Did Jalopnik (and all kinja-based blogs) just swap the sides of the blog posts and the "You may also like" suggestions?

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Published 04/27/2017 at 00:02

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Up until a few hours/days(?) ago the “You may also like” suggestions used to be on the left, and the scrollable blog posts on the right. Now the “You may also like” shows up on the right and I keep staring at a big blank bar below it looking for the blog posts...

I hope I get used to it after a while, but does anyone know if there is some logical reason for the seemingly arbitrary change? This, plus the scrolling replies that run into the next blog post, seem like serious cases of “let’s fix what is not broken”, but I am sure there is always a good reason to keep one’s users on their toes...

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Kinja'd!!! "scoob" (scoobsti)
04/27/2017 at 00:09, STARS: 8

I hope I get used to it after a while

We will, this always happens.

but does anyone know if there is some logical reason for the seemingly arbitrary change?

Probably not, this always happens.

This, plus the scrolling replies that run into the next blog post, seem like serious cases of “let’s fix what is not broken”

Yeah, this always happens.

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
04/27/2017 at 00:15, STARS: 1

Well over the last ten years they have enjoyed redesigning the site and totally fucking with us.

Kinja'd!!! "beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
04/27/2017 at 00:20, STARS: 0

it was on the right for me here as well, but they’ve all gone back to the left.

Kinja'd!!! "GTO62" (gto62)
04/27/2017 at 00:38, STARS: 1

Really, you have the “You may also like” thing on the left now? Very weird, I checked with three different browsers and they all show “You may also like” on the right. I guess Kinja=Twilight Zone...

Kinja'd!!! "Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
04/27/2017 at 00:48, STARS: 2

Infiniscroll still bothers me, this just seems completely arbitrary.

Kinja'd!!! "facw" (facw)
04/27/2017 at 01:11, STARS: 0

The good news is that it seems incredibly unlikely they could ever do worse than the iteration where they showed replies as user icons, and you had to click each one one at a time in order to read them.

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
04/27/2017 at 01:49, STARS: 2

I remember when they fucked up the USA site but not the Canadian, so I would go to that one.

Kinja'd!!! "beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
04/27/2017 at 03:22, STARS: 0

its back on the right now. Go figure

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/27/2017 at 07:06, STARS: 0

i missed that shitfight.

Kinja'd!!! "GTO62" (gto62)
04/27/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 0

Indeed! And there was much rejoicing (until the capricious Kinja Gods had another bowel movement).

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Kinja'd!!! "GTO62" (gto62)
04/27/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 0

And... the “You may also like” thingy was back on the left in the morning and now it’s back on the right in the evening.... I can feel madness dawning...

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