Current state of "Opposite Lock"

"Louros" (louros) 04/09/2014 at 08:58 • Filed to: None

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Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Louros 04/09/2014 at 08:59

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haha I think there is a little more meaningful content than that

Party-vi > Louros 04/09/2014 at 08:59

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I don't see a slice for NSFW posts. Guess my work here isn't done yet...

But really, yeah that's pretty accurate.

YSI-what can brown do for you > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:01

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What counts as meaningful content? I generally like most things posted here, ever if they aren't car related

Sn210 > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:04

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complains about content; posts nothing but a pie chart.

The Daily Hoon > YSI-what can brown do for you 04/09/2014 at 09:05

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Meaningful content: pictures of cars, videos of cars, write-ups on car experiences, talking about maintenance on cars, talking about upgrades to cars, talking about cameras to take photos of cars, talking about events related to cars, talking about racing cars, talking about driving cars, your daily routine around cars. You know, stuff about the cult of cars. Real simple stuff.

Louros > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 09:05

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Guilty as charged

Kookanoodles > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:07

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That's unfortunately quite accurate. I don't want to be whiny, but seemingly since Tiger all my posts seem to get a lot less answers. Has the number of opponauts dramatically declined or something ? I wish guys like baterrytenderunnecessary and Automatch Tom would post more, too.

The Daily Hoon > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 09:08

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Haha, but it is better than a meme.

EL_ULY > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:08

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AAAAAAAAAAnd I still love this place :]

YSI-what can brown do for you > The Daily Hoon 04/09/2014 at 09:08

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Well posting a video from youtube is much easier than posting a write up on a part install that took 3 hours, which is why I asked. Honestly though, isn't hot wheels car related?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Party-vi 04/09/2014 at 09:09

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That's what I came here to say, it's at least as big as the green slice :P

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:09

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This post:

( )Griping.

Kate's Dirty Sister > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 09:09

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That's the best comment since the rollout of Kinja.

Jagvar > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:10

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Kate's Dirty Sister > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:10

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You forgot catfishes

The Daily Hoon > YSI-what can brown do for you 04/09/2014 at 09:12

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Hot Wheels are car related in as much as this photo is related to aviation.

timateo81 > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:17

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Tell me this isn't worth it.

YSI-what can brown do for you > The Daily Hoon 04/09/2014 at 09:20

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haha, fair enough.

Coty > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:20

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Sorry we're making you stay against your will.

t_s > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:28

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Sad but true.

Victorious Secret > Kookanoodles 04/09/2014 at 09:34

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Yup. Tiger killed a lot.

I'm not saying I don't have the motivation to write Paradise Lost about cars, but thats what I'm saying.

philipilihp > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:34

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Useless is pretty subjective though, right? And the meaningful content is a much larger portion, at least to me. But then again, I enjoy the hot wheels posts, as a loyal member of HWEP.

Party-vi > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 09:35

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lulz

Louros > philipilihp 04/09/2014 at 09:38

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It's not subjective. The constant hot wheels posts add absolutely no value at all.

Biased Plies > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:38

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To be fair, aside from the semi-recent influx of Hotwheels/diecast posts, this has always been the state of Oppositelock...

If the Hotwheels stuff got its own forum [they should], Oppo would be the same as it ever was.

briannutter1 > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:39

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Yep, hopefully now that summer is here I/we can start posting up more builds and race stuff.

Biased Plies > YSI-what can brown do for you 04/09/2014 at 09:44

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It is car related, but it's also become too much recently. It seems I'm not alone in that opinion.

Sn210 > Biased Plies 04/09/2014 at 09:44

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I agree. I think there is enough interest in die casts and Hot Wheels to support a sub-forum of Oppo. I'd volunteer to own the responsibility.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:44

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So under which category does your post fall, John?

Kookanoodles > Victorious Secret 04/09/2014 at 09:44

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I don't get it, honestly the comment system is fine once you get used to it, and the tool to write articles is miles better now. Plus it doesn't kinja stuff up anymore (at least for me).

Victorious Secret > Kookanoodles 04/09/2014 at 09:46

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Idk, its always the same exodus whenever the system changes. You do get used to it after a while.

As far as the content goes, its really hard to justify good articles for most people, since so few of us should actually be writing. Honestly. I'd prefer to see guys like Tom and Battery and Juan do their thing.

