Let Me Know If You Can See This (Updated: Try It Now!)

"Patrick George" (pgeorge) 03/03/2016 at 08:48 • Filed to: None

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Hey Oppo, Jalopnik needs your help! Let me know if you can see that thing up top on the FP.

We’re A/B testing a new “skybox” that lets us pin some stories to the top of the page. Tech says 20-30 percent of readers will be able to see it for now until it goes live everywhere soon.

The idea is we can highlight good stories so they don’t get buried in the chronological blog format. We get to pick what goes there, so expect it to be updated often.

If you see it let me know, I’m just curious. We’re still figuring out what we want to do with it!

Update 10 a.m.: Okay, now they hit the switch. Try it now. And thanks!

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:50

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Yup

Nymphicus Hollandicus > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:52

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I don’t

Cash Rewards > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:54

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Not on mobile

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:54

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Nope. On desktop.

Stapleface > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:54

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I cannot see this on the front page. In fact, I can't even see the sidebar on any of the blogs I've visited today. I'm on IE11 with no adblocker software running.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:55

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negative. and how is this different from the sidebar?

functionoverfashion > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:55

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I can’t see it. I’m using a Win7 PC with Firefox - and Adblock. I do see the normal sidebar stuff.

For Sweden > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:55

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Nothing here, but I expect this will engage many millennials.

Verdog ~ manual Bro, Bro - HellHawk Equipped > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:55

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Nope

AkursedX > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:55

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I got nothing:

Nibby > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:56

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Not seeing it on Netscape. :(

Shane MacGowan's Teeth > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 03/03/2016 at 08:56

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Well aren’t you special

Patrick George > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/03/2016 at 08:57

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The sidebar’s random and on our FP it’s top stories from all of the Gawker Media sites. This one is just Jalopnik and I get to pick what goes there!

Patrick George > For Sweden 03/03/2016 at 08:58

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#brands

bobbe17 > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 08:58

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Nope

Patrick George > Nibby 03/03/2016 at 08:58

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It doesn’t work on my Amiga 500 either, so...

AkursedX > AkursedX 03/03/2016 at 09:01

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I paused adblock (running chrome) and those articles the showed up underneath the ‘You may also like’ section.

xsnowpig > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:01

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nope

fourvalleys > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:02

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I don’t see it, but I can’t say I feel bad about not seeing it.

(Chrome, PC)

JGrabowMSt > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:02

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Don’t see it on Chrome.

What about that scrolling gallery box, can us plebs get a chance to use that?

Also, can you poke Ballaban and tell him to reply to my email?

TractorPillow > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:02

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Nope can't see it.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:03

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nope

Tekamul > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:03

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No skybox. Win7, FF38.6.1

But I’m more of a nose bleed section kinda guy anyways

Nibby > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:05

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Gawker, FIX YOUR SHIT

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:05

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Guys, as requested, let him know if you can see it, not if you can’t (we are the 75%!).

Thomas Donohue > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:05

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Nope. Firefox 4402

XJDano > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:06

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Not there on Mobile: iPhone & Chrome

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:07

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With adblock off, I get just a blank space.

With adblock on, there isn’t even any space.

StingrayJake > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:07

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No.

EL_ULY > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:08

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Not yet. Just a regular sized Mazda Ad. Lol duh right? :]

Windows 7 w/Chrome

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:09

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Shows up as an empty box on Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, and even IE11. On Chrome, I’m running an ad blocker and it doesn’t show up at all.

$kaycog > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:11

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Negative. FF 44.0.2.

iSureWilll > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:13

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Do not see top bar. Running Google Chrome Ver 47.0.2526.111 on PC. Going to do an update now.

OhLookCoolShit > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:15

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Still naught on mine, but I did see something quite remarkable as I scrolled down on this site.

User Wheelerguy has made a sort of script or storyboard for a racing game trailer, and I found it both cool and plausible.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-made-a-rudim…

Now I am genuinely curious as to how the cover cars will look like.

Jcarr > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:16

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No go on Chrome for me.

ttyymmnn > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:17

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Not showing up on Safari 9.0.3, Mac 10.9.5, either with or without AdBlock.

MLGCarGuy > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:17

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Nothing here for me. I’m using Safari.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:18

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I'm on mobile so no...

CALUSA > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:18

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Nope. Working on Chrome with adblock.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:19

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Nope, just a Mazda ad on FF.

Is this going to be desktop only, or is there a plan for mobile as well?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:19

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I do not see it.

W10 and FF with flash and ad blockers. Sorry not sorry. Auto-playing video ads can get fucked.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:20

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The front page, according to Chrome. My company blocks a lot of stuff, so your stuff might be falling into our network’s black hole.

