"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer) 10/03/2019 at 22:39 • Filed to: None

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Jalopnik shouldn’t hire a new weekend editor without Oppo’s blessing

While I’m not oppo royalty, and I wouldn’t have a say, I think the mods could help chose someone good. 

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 22:57

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Honestly, I stopped going to jalopnik when every 4th article was about Trump with the slightest shred of a connection to the car world and their comment section became nothing but “found the trumptard” or general flame wars. If I go to a car blog I plan to see car blog stuff - yes it’s still in the Gawker verse and Fusion Media but FFS what a way to alienate your audience.

As a side not I'm not for or against Trump. I'm 1158% against every single news outlet "reporting" on everything he does like it's absolute breaking news. If the news gets diluted with "first color Skittle Trump eats is green find out what that means" dilutes actual real news to a point where actual news doesn't matter. 

AestheticsInMotion > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:00

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I lost interest back when weekend coverage meant endless race articles and... Not much else. Just not my cup of tea

benjrblant > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 10/03/2019 at 23:07

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Unfortunately you can’t seem to get away from politics in any topic now.

Unrelated, I feel like Jalopnik has lost a huge amount of great writers in the past few years. I know it takes time to grow into that quality but man, they’ve lots some seriously good content creators.

someassemblyrequired > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:11

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I’m not sure that Oppo’s fast-paced breaking news style and advanced shitposting techniques are appreciated by the front page types.  Though they do seem happy to mine Oppo for story ideas.

For Sweden > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:26

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Hire BlueMazda2 you cowards

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:28

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I’d vote TAE for weekend editor.

What? You say that’s not how this works...?

Spanfeller is a twat > For Sweden 10/03/2019 at 23:33

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I suggested Daft over at twitter. 

Spanfeller is a twat > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/03/2019 at 23:34

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I’m flattered, but I’d suck as a weekend editor.

I do think they could consider hiring someone that lives in Europe, Japan, or even Latin America, so that they get some interesting foreign market content

Spanfeller is a twat > AestheticsInMotion 10/03/2019 at 23:34

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Mack changed that... 

Spanfeller is a twat > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 10/03/2019 at 23:36

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Conflict sells. More conflict, more clicks, more clicks, more ad buys...

May I interest you in Jalopnik gold?

NKato > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:36

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What even qualifies as OPPO royalty? 

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:48

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If I had more interesting car things to do rather than being in college, I woudn’t mind giving writing for Jalopnik a shot. It could be fun to put my mind on paper and see what happens in an automotive environment.

Spanfeller is a twat > NKato 10/03/2019 at 23:51

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I don’t 

Spanfeller is a twat > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/03/2019 at 23:52

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I feel similarly... I don’t have the time to pay the proper attention to it... Some writers post four times a day; thats a lot of work for a side gig

someassemblyrequired > For Sweden 10/03/2019 at 23:52

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Hall and Oates agree:

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Spanfeller is a twat 10/03/2019 at 23:58

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Is it?? That actually doesn’t sound too difficult to me, provided again, I wasn’t in school. Sounds like a challenge I’d relish, as long as I would be allowed to be politically neutral

Spanfeller is a twat > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 10/04/2019 at 00:07

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If I recall correctly from when I worked at a similar site , It’s not as easy as making four posts and then throwing it out on the open. I took something like three to four hours for every thousand published words  to my name . Granted, I was 16, and I wasn’t really told what to do; I had to throw ideas at the editorial wall, and some stuck... Then you need to give it some following on the comments... which is harder with Kinja than with other services.

You need to properly structure your article, make sure the editors like it, make sure it doesn’t have any spelling mistakes, that you’re not contradicting a fellow writer, and you also need to make sure to cite your sources as much as possible.

Add to that giving the article some following on the comment section, twitter, facebook... Consider you need to do this for eight articles every week, and I imagine they can’t be shitposts like here on Oppo.

AestheticsInMotion > Spanfeller is a twat 10/04/2019 at 00:09

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Who is Mack? 

Spanfeller is a twat > AestheticsInMotion 10/04/2019 at 00:10

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Mack Hogan isn’t a “who”

It’s a sentient entity without a defined volume or mass. 

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Spanfeller is a twat 10/04/2019 at 00:22

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It sounds like 5 years of college and a plethora of essays has prepared me for such a role, comments section aside....What a consistently volatile environ ment.

But I guess it comes with that territory.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Spanfeller is a twat 10/04/2019 at 02:46

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For the record, I really enjoy the Mack-Weekend-posts... generally interesting. And, oddly, usually about cars.

They made him Weekend Editor, although I suppose that and $5.50 will buy a flavored latte at a Starbux in Greenpoint.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Spanfeller is a twat 10/04/2019 at 04:59

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They should hire me, fill the bitch with shitposts and VW content

Stef, I think you have my email. Do yo thang

WilliamsSW > someassemblyrequired 10/04/2019 at 08:09

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Have you even read the FP recently? That’s a perfect fit.

someassemblyrequired > WilliamsSW 10/04/2019 at 09:38

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Obviously not,  why drink swill when you can have champagne?