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Old 01-13-2015, 04:24 PM   #1056
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Originally Posted by John V View Post
I used to see it that way (despite the proliferation of bad grammar / proofreading), but lately (the last year?) they've devolved into purely clickbait headlines and misleading / factually incorrect articles. I don't think it's done ironically, I think it's done to get attention. They accept content from just about anyone, so if someone sends them a piece they thing is interesting they'll post it. Maybe this is to compete with TTAC (Baruth).
I think there has been an expansion of content posted to Jalopnik. There's probably the same volume of quality content as in the past, but there's a lot more crap to go along with it now.

The RSS feed that populates the forum here is even worse than Jalopnik proper.
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