ANTAUS Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Autoblog.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamweasel Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 That's a shame, was a good website. They already changed the format of the website today and not for the better IMO. There are fewer articles for one thing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dequindre Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 It's sad to see it go. It has gone down hill in quality over the past few years, but it was always a prominent news sites for us automotive enthusiasts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Sad to see it go the way of Left Lane News..... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 I saw this the other day and I’m sad. They’ve always had good articles and photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerdude20 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Autopian This link has some good information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Lots of consolidation in the web publishing platform-many IT/PC related websites are being consolidated or outright shut down-they where started in the late 1990s just like these auto related websites 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerdude20 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, silvrsvt said: Lots of consolidation in the web publishing platform-many IT/PC related websites are being consolidated or outright shut down-they where started in the late 1990s just like these auto related websites Or they are firing majority of the staff and using AI to put out gibberish articles… RIP CNET. Edited September 14 by blazerdude20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 51 minutes ago, blazerdude20 said: Or they are firing majority of the staff and using AI to put out gibberish articles… RIP CNET. Seems like we are getting close and closer to the Dead internet theory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 1 hour ago, silvrsvt said: Seems like we are getting close and closer to the Dead internet theory. The what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang84isu Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 2 hours ago, blazerdude20 said: Or they are firing majority of the staff and using AI to put out gibberish articles… RIP CNET. The guy that bought it is the founder of a small company called AI Marketing Solutions, so I think you hit the nail on the head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang84isu Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 I feel like the Autoblog decline began around the time that the AutoblogGreen sister website was launched. The quality of journalism started to decline as older staff members left, and then they filled space with "partner website" articles. Autoblog was my go-to for many years, but the last few years I tended to prefer Motor1, although I still went to Autoblog for the comments section (which is now gone in the new iteration). I'll have to try Autopian, since they have a much more active comment section than Motor1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-dubz Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Left lane news, man I had forgotten about that website. That along with autoblog were my go to websites back in the day. I still liked autoblog, but they seemed to be a step behind all the other websites. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 3 hours ago, fuzzymoomoo said: The what? The dead Internet theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the Internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Not sure I agree with the very last part, but the rest of it is very believable-esp with some of the stuff you see on social media with the election. Ive seen some shit that makes me go wtf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Handler Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 1 hour ago, silvrsvt said: Not sure I agree with the very last part, but the rest of it is very believable-esp with some of the stuff you see on social media with the election. Ive seen some shit that makes me go wtf My Facebook feed is full of "recommended" posts that are all AI. The images that I see are so unsettling. lol The golden age of the web is sadly over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 7 hours ago, The Handler said: My Facebook feed is full of "recommended" posts that are all AI. The images that I see are so unsettling. lol The golden age of the web is sadly over. I've been getting very random friend suggestions-one was a "furry" that live in Europe-I was like WTF? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 57 minutes ago, silvrsvt said: I've been getting very random friend suggestions-one was a "furry" that live in Europe-I was like WTF? I have been getting some oddball "followers" on twi...err, I mean X....I change their status to "unfollow" right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Autoblog used to be my go to site. When they sold to AOL the quality started to drop. Then the redesigned the site so you couldn't organize articles based on brand anymore and by then I was out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice-capades Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 I used to check the Autoblog.com site several times a day to see what updated information they had related to Ford and/or Lincoln. Their information was often late related to other sites but still worth checking. Unfortunately, with the ownership change and the reformatted website, it's now difficult to consider the site a valuable source with its less content, poor navigation, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Handler Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 5 hours ago, ice-capades said: I used to check the Autoblog.com site several times a day to see what updated information they had related to Ford and/or Lincoln. Their information was often late related to other sites but still worth checking. Unfortunately, with the ownership change and the reformatted website, it's now difficult to consider the site a valuable source with its less content, poor navigation, etc. UX no longer seems to matter anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 It'll be interesting to see what all they do going forward. I'll have to find another source now, as they were one of my primaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang84isu Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 (edited) On 9/15/2024 at 7:52 AM, Andrew L said: Autoblog used to be my go to site. When they sold to AOL the quality started to drop. Then the redesigned the site so you couldn't organize articles based on brand anymore and by then I was out. I remember that redesign. I think it was around 2017. I used to go to Autoblog daily, and when they did the big site redesign I stopped going almost overnight and switched to Left Lane News. I can't remember what it was that I did not like so much about it, but I remember lots of people complaining on the site. The Autoblog website format actually improved in the last few years and I slowly came back, especially when LLN folded. The one thing I always liked was that the galleries had full size images. The new format under the new ownership threw all that away and we are back to tiny images that can't be enlarged and terrible formatting again. Edited September 17 by mustang84isu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ares Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 (edited) Speaking of website formats, anyone else having trouble with Carscoops comments? I can't see or add to them. That's a good site too.. it has (or used to have) really good discourse. Edited September 18 by Ares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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