I dunno if they think turning off previews

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem) 09/19/2019 at 11:24 • Filed to: None

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will drive more of us to the individual sites but it’s not working for me. I have definitely strayed less off of Jalop and The Takeout than usual.

Party-vi > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:30

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“turn off”, “broke”, same difference in Kinja. Bugs are features, etc.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:30

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I don’t think anyone running the show at the top  has any idea what they’re doing, aside from making sure they get their golden parachutes when it all goes sour.

Which is a damn shame as I genuinely enjoy the voices presented among this little cluster of the internet.

Goggles Pizzano > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:32

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I’ve been going to the takeout since they changed it, and yeah, I search the whole days posts and end up finding one article worth reading. Ain’t wor th the time.

CalzoneGolem > Party-vi 09/19/2019 at 11:33

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Yeah I hadn’t considered that they broke it. I don’t know why I hadn’t considered that. Probably because it’s a major feature that is easy to test for , but they’re probably like, “Dev environment dafuq is that?”

CalzoneGolem > Goggles Pizzano 09/19/2019 at 11:34

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Sounds about right. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:38

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The take out and Jalop are the only other blogs I read, and now I don’t because no previews . I genuinely like Kate Bernot ’s articles and maybe 1/5 articles (T racy and Andrew P.) on jalop. T oo bad, I hope these folks find a good platform to write on in the future.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:38

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Getting rid of preview text has definitely made interaction here on OPPO harder... I’m not going to click on every damn post, so ya’ll’d better have an appealing headline or image.

Urambo Tauro > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:47

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Same her e. The preview text used to provide the author with one more chance to hook me enough to click through, but without it I am definitely clicking on fewer posts than I used to. I even skipped over Gizmodo’s recent article titled “it’s the guns” thanks to the vague headline.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:51

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Reverse psychology. “What if we don’t push the articles at you? Too bad. No articles for you. Nope, not getting any articles. If you were to want any articles you’d go to the website but you won’t because you don’t want them and we’re not giving them to you, see?”

Urambo Tauro > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 09/19/2019 at 11:52

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Agreed. The main blogs produce what, twenty or so new posts per day? Oppo generates WAY t oo much for me to click on  them all.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 11:52

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Same here. I would usually place a cursor over the the other sites a few times a week and click on anything I found interesting.  I haven’t ventured into any of the other sites since the previews went away.  

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/19/2019 at 12:02

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GIVE ME YOUR ARTICLES~!!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Urambo Tauro 09/19/2019 at 12:03

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Very frustrating.

Sometimes I leave the headline blank and do something like this:

HEADLINE [shift-enter]
_ [shift-enter]
All the rest of the stuff I want to write... Not ideal, but a work around to make preview text appear. Need an image to go along, since there’s no headline hyperlink.

facw > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 12:43

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Are you talking about the mouse over previews that used to be at the top? Because yeah, getting rid of those seems dumb and bad?

CalzoneGolem > facw 09/19/2019 at 13:14

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Yes, and I agree.

Chariotoflove > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 13:34

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Same for me.  Those are the only two Kinja blogs I visit besides Oppo.  I relied on those preview pop-downs to show me what I’d like to see. I’m much less likely to go the pages directly and weed through the garbage.

Chariotoflove > Goggles Pizzano 09/19/2019 at 13:35

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The Takeout is at least still a small blog where you have some chance of contributing to a conversation before it gets 300 comments. It’s also relatively inoffensive and fun (minus the anti-CFA screeds that get started sometimes).

OPPOsaurus WRX > CalzoneGolem 09/19/2019 at 14:03

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same here 

ttyymmnn > facw 09/19/2019 at 14:51

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I disliked the previews because I would invariably overshoot the Oppo logo when refreshing and have the preview come down and cover the logo. Then I’d have to mouse down then back up. Might be exacerbated by my use of a trackpad though.

Goggles Pizzano > Chariotoflove 09/19/2019 at 17:14

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I like The Takeout. A nice light snack while I wait for a new Oppo post.

Chariotoflove > Goggles Pizzano 09/19/2019 at 17:16

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Precisely.  You understand.