Things I learned about Kinja tonight

"scoob" (scoobsti)
05/30/2015 at 22:51 • Filed to: KINJA'D

Here’s what Kinja’s good and bad at. Let’s start with the bad.

THE BAD

- Freaking literally everything

THE GOOD

- Keeping track of notifications with 101% accuracy and knowing to replace that number with infinity after a certain amount.

- Applying the above with 102% accuracy across the board for all users.

DISCUSSION (18)

jkm7680 > scoob
05/30/2015 at 22:53

Ok, now the one thing that Kinja could do really well during that whole thing was totally give me TO THE SECOND notification changes every single time I’d get a new notification and while I was participating in the spamming process itself, it was quite fluid.

For Sweden > scoob
05/30/2015 at 22:55

If SR20 came back with a picture of a Lotus Esprit he just bought, the above would still be the best image on Oppositelock.

scoob > jkm7680
05/30/2015 at 22:56

We have discovered Kinja’s real use.

jkm7680 > scoob
05/30/2015 at 22:57

Indeed we have, it seems to be the only thing that Kinja can do flawlessly.

The only thing I wonder about now is why I got infinity notifications a few days ago? Because in actuality I had five or so. But totally TIL that a lot is the same as infinity in Kinja language.

jkm7680 > For Sweden
05/30/2015 at 22:59

Know who SR20 reminds me of?

Hint: He restores weird cars and drives a CL63 AMG.

scoob > jkm7680
05/30/2015 at 23:00

Idk but that definitely wasn’t me. :P

jkm7680 > scoob
05/30/2015 at 23:01

Hahaha, neither was it THB.

For Sweden > jkm7680
05/30/2015 at 23:02

Murlee

TheHondaBro > jkm7680
05/30/2015 at 23:06

Kinja should be a social media.

jkm7680 > For Sweden
05/30/2015 at 23:07

wat

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > jkm7680
05/30/2015 at 23:19

Kinja’s only use in life is to spam people. Now we know why it’s so bad at actually everything else

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > scoob
05/30/2015 at 23:30

I joined after Kinja.

What was it like before?

sony1492 > scoob
05/30/2015 at 23:56

THE GOOD- Invalid statement in the context of kinja.

scoob > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion
05/31/2015 at 00:02

Oppo wasn’t actually Oppo- you typed “#offtopic” or “#oppositelock” to comment there, things actually worked, and Oppo was much smaller.

You can see a broken version of it here: http://jalopnik.com/oppositelock/f…

I don’t think I was on Oppo in ‘11, but I do remember a lot of those names. Lots of them are still here.

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > scoob
05/31/2015 at 03:14

Besides pictures, Kinja has worked well for me. But I don’t post “that” often and I’m on the iOS version, and I would like to be desktop it won’t let me log on on my ASUS tablet (I gave up months ago).

And logging in through Google is broken.

(Which is the only reason I still use a burner)

Gamecat235 > scoob
05/31/2015 at 16:00

It’s funny going back and reading through those... There are a ton of names that are still here, but just as many which haven’t been seen in years.

(though I am friends with about 50% of those no longer around on one social media service or another, and I’ve met a few of the old school people who are no longer around - Stelios, 69Coug, SR20, and one or two others).

Seeing the pages where the stars (and hearts) were in full effect? amazing. http://jalopnik.com/oppositelock/f…

Ernie @ Kinja > scoob
06/01/2015 at 12:23

- Freaking literally everything

That’s a little hyperbolic even for Oppo. Do you remember how bad Kinja was a year ago? Back then, I’d agree with you; a lot of major Kinja functions did not work as intended. We’ve gotten a lot better, and that’s not shilling, it’s a fact.

If you have a problem with Kinja, you should report it to us via email . It’s the most efficient way to make sure we’re aware of, prioritize, and fix the platform’s issues. We’ll even let you know when the issues are fixed.

If you don’t have an issue, but have useful feedback and criticism, you should send those along too. We can’t promise to act on that as quickly as a major bug, but anything you send our way will be reviewed by our Product team. The louder the community complains, the easier it will be to prioritize and address your pain points.

scoob > Ernie @ Kinja
06/01/2015 at 15:53

Sorry, that was exaggerated for the sake of the “good” points. This post was a like an inside joke for what happened the night this was posted on Oppo, which was a few people recommending literally all of each other’s posts to the point where their notifications reached infinity.

The only real problem I have left with Kinja is on mobile where text in comment boxes disappears or gets rearranged. Occasionally there are small things on the desktop version like images not loading or “You need to be a member of this blog” messages.

Don’t get me wrong, you are correct that Kinja has improved massively. This post wasn’t meant to be serious.