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Why I no Longer post on Spill.com
*EDIT: I'm sorry that I didn't clarify that I'm NOT leaving the site, I'm just disappointed with how things currently are running.
This will be an unpopular opinion, especially given how loved the personalities are loved on this website. However, I must still profess my grievances in order to air out my problems that I currently have with the site.
I love Spill.com, ever since I discovered it back in 2008, I’ve been a firm follower in the website. Between listening to hilarious rants with A Couple of Cold Ones, insightful discussions with The League of Extra Ordinary Gentlemen, or enjoying the raw audio reviews of movies, I have been a die-hard fan of Korey Coleman and everyone behind the website.
However, I’ve started noticing a recent trend of late, and that is to promote in-house developments rather than promoting viewer-based blog posts. There is nothing wrong with promoting works of those working hard within the website, in fact, I think it’s best to promote the new work of employees and associates who want their works featured on such a great site. However, this site promises a “down to earth” feel about the content regarding the site and has betrayed that by (largely) ignoring the majority of articles posted by the community. When this site went through a redesign some time ago (the “time ago” escapes me at this moment), there was a certain exclusion of featured community-based blog posts to the “Featured Community Blog” section as opposed to much more accessible “featured article” section of the website.
I will not pretend to be unbiased in my views against the site; I myself have written several reviews and articles (whether or not they deserved to be featured is subject to viewers). However, I feel that community input (and their overall work) should be more recognized by the website at large, especially given the attempt to “hear” fan feedback.
The proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back was the “The Loading Bar: Happy Hour Archive” in the ‘Featured Community Blogs’ post. I have seen many blog posts posted showcasing reviews, articles of insight, and analytical discussions about film that deserved attention, yet they were unnoticed by the officials at Spill and were generally ignored on the ‘featured community blogs’ section. Why is the “Loading Bar: Happy Hour Archive’ shown on the ‘Featured Community Blog’ when it has the backing of the entire site? As “Professor Jeff” and company have direct ties to the company and can easily promote their own projects, it's something I feel that is totally unfair to the community members of this site who have no control over how ‘advertised’ their article can be.
Once before, I posted my reviews, my Bloody Thumbs podcast episodes, and articles solely on Spill.com (where I could link my followers to come and see for themselves) with the thought I could get a fair viewing of my work, but the lack of exposure recently has caused me to start my own blogpost to advertise my work on other sites for want of more exposure.
I feel that Spill.com can learn from websites like Destructoid.com, and promote user blogs when they’re well articulated and worth the users time to read.
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Staff Comment by Mandy Savage on August 7, 2012 at 2:12pm -
I just have a few points on the topic because I don't entirely disagree with you or most of the folks in the comments.
Most of the design choices for the site (losing the video section, less visible community section on the front page and so on) was not entirely in our control. We really do care about the community which is why Korey tries to get in Call in Shows at least one a week...except it's been busy over here so he can only do one every other week or even a little less. We also try to feature fan art in our blogs, on our carousel (marobot did a great LEOG fan art we used for the Dark Knight episode) and on our facebook page.
When it comes to getting members blogs featured we often don't have time to listen to every member podcast or read every blog. Especially if it's something we need to hunt for. You can always link the blog to me and I more often than not will feature it. It's up to each individual Spill member to advertise their own blogs and podcasts. If you want us to feature you ....you need to come to us. We want to feature who we can, but again there's just not enough hours in the day for us to read every blog.
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Comment by The Spill Crew on August 7, 2012 at 12:08pm -
To respond, The Happy Hour Archive was featured because it was not published by the site itself. That was created independently by Professor Jeff, in his own free time, to give fans of the Happy Hour the ability to easily find previous episodes (we are still waiting on our parent company to finish building an actual archive site for them). It was posted on his personal account, not the official "The Spill Crew" account, otherwise it would have automatically been added to the "News & Blogs" list. However, because he is a featured community member, his posts will often be included in the "Featured Community Blogs" section. Just like special posts from Leon himself, or Cyrus himself will also sometimes be found in that list. They may be employees of the site, but they are also members of the community and when they post something on their own (meaning not in an official capacity), their work is usually worth promoting and sharing with the rest of the community.
We here at Spill.com feature any blog or podcast that we find interesting, well written or produced, and worth passing along to our community to check out.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on August 3, 2012 at 11:18pm -
Yeah that is a big problem, glad you're bringing it to people's attention, hopeful this changes for people like you.
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Comment by C.H. Gorog on August 3, 2012 at 10:58pm -
@Scrump - Agreed
@Jonathan Snyder - No. I just wrote this article to air my concerns with the current state of the site.
@PoopaPapaPalpatine - "I'll be careful." "YOU'LL BE DEAD!" Ha ha :P
@McDougal Bugle and Mr. Errebus - I really did like that old design, as well. It was a bit clunkier, but it had a certain charm to it.
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Comment by C.H. Gorog on August 3, 2012 at 8:06pm
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I think there's been a misunderstanding, and that's my fault. I'm not leaving the site, I'm just expressing that I now utilize other methods of advertising my work than relying ONLY on getting featured on Spill.com.
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on August 3, 2012 at 2:34pm -
I see where you're coming from dude, before you go let us know where we can reach you...
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Comment by PirateLordBush on August 3, 2012 at 10:22am -
That is indeed unfortunate.
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Comment by PoopaPapaPalpatine on August 3, 2012 at 10:16am -
Ah, the activity bar. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
...Unless you visit the comment section of any podcast.
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Comment by Mr. E on August 3, 2012 at 9:35am -
As a matter of fact, this blog should be featured, though no one would know it anyhow, because that tab is pretty much an afterthought. Sadly, the sidebar will be the most attention this gets till it falls off the side of the page.
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Comment by PirateLordBush on August 3, 2012 at 9:23am
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@The McDougal Bugle
Brought back some great memories from when I first visited the site. It was like love at first sight.
@CH Gorog
I see you're point dude, and I hope Korey responds.
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