Nibbles > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:24

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Not seeing it on Chrome or IE11.

LongbowMkII > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:25

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Haven’t seen it. Safari.

A related question, have you seen Deez Nuts?

I'm ready to write for you guys now.

TheHondaBro > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:30

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I think ya boi Trump over there in the corner has something to do with me not seeing it.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Shane MacGowan's Teeth 03/03/2016 at 09:31

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Not really. Cause I didn’t read it right....

Can’t see it.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:33

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Hooray! No more Jezebel articles!

......right?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:34

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Got nothing.

Using Chrome on a Mac.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > For Sweden 03/03/2016 at 09:34

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Engage or Enrage?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 03/03/2016 at 09:35

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I’m alarmed he didn’t reply to that one....

atrombs > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:40

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Nothing on Chrome.

William Byrd > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 09:41

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Sorry, isn’t showing up. Older version of Firefox, 38.5.0

For Sweden > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/03/2016 at 09:44

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I think those are synonyms.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > For Sweden 03/03/2016 at 09:49

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Certainly in regards to millennials.

cazzyodo > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/03/2016 at 09:51

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Or anything kinja related

-this space for rent- > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:04

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Stories get buried pretty fast when every other one is an advertisement.

Justin Hughes > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:06

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Negatory.

Stapleface > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:06

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Still nothing on IE11 w/out adblocker. No sidebar either.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:08

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Can’t say as I see it.

Klaus Schmoll > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:12

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Nope. (Win 10 and Chrome)

Thomas Donohue > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:15

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Netscape Negative. Ditto for Chrome.

You done broked it.

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 03/03/2016 at 10:16

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I know..... The fear is real.

FromCanadaWithLove > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:18

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Not seeing it, but there is a larger than normal white gap.

DasWauto > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:31

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Can we get this instead of the sidebar? Gawker pages don’t need to take up any more of the vertical real estate with static elements (just dayin’. Not sure if this is static, I haven’t seen it on my phone).

Also, will Oppo get this? Would be a great way for us to pin the authorship request thread somewhere.

Patrick George > DasWauto 03/03/2016 at 10:40

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I think you should get it soon.

BrtStlnd > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 10:50

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I’m still just seeing a big ad telling me I should stop smoking. Is that just for me?

DrJohannVegas > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 12:14

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Just like at Giants Stadium, I appear to have a lifetime ban from the Skybox.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 13:17

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I can see it!

I also apparently have the ability to do it on OPPO. Would that mean only I would see the 3 favorite or Pinned stories?

Urambo Tauro > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 13:35

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I’m not sure this was such a good idea:

Patrick George > Urambo Tauro 03/03/2016 at 13:46

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That shit’s on YOU, Oppo

Urambo Tauro > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 13:54

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Huh. There’s some new “pin” icon and it looks like I might actually have access to that feature after all...

Patrick, do you get some kind of Kinja newsletter that explains new features and how to use them? With as frequently as things are modified on these sites, I’d really like to stay up-to-date on how it all works.

DrJohannVegas > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 15:50

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I’m sorry Patrick, but that shit is on me. Well, at least the first wave of this. The rest came naturally from the masses thereafter.

Blondude > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 16:12

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Reminds me of early Kinja.

http://jalopnik.com/

I guess what’s old is new again.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 16:22

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can we please make blackbird one of them? and re-title it ‘initiation story'?

StingrayJake > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 16:29

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Yes.

Übel > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 16:39

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It’s pretty intrusive on mobile. Horizontal thumbnails would be nicer, versus each post showing up full-sized.

ttyymmnn > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 16:42

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This is a neat idea, but it’s kind of a bummer on mobile. The new featured posts take up the entire screen before you get to the main content.

JustAnotherG6 > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 17:18

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I see it. Can’t say I care for it, but if it is here to stay could we make it a bit smaller?

TokyoNRose-Wyoming, only a little worse than Colorado! > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 03/03/2016 at 17:25

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So does that mean jalopnik is just a huge advertisement

Cue x files music

DrJohannVegas > DasWauto 03/03/2016 at 17:58

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Done and done.

Ike > Patrick George 03/03/2016 at 19:40

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I can see it on my phone, doesn’t take up too much space IMHO

xsnowpig > xsnowpig 03/03/2016 at 20:32

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now i do.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Patrick George 03/04/2016 at 04:59

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i don’t see it / can’t see it!

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Patrick George 03/04/2016 at 07:19

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Yes it is... :)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Patrick George 03/04/2016 at 11:55

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Now can I be out of the grey?? ^_^

 > Patrick George 03/25/2016 at 22:01

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Is there any way to make it removable? It’s annoying as fuck. I am running a full HD monitor and it’s taking up nearly half the screen. At least move it to the bottom of the page.