"daender" (daender) 04/30/2014 at 18:02 • Filed to: None

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I'm slightly surprised/disappointed/angry an oppo !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that took me a good two days to write/edit/post disappeared into oppo's endless tide with little to no attention. I think this is a sign that my topic was a one-hit FP wonder at best. Well, back to cramming for finals!

Here's a Porsche for reading this blip.

Gamecat235 > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:06

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Happens to all of us. I've learned to write for my own enjoyment, or for the benefit of others, but without a care of whether it is featured elsewhere.

ptak appreciates old racecars > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:07

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Re-post it man. You most likely posted it at a time when no one was awake, and it got buried among the newer posts.

Chris Clarke > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:08

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You could also try to email it to tips@jalopnik.com, to tweet to hardibro.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:10

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I want to put together a kinja blog with autocross, rallycross, and other amateur racing. Would you be interested in something like that?

Lets Just Drive > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:11

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Don't take it personally, it happens. It can be down to when you post it and quite often depends on a few factors to determine post visibility. If you publish during prime time hours, you may get traffic and you may get bumped (up or down) where-as publishing during quiet time may mean you get less initial attention.

If I can make a suggestion; plan to re-share your post, Kinja still supports that, and encourage your contacts to do the same. A small part of success on the internet is down to quality - a larger part is down to advertising. Oppo is an excellent community yet given its roots in Off Topic you just have to expect a lot of short, random contributions and those will bump down the big blogs... but try not to worry too much; the Best Of Oppo tends to catch all. And we all know who to thank for that.

Das!

Lets Just Drive > Gamecat235 04/30/2014 at 18:12

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+1 because 10/10 authors agree.

Lets Just Drive > Chris Clarke 04/30/2014 at 18:13

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Recommending the Twitter route. Email for tips is...

... just tweet it.

DailyTurismo > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:21

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Split it into 2-4 parts and repost, it is too long for even the most enthusiastic car nut IMHO.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Lets Just Drive 04/30/2014 at 18:28

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I know how you feel, I had the same thing happen a couple days ago. If it makes you feel better I read your original article earlier and enjoyed it, I just have a tendency not to recommend or comment much.

daender > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 04/30/2014 at 18:29

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I'll consider it. I'm not planning on running a "full" season since I'm in a noncompetitive car and other issues like finding a co-op/internship and college classes are more important.

daender > DailyTurismo 04/30/2014 at 18:32

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Is it? Damn, I was afraid it'd get TL;DR status. If that's the case then I'll keep the 2-part idea in mind if I do another article like that again.

DailyTurismo > daender 04/30/2014 at 18:35

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Just unpublish it, split into two parts and schedule to publish again during peak hours. 10am eastern works well IMHO.

daender > DailyTurismo 04/30/2014 at 18:44

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If I had the time, then I would but with Kinja being a bitch + 1/2 to work with and finals looming. I'd rather see this tank than my grades. Anyways, thanks for the advice.

DasWauto > Lets Just Drive 04/30/2014 at 19:59

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<_<

>_>

Aaron James > daender 04/30/2014 at 20:19

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You need one of those click bait headlines. Might I suggest "How I barely survived a full day of autocrossing while snorting coke off a hookers ass"

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > daender 04/30/2014 at 22:05

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The OPPO firehose is a cruel mistress...

Lets Just Drive > DasWauto 05/01/2014 at 01:48

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See!?

thebigbossyboss > daender 05/01/2014 at 10:08

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It happens. I wrote a huge travlelouge about my time in Nigeria, in retrospect I should have split it into two. If you can;t read it in about 5 minutes...it's too long.

thebigbossyboss > daender 05/01/2014 at 10:08

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Can always do it later once finals are past. No time limit.