Thank You Oppo

"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
11/09/2020 at 11:05 • Filed to: Automatchbait, Oppo

Like I all of you I am saddened by the loss of Oppositelock on the Kinja platform. This is where I started blogging back in 2013 and if it wasn’t for the support of this awesome community I would not be where I am. While I have not been an active member of this community for a while, I still consider myself an Oppo.

I am glad to hear that the members are planning on transitioning this community elsewhere and I predict it will thrive.

Oppo isn’t a place...it’s a people.

DISCUSSION (18)

Chariotoflove > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:08

Same to you and your business, Tom. Keep having great success.

PatBateman > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:11

Group hug.

Wheelerguy > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:14

It helps that you guys fought the sudden bus throw and gave time to move, as constrained as the timeframe is.

You guys cared more than the big bosses at G/O, and that’s more than enough for us to know. Wherever you go, this reader base will follow. And if Oppo becomes its own thing (we got capable writers), it has the chops.

We’ll be fine. We just have to s tick to gether.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:25

Thank you for sticking your neck out for us. That will not be forgotten. So me fantastic writers have gotten their start here and many of us readers will follow them wherever the go. We’re not loyal to the herbs, we’re loyal to the people that make the content.

Stef Schrader > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:27

Hell yeah, Oppo forever.

Don’t be a stranger to wherever this lands next.

Also, please set Herb Spanfeller’s desk on fire............ for us.

Wheelerguy > Stef Schrader
11/09/2020 at 11:33

I’ve sent my men for it. And the best part is that unlike most uprisings, we actually know who to replace these herbs with.

Assuming, of course, they wanna ret ake Deadspin and revive Gawker. Either way, we’ve got suitable replacements everywhere.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 11:36

I’d love to put together a list of everyone in the industry that got their start on OPPO (writers and photographers)...

Hope you join us once in a while wherever we end up!

haveacarortwoorthree2 > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 12:29

Thanks Tom. Without Oppo, I would have had to shop for my boss’s stupid expedition myself. With Oppo, Tom took care of the all the work!

Wacko > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 12:34

Your boss does know that we will not be coming back to jalopnik right? Once oppo is closed for good, most of us are leaving here for good.

Good luck Tom, get out while you still can

PS9 > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 13:06

Three things I thought would never happen;

1) Georgia Turning Blue
2) Avants for sale in the US
3) The end of oppo

CRider > Wacko
11/09/2020 at 16:17

I know I’m leaving Jalopnik after Oppo closes. I have no reason to put up with Kinja without Oppo. Jalopnik isn’t what it once was and there are only a few authors still there that I like.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 16:55

Thanks for everything Tom....please don’t be a stranger on wherever we end up!

Jb boin > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 17:03

Thanks for the message, we shall prevail !

Shameless plug : Can i be un-greyed on Jalopnik?

I posted many (interesting? ) messages for more than 6 months and i’m still gray :(

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 17:37

Thanks, Tom! Best of luck to you with your business and future endeavors. We hope to see you wherever we end up.

Tom McParland > Jb boin
11/09/2020 at 17:39

Comment on one of my posts and link me the comment please. From there I can get you out of the greys.

Jb boin > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 17:51

Thanks mate, wasn’t my best work but it is what it is : https://jalopnik.com/1845625805

superdave847 > Tom McParland
11/09/2020 at 22:41

Thanks Tom! You’re one of the best reads on Jalopnik these days.

Nauraushaun > Wheelerguy
11/10/2020 at 02:14

Sticking together is the hard part. I worry about the fragmentation.