PSA: Mute Jalopnik.com

Kinja'd!!! "CompactLuxuryFan" (compactluxury)
10/25/2019 at 15:07 • Filed to: None

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Most comments on front page articles are going off on the autoplaying with sound videos on every article. They’re not even ads so ad blockers aren’t blocking them. That’s just a bizarre thing to do, but it’s a PE firm’s world and we’re just living in it.

Anyway, if you’re browsing on Chrome on your computer, definitely right click on any Jalopnik tab and “mute site”. It won’t even affect your Oppo browsing and you won’t even know about the vids. Here’s a screenshot of what the menu item looks like. Happy browsing!

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DISCUSSION (22)


Kinja'd!!! farscythe - makin da cawfee! > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 15:12

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hmm.. videos autoplay but no sound for me...so i dont care

i assume thats something to do with my addblock as ive not set anything to mute


Kinja'd!!! vicali > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 15:20

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FP, is that like somewhere other than Oppo?


Kinja'd!!! Danny Korecki > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 15:22

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Remember when you could write a really good article on Oppo and it had a chance to make Jalopys FP?


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Danny Korecki
10/25/2019 at 15:35

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Yeah, legal requirements put a stop to that.


Kinja'd!!! Tareim - V8 powered > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 15:45

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The videos are playing muted to start with, is this just me or have they recently fixed it?


Kinja'd!!! PowderHound > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 15:48

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Can you do this on mobile? That’s the only time I really have an issue with it


Kinja'd!!! Danny Korecki > Chariotoflove
10/25/2019 at 16:02

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Have to pay someone like that as a freelancer  or something?

If that is the case why is anyone allowed to embed a YouTube video? It is still content.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Danny Korecki
10/25/2019 at 16:06

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Legal requirements, payments, and © infringement issues. That’s why Oppo is part of the Kinjaverse, and no longer associated with Jalopnik


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Danny Korecki
10/25/2019 at 16:06

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No, someone on Oppo claimed to be part of jalopnik and got a press car out of it. Idk if they crashed it or what but that led to the oppo/jalopnik disconnect.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > Danny Korecki
10/25/2019 at 16:17

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Precisely what they have to do.

And I don’t know.  I think that may be handled on the Youtube end?  It seems to me that lots of time linking to a vid fails if the poster has attached copyright restrictions to it so that you have to go to Youtube proper to see it.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/25/2019 at 16:19

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Yep, that was part of the problem.  But Patrick has also said that Jalopnik has to officially compensate someone that contributes content to them.


Kinja'd!!! Danny Korecki > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/25/2019 at 16:49

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I bet that story would make a hell of a Oppo piece.


Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Chariotoflove
10/25/2019 at 18:41

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Does that mean people who were posted to the front page can sue for wages? 


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > His Stigness
10/25/2019 at 18:52

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In the past? Good question. I suppose one could try.


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 19:24

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So everybody in Editorial is mad about this too. Besides the fact that it looks terrible, we have to actually work in Kinja all day long.

What you can do is shoot me an email with how you feel about this; we’re collecting feedback to send to management. I want to try and fix this but frankly I could use some backup. If you can, thanks.

RIP PG’s inbox.


Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Chariotoflove
10/25/2019 at 19:34

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I should email them and ask for a ton of money. They “published” half a dozen of my posts. 


Kinja'd!!! facw > CompactLuxuryFan
10/25/2019 at 20:21

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Unfortunately  I’m having other problems with Chrome. You can mute tabs on Edge, but it happens at the tab-level and doesn’t persist when you close the tab and then open the same site again.


Kinja'd!!! Chariotoflove > His Stigness
10/25/2019 at 22:31

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Lemme know how that goes. 


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > His Stigness
10/25/2019 at 22:36

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That's why they just browse Oppo, repost ideas and don't give credit.


Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Chariotoflove
10/25/2019 at 23:02

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Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/25/2019 at 23:03

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That insinuation is outrageous!

And absolutely right. 


Kinja'd!!! for Michigan > Tareim - V8 powered
10/26/2019 at 00:51

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For whatever reason they started playing with sound for me today.