      2006 XC70, 2007 Cayman, 2018 Tacoma SR5, 2019 MX-5 RF

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      • facw
        facw @MidEngine last edited by

        @midengine I haven't been. I'd like to support the writers, but I've just fallen out of the habit, now that Jalopnik is the only site remaining on my Kinja dashboard.

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        • Taylor Martin
          Taylor Martin @MidEngine last edited by

          @midengine I haven't popped on there, or Drive Tribe, or really any automotive source other than this (and the links people post here). This is the hub.

          https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBfY9Nzta8JPOP0O7pjI8g

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          • MUSASHI66
            MUSASHI66 @MidEngine last edited by

            @midengine I stopped going there, but their numbers are up 5+ %

            https://www.similarweb.com/website/jalopnik.com/#overview

            2019 FIAT Abarth 500 | 2000 Toyota Tundra V8 AC | 2021 TREK Roscoe 6

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            • Engineer In Motion
              Engineer In Motion last edited by

              Wuts jalopnik? I only know of the glorious hyphen

              Wanted by Federal authorities for dancing with a mailman.

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              • davesaddiction
                davesaddiction @MidEngine last edited by davesaddiction

                @midengine

                I try to check in one or twice a week to support Torch, David, Mercedes and LJ. Rory fought for us; he didn't succeed in the end, but he bought us the time we needed to save the community and get archives made.

                I changed my screenname on Kinja to:

                davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com

                Any of you who still comment over there might consider doing the same - might catch some old OPPO lurkers who haven't made it over here yet (or "new blood").

                manual . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                • MidEngine
                  MidEngine @MUSASHI66 last edited by

                  @musashi66 Wow, I never expected that! Odd

                  2006 XC70, 2007 Cayman, 2018 Tacoma SR5, 2019 MX-5 RF

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                  • trivet
                    trivet @MidEngine last edited by

                    @midengine I haven't been there since the new Oppo - no reason.

                    The only writers I like are Torchinski and David Tracy, but my time is better spent here.

                    Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                    Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                    • Exage03040
                      Exage03040 @MidEngine last edited by

                      @midengine

                      Only if something is posted here, and these days that’s usually not something excellent.

                      ToT: https://opposite-lock.com/topic/54052/this-or-that-213

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                      • benn454
                        benn454 @MidEngine last edited by

                        @midengine Nope. Deleted my bookmark and haven't been back since the Herbening.

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                        • sn4cktimes
                          sn4cktimes @MidEngine last edited by

                          @midengine I check it every few days on my laptop; it’s UNBEARABLE on mobile. I don’t have a comment account on there at all. Haven’t for years. There are still interesting articles there once in a while.

                          '84 Dodge Rampage, '88 AMC Eagle, '15 Husky FE350S -Oppo Never Dies!

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                            ForSweden last edited by

                            what is a jallo picnik?

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                            • ClassicDatsunDebate
                              ClassicDatsunDebate @davesaddiction last edited by

                              @davesaddiction said in Anyone hanging out on Jalopnik?:

                              @midengine

                              I try to check in one or twice a week to support Torch, David, Mercedes and LJ. Rory fought for us; he didn't succeed in the end, but he bought us the time we needed to save the community and get archives made.

                              I changed my screenname on Kinja to:

                              davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com

                              Any of you who still comment over there might consider doing the same - might catch some old OPPO lurkers who haven't made it over here yet (or "new blood").

                              My sentiments exactly. Great people, too bad about the platform now. Good idea about the the screen name change.

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                              • trivet
                                trivet @ForSweden last edited by

                                @forsweden said in Anyone hanging out on Jalopnik?:

                                what is a jallo picnik?

                                It's where they serve things like thise47683c6-f78d-493d-83e8-87fa53d54483-image.png DSC4156-728x509.jpg 72b8e739-fe2b-469b-a3bf-1cf6cbf9083b-image.png db921cf7-9245-4a24-921a-6dc576c16242-image.png

                                Current stable: 2015 WRX Limited, 1987 Fiero GT,
                                Past cars: 1990 Eagle Talon TSi, 1990 Plymouth Laser RS Turbo, 1982 Pontiac J2000 (my first) and many others I don't want to talk about.......

