I miss Sploid

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 06/06/2020 at 15:32 • Filed to: None

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A blast from the past.....

Urambo Tauro > RacinBob 06/06/2020 at 16:31

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I remember Sploid existing , but what kind of blog was it supposed to be? I seem t o recall a lot of posts that were nothing more than some r a ndom video and a short paragraph. Maybe that’s why it’s gone? Or p erhaps it was more of a redundancy thing. This video, for example, would fit right in over at A.V. Club, or ma ybe io9. Heck, AVC and io9 often post the same things- I’m surprised that hasn’t been addressed yet .

RacinBob > Urambo Tauro 06/06/2020 at 16:51

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I don’t really recall, it was about the time I found it it went away. I just liked the videos and the short film fests. Here’s their youtube page, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2PYID00feXAwdSMHTUHhA/videos

Urambo Tauro > RacinBob 06/06/2020 at 17:04

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Hm, yeah I see a LOT of stuff that totally bel ongs over at Jalopnik, or Gizmodo , or AVC, etc. Who knows, maybe they actually did ge t shared to the appropriate blog back when they were originally posted on Sploid . But that just begs the question of why share it when it could have been publish ed there instead?

HammerheadFistpunch > RacinBob 06/06/2020 at 17:10

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Sploid was just Jesus Diaz bad takes added to YouTube videos. Glad it's dead

Stef Schrader > Urambo Tauro 06/06/2020 at 17:47

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It always came off as Look At This Cool Thing, the blog. Not much detail. The thing has the detail. Look at this cool thing!

RacinBob > Urambo Tauro 06/06/2020 at 17:54

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I looked at IO9 and AV club today and came back wanting. AV club is about the AV business, not the films . I09 just is too sci fi for me to be interesting.

What I liked about Sploid was it was a place to find goo d short films. I miss having a curated place that shows them. Here’s one I found today.

RacinBob > Urambo Tauro 06/06/2020 at 17:55

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Yep. it was through a cross post that I found it. Another way to put it is that Sploid is the Youtube for Kinja.