OPPO share to FP

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/30/2017 at 10:24 • Filed to: None

Peter - great article! Are you on contract with Jalopnik [edit - he is], or is this a true (rare) share to Jalopnik of an OPPO post?

DISCUSSION (21)

benjrblant > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:28

I thought Oppo shares to the FP were a thing of the past!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > benjrblant
11/30/2017 at 10:32

I thought so, to, and hoping this is a sign of good things to come!

WilliamsSW > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:32

Whoa- I think it’s been a few years since I saw this! Awesome!

duurtlang > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:34

Agreed. Oppo shares to the FP made both the FP and Oppo a better place.

Tekamul > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:34

Peter’s already a FP author, which is probably why they were willing to make the share.

I don’t think any nightly shit posting will make the cut.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tekamul
11/30/2017 at 10:39

I think that Jimmy Park post has potential.

MonkeePuzzle > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:42

pretty exciting! I hope they share my one with a kangaroo pooping out vegemite next!!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang
11/30/2017 at 10:47

Definitely. Would love to see it come back as a regular thing.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tekamul
11/30/2017 at 10:49

Yeah, wishful thinking, I guess...

benjrblant > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 10:54

Regular- unlikely. But maybe even occasional would be cool. I feel like there’s at least one, maybe two posts a month that are better than the usual FP material.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > benjrblant
11/30/2017 at 11:00

It looks like Peter is on the Jalop staff, so it’s probably just a one-off.

A big reason that people aren’t putting the work into OPPO posts anymore is that there doesn’t feel like there could be any pay-off for putting the time in... I mean, who wants to put hours of work into something to end up getting 50 views 2 comments and no shot at a FP share for a wider audience?

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 11:02

Hey now, speak for yourself, I put plenty of work into this .

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
11/30/2017 at 11:05

You did, and I appreciate it, and a great conversation was had!

I’m definitely speaking for myself. I used to be willing to put lots of time into some of my OPPO posts, but it’s hard for me to spend more than a few minutes on one at this point...

benjrblant > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 11:15

Yeah, I’ve put lots of work into a few posts and I think my most popular just broke 1k views a few weeks ago. Granted, a number of them were originally published on O&E and shared to oppo, but still.

duurtlang > benjrblant
11/30/2017 at 11:18

at least one, maybe two posts a month that are better than the usual FP material.

I disagree. There are usually many more, multiple a week. Not every FP article is all that lengthy or well researched. Furthermore, if we know FP shares are plausible some people might put in some extra effort.

benjrblant > duurtlang
11/30/2017 at 11:19

True, and true. Agreed on all accounts. Maybe at least one a month that’s knock-your-socks-off good. Weekly, yeah- lots better. Probably why I spend far more time reading here than on the FP.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang
11/30/2017 at 11:37

Definitely agree on the last point! Hey, would you be interested in helping out as an “editor” on DasWauto’s http://oppositeblog.kinja.com/ ? It’s a continuation of his “The Best of OPPO” that he and I came up with. It’s very low-effort, all we do is share high-quality content from OPPO to the page, so it’s all OPPO posts, just less and only the best stuff.

duurtlang > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 11:48

Sure, I’d love to help out! I’m familiar with the blog.

CaptDale - is secretly British > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/30/2017 at 11:54

I wish I could go

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang
11/30/2017 at 12:00

Added - thanks!

Here’s the crew (505 is mostly absent from OPPO):

Kinja'd!!!

His Stigness > benjrblant
11/30/2017 at 17:27

Especially considering there isn’t anything posted on the weekends except motorsports schedules.