Biased Plies > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 09:48

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Yeah, there's definitely enough interest.

I'm not sure Oppo can have subforums, other than tag pages which already exist but aren't really separate. It would be worth looking into as a sub page of Jalopnik though, just like Oppo is. Otherwise it could be a separate Kinja group blog, like Rennsport and Photography are.

I'd guess Matt would be the person to contact and ask about that and I think he might actually be supportive. If not, maybe on of the techs (Ernie?).

philipilihp > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:49

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Not to you, they don't. Which is why it's subjective. But, like with all content that is unrelated to anyone, it's easy to skip over.

Kookanoodles > Victorious Secret 04/09/2014 at 09:50

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What do you mean ?

PushToStart > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:50

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Relax, it's an "off-topic" forum of a car website. There's plenty of car posts, and there's also off topic stuff. That's how it's supposed to be. As for the hotwheels posts: we like cars, hotwheels are a relatively cheap hobby relating to cars, and people are posting them because we have a pretty good exchange program here, and people make trades off of said posts. Sorry you aren't pleased with everything that's here, but basically everyone else who bothers to stick around here does.

Louros > Biased Plies 04/09/2014 at 09:51

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A discrete forum for the hot wheels stuff would be nice.

Louros > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 04/09/2014 at 09:51

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Meaningful content ;)

PushToStart > Louros 04/09/2014 at 09:53

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it adds no value to *you*. Some people enjoy them. And that's your opinion (which you're rightfully entitled to) but it's also subjective. If you don't like the post, don't click on it.

Edit: someone else has said the exact same thing so yeah, what philipilihp said.

Victorious Secret > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 04/09/2014 at 10:01

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I'll take bitching for 500, Mr. Spiderman

mycarneverruns87 > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 10:01

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I have been thinking about doing this to be honest. It has become larger than I expected.

Sn210 > mycarneverruns87 04/09/2014 at 10:05

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ha awesome! I was hoping you'd see my comment on El Uly's post. It's blown up. I think we've got enough content to break off and become our own sub forum of something.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Louros 04/09/2014 at 10:13

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I actually agree with you about that

Scorpio GTX1 > Louros 04/09/2014 at 10:24

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Don't take it out on Oppositelock just because you got butthurt and left Oppo+.

Louros > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 10:33

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Insufferable twats like you are half the reason I left

Blondude > Louros 04/09/2014 at 11:23

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I think we all need to take a look back at Oppo's origins. Back before Kinja. Before Jalopnik/forum/oppositelock. Before #oppositelock. Back when it was #offtopic.

RacecaR > The Daily Hoon 04/09/2014 at 11:40

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Well then, that photo should be over on FlightClub now shouldn't it?

Mattbob > Sn210 04/09/2014 at 11:55

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exactly. Who is this fellow anyway?

Mattbob > Louros 04/09/2014 at 11:56

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"Be the change you wish to see in the world. Don't just complain and post pie charts"

The Daily Hoon > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 13:49

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That statement literally means nothing.

The Daily Hoon > RacecaR 04/09/2014 at 13:50

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See: First rule of FlightClub.

;)

Scorpio GTX1 > Louros 04/09/2014 at 15:13

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Well golly, if I knew that's all it would take, I would have tried sooner.

Scorpio GTX1 > The Daily Hoon 04/09/2014 at 15:40

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I'm not sure which of these two realities would be more pathetic: if you and Louros follow each other's posts around all day playing the troll game and looking for self-affirmation from each other, or if you are in fact just the same sad person hiding behind two separate accounts. Either way, I feel sorry for you.

Tom McParland > Kookanoodles 04/09/2014 at 16:33

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Big post coming tomorrow and often I publish in the morning and it gets lost. Feel free to check my blog and catch up. :)

Kookanoodles > Tom McParland 04/09/2014 at 16:41

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I just realized I'm not following you on Kinja. Off to fix that !

brian1321 > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 16:57

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Theyre the same person. Waymoe.

BrtStlnd > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 16:59

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No one was butthurt (which is just about the lamest word in the internet lexicon) and left G+. It just wasn't entertaining or interesting.

