Open Letter to all main - blog writers.

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon) 03/23/2016 at 15:46 • Filed to: None

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Rant below, so... yeah.

Tatra T87 for your time.

So for all the people with power in the whole deal that is the Kinja platform, we need to have a talk. This is specifically about the “You may also like” section off to the left of the content. I’m not exactly sure who controls it, or if it’s done automatically by a computer, but can we not have porn - related articles on this. I’m not interested and really wish stuff like that wouldn’t pop up.

Right there ^ That’s the thing I’m talking about.

So that’s my little rant. I’m better now.

Bytemite > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 15:51

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Ooh a VR channel. Thanks for sharing.

Sam > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 15:52

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It seems like basic Internet etiquette to not have even mildly NSFW content as a lede image or on a sidebar.

Tekamul > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 15:53

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Welcome to Gawker media.

Unless the appeals court brings the HH decision down by a couple digits, you can expect EVAN MOAR lowest common denominator crap like this.

And no, the MP writers don’t control it.

HammerheadFistpunch > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 15:53

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adblock pro and block element. Though I super agree, this solution has kept the sites SFW for me.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Sam 03/23/2016 at 15:57

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That’s why I posted the Tatra first. I’m just want them to have a filter.

BJ > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 15:57

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On mobile I don’t have this problem. There’s less recommended crap and it’s a more private manner of viewing the site. I also only visit the “front page” maybe once a week, at best.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Bytemite 03/23/2016 at 15:58

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You’d know that if you followed Gizmodo on Twitter.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Tekamul 03/23/2016 at 15:59

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Yeah.... I was kinda hoping that at least they can put a filter on it.

RallyWrench > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:01

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Also, the new format is fucking annoying. And mobile remains nearly unusable.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > HammerheadFistpunch 03/23/2016 at 16:01

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I did not know you could do that. Thanks.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > BJ 03/23/2016 at 16:02

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Yeah. It’s a little better on mobile for most of the time.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > RallyWrench 03/23/2016 at 16:03

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I just wanted to start with stuff that might not require major Kinja changes. But I totally agree.

zeontestpilot > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:03

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The least gawker can do is search our cookies and search history to show relevant ads.

Margin Of Error > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:06

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Do you expect TMZ to have a clean SFW page ?

Gawker is in the same smut peddling business, don’t forget that, and as much as Oppo likes to distance itself from Jalopnik and Gawker, never forget that we are just there squatting their servers.

Tekamul > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:06

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It’s come up before, Patrick (and Matt before him) don’t really like it either. I’m sure if they complain, this specific example will disappear, but more will follow.

Urambo Tauro > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:08

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Wow, FP sure is getting cluttered.

I’m not just referring to the ads. You’ve got the “skybox” up top, the “you may also like” posts on the side, and at the bottom of the page there’s the “more from this blog” bar, which is nothing more than a sampling of what you would see anyway upon clicking “more stories”.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > zeontestpilot 03/23/2016 at 16:10

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then why don’t I get only car ads?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Margin Of Error 03/23/2016 at 16:11

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I’m not against sharing articles, I just want SFW home pages. I realize we’re on their servers.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Tekamul 03/23/2016 at 16:11

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Yeah. I’m not sure there’s much they can do :(

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:12

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Who’s got time for the front pages anyhow? They’re a waste of electrons.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Urambo Tauro 03/23/2016 at 16:15

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Yeah. It’s very cluttered. I kinda just want the old Kinja back.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/23/2016 at 16:16

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It’s just something else to browse.

zeontestpilot > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:42

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No, what I’m saying is they don’t do that. They SHOULD do that. I know they do t do that because if they did, I’d have diecast ads spamming me.

The specific ad in question, the one with VR, seems to be a Gizmodo post, which is the problem. It’s essentially a cross-post without physical sharing it. It’s a “oh you must like cars, so you must like woman! Woman = porn, so here’s a post about VR porn!” crosspost. So it's really unavoidable. The author of the post is to blame really.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:45

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Can’t be on FP right now anyway. Because miata hardtop. And the subsequent articles about the announcement of the announcement of the hardtop.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > zeontestpilot 03/23/2016 at 16:45

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Sorry. Misread that one badly. Yeah. I at least want some censorship on the shared posts.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 03/23/2016 at 16:46

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I like the hardtop. Yeah it adds weight but it looks so good.

Sam > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:47

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It’s the best. You can really clean up the FP. Getting rid of the sidebar and the top bar makes it feel like old times.

Sam > Bytemite 03/23/2016 at 16:48

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I’m disappointed that I got rid of my Google Cardboard a while back...

Looks like it’s time to get an Oculus or a Vive.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:50

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And that’s just fine. I just don’t want a dozen articles about it.

Scimitar7 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/23/2016 at 16:55

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Totally agree. My boss walked in while I was on FP during my lunch break and asked “what the hell is that?”. Truthfully, I hadn’t even noticed it at the moment (the page had just loaded), but it didn’t make any difference. Fortunately he understands that things happen, but stuff like that is how the site gets blocked. Also, it’s really awkward trying to explain Jalopnik to a non-enthusiast.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Sam 03/23/2016 at 18:59

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I’ve done it now

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Scimitar7 03/23/2016 at 19:02

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And a ban for Jalopnik.com is a ban for Internet freedom