'Flat out annoying' articles

I'm sorry but I don't like the way GTPlanet seems to be slowly going at times.

There is a trend of articles with a silly click-bait title, using obvious stock photos, discussing subjects that interests very few of us gamers, using a plural 'we' as if most of us agree with the view of the author, trying to bump up the word count artificially with all sorts of convoluted expressions.... Not all articles are like that but more and more are ticking more and more of these boxes.

Please don't lose GTPlanet's style and originality (for example showcasing users' photomode art).

I understand that more articles generate more traffic and that car culture is OK (or even good) for this site but sometimes, enough is enough. Today's article is one of the best examples to date. Please carry on publishing honest articles that don't sound like the click-bait links we find peppered everywhere on the net in the "Sponsored by PleaseClickMeNowYouWontBelieveIt" sections.

This is not a personal attack on the author (please don't take it like that!) but a honest appeal from a passionate member, which you can feel free to ignore. Perhaps I'm one of a very few reacting like that. I sort of hope not.

Or maybe I'm just getting old...

 

I was actually coming here to start a congratulatory thread about how I liked the new direction the news section was heading in, & how great it is that more people are writing & contributing to make it all happen; but then I saw this thread. The news articles are all on topic, there are a lot of petrol heads here after all, & writing about that is not out of place imho (unlike the bizzare irrelevant trivia GT Sport is dishing out). Good job to all the writers, & keep up the good work I say!

 

I was being unclear, then. And I am not mocking.
Not all car culture or automotive articles are bad, by far, I actually really enjoy Andrew Evans' car reviews, for example. Among many other examples, like the article on the Cygnet or the one on the Vnuk case. I guess I forgot to say I like the diversity of subjects.

It's just that some articles are starting to copy a pattern seen elsewhere on the net, around the wording and presentation, and don't sound or feel like GTPlanet. It's not the quantity, I'm pointing at.

I should have kept quiet like I've been doing for a while now. And kept reading.

 

I quite enjoy them myself.

You won't believe the reason why!

 

Please tell us.

 

You're clearly passionate about that subject!
I actually read the article yesterday and it was much better than the title sounded like.

 

My personal experience with punctures (I've had 2) is that you always end up buying 2 new tyres because the other one is more often than not going to have done too many miles to be used with the spare.

 

We've had to use that foam filler crap twice before and it's never performed as it's supposed to. What's even more frustrating is lifting the boot floor to retrieve the foam canister only to find it mounted in a spare wheel well.

 

I don't even understand how the 'Flat out annoying' article has a clickbait title. Half of it is a literal fact, entirely representative of what the article talks about, and the other half is a pun. Since when is a pun clickbait?

 

Shouldn't it literally be touchbait these days? I rarely do any clicking.

 

Hmm now you mention it. Perhaps I won't copyright it after all.

 

Reaction and summary of this thread:

• Clicbait >>> No.
• Interesting articles >>> Yes but not all of them.
• GTP in general >>> Makes GTplanet to stand out on the internet. It's not only a forum but also a start to future car journalisme (probably). With GTP, you have both. Forum and articles that has interesting news. It's the combination of the two that makes GTP stands out from other game and car related websites. You can clearly see that @Jordan and his writers mean business.
• If someone think the articles are clickbaits, don't click on the links and everything is fine for everybody.
• These articles could become a future job for some of the writers.

But and there is a buuuuut ...... GTPNewsWire should come forward and revealy him/itself.

If you say A, you have to say B.

Sounds like a personal experience with a lot of frustration.



BTW, it is not easy to write a decent article.

EDIT: if the articles are a clickbait, than all the threads are clickbaits as well.

 

Ok.. Lets start with one thing.

And honorary doctorate does not give someone the title of Dr. There was a news story recently with someone misusing it. Can't find it though.
You have likely annoyed most of the academic community recently.

 

Sorry, Boss, he doesn't :


Practical use
A typical example of university regulations is, "Honorary graduates may use the approved post-nominal letters. It is not customary, however, for recipients of an honorary doctorate to adopt the prefix 'Dr.'"[15] In some universities, it is however a matter of personal preference for an honorary doctor to use the formal title of "Doctor", regardless of the background circumstances for the award. Written communications where an honorary doctorate has been awarded may include the letters "h.c." after the award to indicate that status.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree

I know many holders of doctorates IRL - almost all of them prefer not to be be lumped in with General Practitioners and prefer to profess modesty, whatever academic qualifications earned them the Merc.

 

Yay... what do I win?

 

A free Whamming.