Scorpio GTX1 > BrtStlnd 04/09/2014 at 17:34

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While that's probably true for people like Luis, Mack, and yourself (sad to see you guys go, btw), there were definitely some people who left G+ while stomping and slamming the door on their way out. When somebody's exodus from G+ is preceded by vicious diatribes against harmless Oppoers who have never wronged them in their life and attempts to get other people's accounts banned, I assume that there was likely some unwarranted bitterness and hostility on their part that contributed to it.

Kate's Dirty Sister > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 17:45

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Lol butthurt.

Oppo plus was getting so disturbing that there was really no other choices than to leave.

The Daily Hoon > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 17:51

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Dusty Ventures > Tom McParland 04/09/2014 at 18:19

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I once asked Raph when the peak site traffic is and he told me it's usually noon-3 PM. Now I schedule most of my bigger posts to land in that span. Might help get more eyeballs on your stuff :)

Tom McParland > Dusty Ventures 04/09/2014 at 18:21

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Thanks for the tip, on my full fledged articles that don't get FP'd and/or lost in the shuffle I'm tempted to repost for the night crew but I always feel funny about that.

Dusty Ventures > Tom McParland 04/09/2014 at 18:26

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My personal policy on reposts is "if I put more than 45 minutes of pure, solid effort into it I'm allowed one repost at a time of my choosing, so long as at least 10 hours have passed. (And if I really really really really put a crapton of effort into it, a second repost after 24-36 hours)"

Reminders about making Fantasy WRC picks are exempt from these restrictions.

Tom McParland > Dusty Ventures 04/09/2014 at 19:25

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Ok I think that is a good policy

StoneCold > Scorpio GTX1 04/09/2014 at 19:59

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People are leaving G+ now? They're running out of places to go!

pdthedeuce > Mattbob 04/09/2014 at 21:03

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he's no one .

Scorpio GTX1 > StoneCold 04/09/2014 at 22:10

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Not many, mostly the trolls and a few other people who lost interest.

BrtStlnd > Scorpio GTX1 04/10/2014 at 10:35

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I don't remember seeing anything like that but I'd be curious to see what you're talking about specifically.

thebigbossyboss > briannutter1 06/23/2014 at 13:12

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That is true. I mean you really don't expect me to be out mending things in -9F right?

philipilihp > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:29

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LOL We've come a long way since then! Shoutout to Liveandletdiecast.com !

thebigbossyboss > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:30

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The best comment I have ever read on here was this:

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/complains-abou…

EL_ULY > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:33

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awww memories :]

Louros > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:34

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And just so y'all don't bitch that I don't post anything, here are some recent photos that I have yet to post here:

EL_ULY > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:35

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do you want authorship to Live and Let Die-cast? Pretty sweet party we have going on there sir :]

Louros > EL_ULY 07/10/2014 at 10:36

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I will politely decline your invitation.

philipilihp > EL_ULY 07/10/2014 at 10:36

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LOL

I shared this to LaLD and hoped I could write a little intro as part of the ongoing "How it all began" series but it wouldn't let me...

EL_ULY > Louros 07/10/2014 at 10:36

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Sn210 > philipilihp 07/10/2014 at 10:37

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I was hoping to see an updated pie chart with what has filled that 60% void

ˇViva LaLD!

EL_ULY > philipilihp 07/10/2014 at 10:38

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well, I and sn210 have kind of, Jeff is next to do part 3. Keep it going also buddy! This post though definitely played a good roll in the awesome!

EL_ULY > Sn210 07/10/2014 at 10:41

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your comment to him was soooo awesome lol!!!! ˇViva La LaLD!

philipilihp > EL_ULY 07/10/2014 at 10:42

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We should make Louros an honorary LaLD member for his contributions to the birth of LaLD!

EL_ULY > philipilihp 07/10/2014 at 10:43

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lol right :]

technically you are right but he refused authorship.... oh well, no Traveling Torchbug for him :]

Mattbob > Louros 07/10/2014 at 11:14

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Are you still complaining about this? Oppositelock is an off topic forum... deal with it.

Louros > Mattbob 07/10/2014 at 11:37

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Not complaining. Just reposted this purely for shits.

thebigbossyboss > Jagvar 07/10/2014 at 15:18

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I have to say since this eel was posted...I now say eel with it to my friends...thanks Jagvar.