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                                • HammerheadFistpunch
                                  HammerheadFistpunch @MidEngine last edited by

                                  @midengine Im trying. In fact I'm writing something for them right now with DT. The quality of the material has definitely taken a dive. Mercedes is good, DT is good. Every now and again we get something good from the new authors. The rest is sort of lazy, misinformed hot takes. I hate to admit it, but I actually started to wonder if I should even submit my content to the site on account of the content quality. Not that Im saying my stuff is amazing, but I did work my ass off writing it.

                                  Some kind of sentient rodent - Overland Curator.

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                                    ForSweden @HammerheadFistpunch last edited by

                                    @hammerheadfistpunch said in Anyone hanging out on Jalopnik?:

                                    The rest is sort of lazy, misinformed hot takes.

                                    Hmmm

                                    Are they still hiring?

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                                    • CivicWagonEngineer
                                      CivicWagonEngineer last edited by

                                      I go to Jalopnik if I have time. I usually peruse the new articles but don't often click and read many of them. Far too politically charged most of the time, and usually the rest of the time it's boring recycled stories. I do read and enjoy the occasional article.

                                      '89 Civic Wagon RT4WD, '01 Miata Special Edition, '00 Honda Insight 5Speed

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                                      • interstate366
                                        interstate366 last edited by

                                        No, but that was true before the split.

                                        1992 Aristo TT | 2012 TL SH-AWD | 2001 Prelude | 1988 Fiero GT

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                                        • ZHP Sparky - the 5th
                                          ZHP Sparky - the 5th @MidEngine last edited by

                                          @midengine it's still part of my muscle memory (anyone else have only like 5 sites on the entire internet they visit?) so I end up on there on a daily basis still. The content is still mostly bad though - every now and then there are a few good pieces and good comment threads, but mostly garbage.

                                          On that first point about sites folks visit though...I think I might start a thread about that to get some fresh ideas!

                                          11 WRX Hatch
                                          Past: 89 E30, 03 S2000, 05 LGT Wagon, 05 ZHP, Spark+Bolt EVs

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                                          • S
                                            Someoneatacura last edited by

                                            My participation is strictly limited to searching for Acura articles and then fact checking the fuck out of them. The new layout and the writers are crap. DT is good, but he doesn't write stuff I'm interested in for the most part. Since they've completely botched so many pieces on Acura I just can't be bothered anymore.

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                                            • svend
                                              svend last edited by

                                              I look from time to time when something pops up on Facebook like on Wednesday on the Ford Focus door protectors Torch was writing about, that have also been and still are on the Skoda Kamiq, Superb and Kodiaq.
                                              Focus

                                              Kodiaq

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                                              • frinesi2
                                                frinesi2 @MidEngine last edited by

                                                @midengine Jawhatnow?

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                                                • just-a-scratch
                                                  just-a-scratch last edited by

                                                  I stopped visiting once the Hyphen was up and running. I've started going to thedrive for my auto news lately.

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                                                  • Zaphod's Heart of Gold
                                                    Zaphod's Heart of Gold last edited by

                                                    I still check but after I was grayed for a comment I made to Shilling it's not really worth it. I can't get a comment through anymore which takes away the fun of the site.

                                                    I like DT and Torch, Mercedes is getting better and I still enjoy Tom's advice but Raph and Shilling grate on me and I haven't gotten to know the new guys much. The writing just isn't what it used to be and the fun has been taken out of it.

                                                    2020 Gladiator Rubicon (in manual!), 1956 F100 project

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                                                    • liam
                                                      liam @MidEngine last edited by

                                                      @midengine I have Jalopnik in my RSS reader so I do see the list of new articles and who wrote them, but I don't browse the site any more.

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