Looking for interest in trying out Medium (Kiss Kinja Goodbye)

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain) 07/28/2020 at 17:40 • Filed to: None

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I’ve put together a test publication on Medium. If you’d like to give it a try, leave your medium username as a comment on this post or as a comment on the first Medium post.

I had been working on a Wordpress version for a while, but I’d like to give Medium a try. It has a lot of the social features of Kinja and a similar layout of the base page. However, it doesn’t complain about pictures. I’m not going to pretend to have all the answers since I’m new to the platform as well, but it seems decent.

This post contains some images without proper rights.

NOT ON MEDIUM!

Having said all of this, Medium has some rules and I added a couple. It’s worthy of discussion but something we realized on the Oppo Discord is that politics are a rat hole. Thing got way better when we put them in The Cigar Lounge and kept them out of the normal channel.

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Spanfeller is a twat > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 17:56

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Oh, why medium?

also I think “Oppositelock” is trademarked... so moving around is gonna involve the approval of whoever owns the trademark. 

I think my BMW 420D review and the 993 review were pretty good. I even re-wrote some of my reviews for Drivetribe. But everything else I post is pretty much trash so... :p

Nick Has an Exocet > Spanfeller is a twat 07/28/2020 at 18:00

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As a platform, it’s not going anywhere. They also legitimately care about writing. I think it also provides a fulfillment of a promise that Kinja no longer does: to allow new writers to grow.

Oppo Kinja did help a few writers end up at Jalopnik, but let’s face it, Jalopnik as we know it is dead and it’s every person for themselves. Medium brings a little of that promise back on a meta level. Also, if people choose, they can get some nickels for their content.

Drivetribe, to me, is kind of a contraction of the car world to one shitposting location, haha.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 18:05

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Drivetribe still has the wonky terms and conditions right

Spanfeller is a twat > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 18:26

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It’s hard to make a buck on Medium... you have to be really active to make it happen, I’m talking advertising our content using some sort of SEO algorithm. But   I think it’s a good, nobel effort on your side, You’ve always been quite proactive on the kinjapocalipse.

Maybe what I write is not very useful, but if you wish to repost it there, feel free to do so. :)

As for drivetribe... meh I’ve gotten a bit bored lately so I’ve re-written some reviews, and I also translated some stuff (But that’s on cigar lounge)

Nick Has an Exocet > Spanfeller is a twat 07/28/2020 at 18:58

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Hah, yeah, that’s why I said a nickel :)

Much appreciated ;)

Brickman > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 19:41

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Soo many Opposite locks Im spinning outta control here.

There’s like 5 of them now? 

Nick Has an Exocet > Brickman 07/28/2020 at 19:46

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Yeah, I guess that makes 5. Choose your flavor.

Danny Korecki > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 20:31

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........” Oppo Discord”.......you say?

Nick Has an Exocet > Danny Korecki 07/28/2020 at 21:03

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https://discord.gg/xCYGADR

There you go.

Taylor Martin > Nick Has an Exocet 07/28/2020 at 23:00

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Seems like Medium is more for actual reviews and stories whereas Oppositel ock is just for shooting the bull. I’m down. I’m leaving a comment there now in case I ever want to review something.

Nick Has an Exocet > Taylor Martin 07/28/2020 at 23:10

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Cool. Just added you.

Yeah, it’s definitely better for long form content.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Nick Has an Exocet 07/29/2020 at 09:21

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I appreciate your work on this. I’m here on OPPO for the community, so I’ll go where the community goes. If they stay here on Kinja, I’ll be here, if the vast majority head to another platform, I’ll follow.

Taylor Martin > Nick Has an Exocet 07/29/2020 at 10:10

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How I actually write/post the content. I was taking a peak around and I saw that I can create new stories but it doesn’t let me post them under the Oppositelock subsection or division of the site. I’m probably missing something, Medium is brand new to me.

Stef Schrader > Nick Has an Exocet 07/29/2020 at 14:40

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“ Always use the Oxford comma unless you’re going for comedic intent. For example: “The VW Vanagon was full of crazy people, me and my friends” is comedic intent with the missing comma.”

O h HELL no. Every publication I write for is AP Style, and therefore, the Oxford comma can GTFAC unless it’s needed for clarity.

(I don’t have a Medium account and my stance on Miatas is well-known to be rather negative, so I’ll probably wait for the herbpocalypse to sign up. This does seem like a good platform, though.)

Nick Has an Exocet > Taylor Martin 07/29/2020 at 15:02

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Go here:

https://medium.com/oppositelock

Then click the buttons below.

Taylor Martin > Nick Has an Exocet 07/29/2020 at 19:23

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That little Oppositelock symbol isn’t next to my profile picture like it is yours. I have nothing to click, so I don’t know if I have to accept something or if I’m just dense.

Do I have to become a member? That’s 5 dollars a month which isn’t steep but isn’t ideal.

Nick Has an Exocet > Taylor Martin 07/29/2020 at 21:36

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Nope, you don’t need to become a member. You don’t get the little logo when you’re on the link that I sent? For me, I only get the little oppo logo if I’m on the Oppo page. I’m still learning Medium myself.

The other way to do it is to start a new story under your profile then point it to a publication.

Taylor Martin > Nick Has an Exocet 07/30/2020 at 01:33

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Neither of those work. I think you’re the only one with access to your publication. How odd. I’ll keep troubleshooting this with you until we figure out what’s going on.

Nick Has an Exocet > Taylor Martin 07/30/2020 at 02:14

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Give it another try. I think I may have made a rookie error and not saved the page when I added you!

Taylor Martin > Nick Has an Exocet 07/30/2020 at 02:19

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Bingo! That did the trick. Glad you figured it out.