|
Did everyone at Defector get blasted at the (presumably socially distanced/on zoom) launch party and forget to post articles this morning? I always liked that Deadspin had stuff up for me to read both during my pre-shower poo poo and my at work post-coffee poo poo. E: and one goes up as I kvetch. Time for my post-coffee poo poo!
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 14:26 |
|
|
# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:33 |
|
Not in love with the way the website is set up. The big orange banner seems to come and go at random, and I wish it would go away for good. The "comment of the day" banner is in an annoying place. So is the newsletter thing. Basically I want the blog roll to be more front and center and less broken up by these things. The Warby Parker ad is intrusive but it's fine, gotta make that money.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:20 |
|
Yeah, defector looks like poo poo.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:20 |
|
Well it wouldnt feel much like classic Deadspin with a tolerable interface.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:27 |
|
I think the big orange banner goes away once it recognizes you as "logged in", but it doesn't do that reliably right now. I can go down to the comments and it's still asking me to sign in (even though it looks like I'm signed it at the bottom right). Once I refresh it a time or two it picks me up. Basically it's kinda buggy but they'll probably work it out.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:34 |
|
Wish they had a danged rss feed.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:37 |
|
I picked the Athletic back up today for $1/month, good for the next 6 months.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:37 |
|
habeasdorkus posted:Wish they had a danged rss feed. I made one until they make an official. It only updates once an hour, and its just headline links: http://createfeed.fivefilters.org/extract.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdefector.com%2Fall%2F&in_id_or_class=post-card__title&max=5&order=document
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 18:59 |
|
Boredumb posted:I made one until they make an official. It only updates once an hour, and its just headline links: This is perfect, thanks my friend
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 19:15 |
|
Boredumb posted:I made one until they make an official. It only updates once an hour, and its just headline links: Perfect! I only need the headlines, I'm happy to click through to the site whenever I see posts I'm interested in.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 19:36 |
|
habeasdorkus posted:Wish they had a danged rss feed. They do! https://defector.com/feed
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 19:51 |
|
Crud, dunno how I missed it.
|
# ? Sep 11, 2020 19:56 |
|
Very glad to see "Vichy Deadspin" has made its way over to Defector. Hell of a lot catchier than Manchuko...
|
# ? Sep 12, 2020 06:49 |
|
Thank loving god. Really don't like their website.
|
# ? Sep 12, 2020 14:15 |
|
I kind of want to know why Drew keeps running the 'don't drive high' PSA during the podcast. Is it a community service thing for legal reasons?
|
# ? Sep 12, 2020 21:58 |
|
Albino Squirrel posted:I kind of want to know why Drew keeps running the 'don't drive high' PSA during the podcast. Is it a community service thing for legal reasons? do people somehow still believe he was in the hospital because of a secret drunk driving car accident or something
|
# ? Sep 12, 2020 22:51 |
|
I think the current running theory with the most evidence is that he was the catalyst to COVID.
|
# ? Sep 12, 2020 23:34 |
|
Aggro posted:Giri will have many words about the US Open tomorrow. Did I miss it?
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 00:52 |
|
MourningView posted:do people somehow still believe he was in the hospital because of a secret drunk driving car accident or something Seriously, holy poo poo it's amazing how long a life this rumor has had.
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 05:18 |
|
Was Taters posted:Did I miss it? https://defector.com/naomi-osaka-asked-the-right-question/ It's not really about the match itself though Cognac McCarthy fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Sep 13, 2020 |
# ? Sep 13, 2020 16:02 |
|
MourningView posted:do people somehow still believe he was in the hospital because of a secret drunk driving car accident or something
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 16:27 |
|
The PSA is a pretty podcast ad that comes up every so often. I've heard it on other podcasts as well. It just stands out a lot for not being an ad for mattresses or whatever is being put in subscription boxes these days.
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 20:42 |
|
i can't believe that podcast ads are that effective in selling subscription underwear or whatever, seems like a weird bubble.
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 20:43 |
|
R.D. Mangles posted:i can't believe that podcast ads are that effective in selling subscription underwear or whatever, seems like a weird bubble. I have a pair of me undies and I regret to inform you than they are in fact the most comfortable underwear I have ever owned Albino Squirrel posted:Nothing to do with that; he's been pretty open about stopping drinking and switching to weed entirely since his brain hemorrhage. It's just that the PSA sounds like the kind of community service thing you get sentenced to do when you get a DUI and you have a platform. It's the same deal as drunk driving commercials on TV or whatever, and yeah I'm pretty sure I heard the one about driving high on a ringer podcast too.
