So Jalopnik spoiled badly.....tell them!

[D-Fence]

DO NOT VISIT JALOPNIK.COM IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR 13x01 SPOILED, IT IS IN THE HEADLINES!

As there is a lot of whining and complaining going on about Jalopnik completely ruining the 13x01 episode for some people by spoiling some vital stuff even in their headlines, I suggest you write them, maybe they won't do it again

Editor in chief, Ray Wert (also in the forums as JalopnikRay )
ray@jalopnik.com


I personally don't care that I have seen it, although I think it is a pretty epic surprise that Kim Jong-il is on Topgear.

[Punisher Bass]

http://forums.finalgear.com/members/...ray-user24611/

Grab your torches and pitch forks!

But I do think people are overreacting here.

[D-Fence]

Well, he could have at least make the HEADLINE a spoiler warning and put it in the text....like Gizmodo does with movies f.e.....

[Cobol74]

He had a scoop so OK, but I would have preferred he had not headlined. I have luckily avoided Jalopnik today - phew.

[capra]

yeah, and wikipedia had the entire race up last night, complete with results. idiots.

[flydiscovery]

Well in fairness the race results have been in newspapers for weeks now. Yes you could have avoided them, but that certainly wasn't any real secret.

[argatoga]

The worst is Piston Heads who post race results in their headlines as soon as they come in. I have since removed them from my RSS feed.

[D-Fence]

DO NOT VISIT JALOPNIK THEY SPOILED AGAIN!

[flydiscovery]

I don't know if we can complain about them with two spoiler threads on the top of our own forum.

[D-Fence]

Blame the mods & report it.

[Viper007Bond]

This thread is pointless and you're being fanbois.

They have a responsibility to report news to their readers, but they need some way to allow their users exclude those types of posts. They're really annoying.

[flydiscovery]

This thread is pointless and you're being fanbois.

They have a responsibility to report news to their readers, but they need some way to allow their users exclude those types of posts. They're really annoying.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I should have stuck some smilies in there. Clearly they shouldn't have posted what they did, nor should people here have immediately linked to it with a descriptive title. Can we please have the spoiler subforum back?

EDIT: (a long while later) I found it. I really like the idea of spoilers being opt-in instead of opt-out. For anyone else looking, you can opt-in to the spoiler forum in the USER CP the same as you would for the NSFW area. Thanks. Good idea. I'm just slow on the uptake.

[svb]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/08/j...-car/#comments

Autoblog picked up the story as well.

I say, let the Clarkson/Leno denim-off begin!

[Quiky]

Ray Wert is a dumbass who steals content from sites without crediting them.

[nouseferaname90]

Damn automotive sites posting stories that other websites post in order to satisfy the reader. Kill them with fire!!

[Viper007Bond]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. I should have stuck some smilies in there. Clearly they shouldn't have posted what they did, nor should people here have immediately linked to it with a descriptive title. Can we please have the spoiler subforum back?

EDIT: (a long while later) I found it. I really like the idea of spoilers being opt-in instead of opt-out. For anyone else looking, you can opt-in to the spoiler forum in the USER CP the same as you would for the NSFW area. Thanks. Good idea. I'm just slow on the uptake.

I'm working on getting it working properly (i.e. showing up but unreadable), but am having issues.

[Momentum57]

This thread is pointless and you're being fanbois.

They have a responsibility to report news to their readers, but they need some way to allow their users exclude those types of posts. They're really annoying.

I agree I don't know how knowing who the guest is spoils the show! Its not like people throw fits at the tonight show. Conan did bumpers telling me that they will have joe biden and the white stripes how can I watch the show and know who the guest are.

I watch Top Gear with a bag over my head so I don't see what cars look like so i will be surprised when I see them.

[Quiky]

Damn automotive sites posting stories that other websites post in order to satisfy the reader. Kill them with fire!!

No, normally they credit a site when they obtain information or PHOTOS.. Ray is oblivious to that and just claims the content as their own.

[LurkerPatrol]

Suddenly I have the feeling that I'm better off not knowing what jalopnik is.

[kcal92]

+1 Mate.