Is SPIN really circling the drain?

i only have six threads calling me a dumbass...

that;s because you changed the other 14 to say you're a genius

I was just thinking that number sounded way low

i have one that i remember. you know, specifically calling me an idiot or whatever.

but nate was pretty good at pointing out my dumbassness in the early years.

that;s because you changed the other 14 to say you're a genius

― what's a goon to garbus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, March 6, 2012 2:31 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

heh

whiney would it be fair to say that youd appreciate for this thread to be for constructive criticism and for people to use the other threads for all out attacks

legume setting benchmarks

well whiney does operate as a beacon for many of us

sing the whiney anthem

whiney would it be fair to say that youd appreciate for this thread to be for constructive criticism and for people to use the other threads for all out attacks

― lag∞n, Tuesday, March 6, 2012 2:41 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think that sounds right

Scott we all heart you man

where's Murray?

oh my god, boner toast flip 4ever

late to party but I picked this up on Satdy. Between heft & article length, instant nostalgia! Feels, and looks, like a capital M Magazine.

And not to sound like a kissass but I didn't give much of a hoot for Sleigh Bells til I read the interview in this issue - might circle back & give them a re-listen. It was a good piece imo

To whom it may concern: Look, I get the whole page view/ad revenue thing and all but splitting a list of 30 things over 15 pages is just ridiculous and v few people are going to actually read the whole thing.

http://www.spin.com/articles/hated-nation-30-biggest-punching-bags-pop-history

putting 400-500 words on each page is fair game in this day and age imo. you should see VladTV lists where you have to scroll through 100 pages to see 100 list entries with no actual writing accompanying the list

you should see Pitchfork lists where you only have to scroll through 10 pages to see 100 list entires

obv Spin is not all the way on the most generous end of the content-per-page spectrum, I'm just saying they're not that far over to the stingy end either

spin site has ALWAYS been really hard to look at and buggy. it's tradition! (i just clicked that link and was stuck on the page with no way out. had to click the whole page away.)

tweeted links to spin articles will sometimes take me to the mobile homepage (when on iPhone).. FYI

i was just looking at the spin twitter feed this morning while i was getting ready for work and thinking that it really isn't much better than like the metacritic upcoming releases list. i mean, it's nice to know what's out there in genres i'm maybe not keeping close tabs on.

wish i knew where my goddamn sub was.

whiney ate it

iirc it starts w/ the May issue

Mordy for that sort of thing there's also this - https://twitter.com/#!/bbcalbumreviews

stevie otm and theres a lot of evidence that this kind of page view grubbing is getting less and less effective

I must admit, I never click through any sites like that. I find it annoying. I know why they do it, but its still a pain.

yeah its the worst. its rarely worth it.

i hate other message boards that have like 10 or 15 posts on a page then you need to click to get on another page. ILX has really spoiled me with regards to all this I think.

yeah and all these buttons and random txt and avatars, so hard to read

theres always like 10 ways to reply to a thread

totally, truth bombs ahoy

stevie otm and theres a lot of evidence that this kind of page view grubbing is getting less and less effective

― lag∞n, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:34 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It was our highest trafficked article of the entire month of march so \o_O/

sure but you have you have nothing to compare that to, it couldve just been a good article that more people wouldve read if it had been formatted differently, you should do some a/b testing w/yr pagination - and that doesnt even get into what youre doing to your brand w/this junky stuff - basically the word on the street is in the age of social news these type of things are less likely to be shared than their more humanely formatted counterparts

Your search - "clickthrough whites" - did not match any documents.

loll

like if you took the same attitude to revamping yr site as you did to the magazine you wouldnt f w/these chopped up listicles

if i can't Read It Later i ain't innerested

honestly, one "Full Page View" button for every article would go a long way toward a standing ovation from the entire internet. Leave the choppy chop shit as the default if you need to but present an option for the cognoscenti to take advantage of. Everyone's happy.

ya even business insider has that option

i will read almost anything if its easy to see and read. cuz i LOVE wasting time.

It was our highest trafficked article of the entire month of march so \o_O/

Where article = the first page? How many people made it to the end?

Or does viewing each page count as 1 article view? I mean come on dude, surely you can agree this kind of formatting is not ideal w/o pulling out numbers and stuff.

if i can't Read It Later i ain't innerested

^^^^^^^

Doran, some real talk from across the pond. I'm very psyched on this feature

http://thequietus.com/articles/06869-portishead-bakers-dozen

But I'm not psyched to click through 14 things to read it.

― delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:07 (6 months ago) Permalink

*moistens lips*

Doran, some real talk from across the pond. I'm very psyched on this feature

http://thequietus.com/articles/06869-portishead-bakers-dozen

But I'm not psyched to click through 14 things to read it.

― delmar dillinger (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:07 (6 months ago) Permalink

― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:37 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

hate the game, not the player

gettin high as a rooftop/contradict myself in my rhymes like i'm tupac

loved keith harris's spin meat loaf review! even if i do disagree with him about bat out of hell.