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 21:35 |
|
can confirm meundies feel great and make my junk look incredible
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 22:28 |
|
I've had a leesa bed for years and I just bought a second one, because of Chris Harris' Football Podcast
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 22:29 |
|
Declan MacManus posted:can confirm meundies feel great and make my junk look incredible And bombas does make some goddamn good socks
|
# ? Sep 13, 2020 23:00 |
|
Cognac McCarthy posted:https://defector.com/naomi-osaka-asked-the-right-question/ After 3 days I was out of patience. I sent a mail last night which politely expressed disappointment and asked for a refund; today they politely said they were sorry to have disappointed and refunded my money - but they hope in future to be more what I'm looking for. I'll check back in a few months. I'm sure it will have improved.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 01:08 |
|
Was Taters posted:After 3 days I was out of patience. I sent a mail last night which politely expressed disappointment and asked for a refund; today they politely said they were sorry to have disappointed and refunded my money - but they hope in future to be more what I'm looking for. I'll check back in a few months. I'm sure it will have improved. Disappointing but happy to hear they understood and refunded you. I dunno what their staff looks like 100% and they might just have to focus on stuff thats gunna get clicked on right now.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 14:51 |
|
Late stage deadspin was not something I'd pay to read so I"m not going to pay for it now that it has an ugly orange bar covering 25% of the screen, even if I can adblock it. Thanks for reading this, for free
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 15:19 |
|
The first in depth tennis article just got posted and it's classic Giri. https://twitter.com/girinathan/status/1305529042968481794?s=20 The X-man cometh fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Sep 14, 2020 |
# ? Sep 14, 2020 16:38 |
|
Was Taters posted:After 3 days I was out of patience. I sent a mail last night which politely expressed disappointment and asked for a refund; today they politely said they were sorry to have disappointed and refunded my money - but they hope in future to be more what I'm looking for. I'll check back in a few months. I'm sure it will have improved. Yeah that's a very pleasant surprise that they fully refunded you. I don't blame you at all for the annoyance. I get that they need clicks and subscribers but feels like it's going to be almost nothing but a wall of NFL posts for a while.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 16:47 |
|
Was Taters posted:After 3 days I was out of patience. I sent a mail last night which politely expressed disappointment and asked for a refund; today they politely said they were sorry to have disappointed and refunded my money - but they hope in future to be more what I'm looking for. I'll check back in a few months. I'm sure it will have improved. You should read this: https://defector.com/the-league-for-obsessives-and-for-no-one-else/
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 18:06 |
|
AndrewP posted:You should read this: "It can lead to outcomes like this very website's "WNBA" category page being populated with nothing but a "Coming Soon!" message, four days into it's existence" is a nice acknowledgement but they still should be doing less NFL and more of every other sport.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 18:36 |
|
The X-man cometh posted:"It can lead to outcomes like this very website's "WNBA" category page being populated with nothing but a "Coming Soon!" message, four days into it's existence" is a nice acknowledgement but they still should be doing less NFL and more of every other sport. Why would they do that? The NFL is a media behemoth that towers in popularity over every other major league in the United States. Magary is one of the sites biggest draws, and he is primarily a football writer. The NFL just had its season-opening weekend, and many of the games were very good. They want to attract readers and keep them engaged...why not write about football? I love that Defector can cover major sports and also have an article or two a day on less popular sports. I also enjoy the occasional long form on a sport that I couldnt care less about (snooker, darts, rugby sevens, cornhole, whatever). If there was a strong enough demand for an all-obscure sports or all-womens sports blog, Im sure it would exist.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 19:55 |
|
Right now the NFL looks over-represented because they're trying to stuff 32 WYTS posts in the span of a few days. It'll level out a little.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 20:53 |
|
AndrewP posted:Right now the NFL looks over-represented because they're trying to stuff 32 WYTS posts in the span of a few days. It'll level out a little. Yeah they're cramming the usual month of WYTS into a little over a week so it seems football stuffed now.
|
# ? Sep 14, 2020 21:09 |
|
Also football just restarted this weekend after no preseason and largely closed off training camps, so a lot of places are going football heavy as a result of not having their normal 4-6 weeks of build up like theyd get for a normal season.
|
# ? Sep 15, 2020 12:53 |
|
Owns
|
# ? Sep 15, 2020 12:58 |
|
|
# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:33 |
|
Working at the ringer sounds not good. https://twitter.com/RingerUnion/status/1305919777492197376?s=20 Unless you're nephew kyle or whatever.
|
# ? Sep 15, 2020 19:50 |