Is SPIN really circling the drain?

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.

if yr ad sales guys can really still sell placement off of high numbers on paginated articles then bully for you but thats gonna get less and less possible

i love jordan's Action Bronson review and you should all read that instead of arguing over Jeff Weiss's because it was in your boyfriend, Pitchfork

yeah enjoyed the meat loaf review, especially after meeting keith at EMP and being able to kind of hear it in his voice

i'm really ridiculously proud of our review section right now.

so nice to finally meet keith in nyc! i am a long time fan.

i'd be more proud if i were reviewing something HINT HINT

yeah I was impressed by the breadth of the section

whiney been reading some reviews off the Reviews hub page, some good stuff

one bit of (hopefully constructive) criticism:

when you're on the main Reviews hub, the reviews seem to be categorized in three ways: Critical Mass, Spin Essentials, and Worst New Music

however -- and this is especially the case with Critical Mass (the most common category) -- it's a bit frustrating/confusing not being able to tell before you click whether it's a full review or just one of the Twitter-style micro-reviews...I think it would be smart to call readers' attention to the long-form reviews in some way, or at least give them a way to tell which is which.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCXW64cw5NM

Have discovered many a new album in 2012 thanks to @SPINreviews btw

:)

I was impressed by the breadth of the section

this feels like a big butt appreciation rap quote

I met whiney once but I don't remember what his butt looks like :(

it's glorious

I was in the bathroom at a party/seder last night and saw the revamped spin. Looks so much nicer than the last issue I'd seen years ago. Looking good!

got my sleigh bells ish last night will report back

thx 4 the heads up

just wanted you to relax, you seem so tense

i feel much better now knowing you got yr sleigh bells ish

That was the issue in the loo, too. Loved the full-page concert photos, closer to Interview than Rolling Stone.

the current size/logo/artwork makes it looks like an issue of life magazine from 1970. i havent opened it yet. (as ive mentioned earlier i receive spin for free even though i never ordered it)

lmao