Is The FP Still The FP?

"Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif" (lumpy44) 05/27/2015 at 12:25 • Filed to: None

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Or are we our own FP since our mandated independence?

Roadster Man > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 05/27/2015 at 12:44

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Free at last, free at last!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 05/27/2015 at 12:48

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FrontPage-Ception

Skamanda > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 05/27/2015 at 13:18

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So, what’s the deal with this, anyways? I know Oppo has always had a bit of a dislike for the FP, but I used to be able to jump here from the drop down of sub-blogs. Now Oppo is completely out of that list.

Can someone tell me the cliff’s notes of what happened, and why?

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > Skamanda 05/27/2015 at 13:23

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I guess the Gawker-verse did it with a bunch of blogs.

I guess some Oppo stories ended up with copyright issues and someone tried to say they were a Jalopnik author to get a press car. They distanced themselves from us due to those problems

Patrick Nichols > Skamanda 05/27/2015 at 13:23

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All user run (i.e. not Gawker employed authors) subblogs got bounced to kinja for some legal reasons and partly to distinguish their authors from official gawker media members

Roadster Man > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif 05/27/2015 at 13:27

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Wow, I didn’t know some idiot tried to get a press car like that. I assumed it was because we are largely self-regulated and we don’t have to follow the same rules as blogs like Lanesplitter or Truck Yeah.

There’s probably not much cross-pollination, but I also enjoy reading the Ani-TAY blog. They have been gone from the Kotaku drop-down menu for a very long time, way before Oppo was. And I think it’s for the better in both cases.