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GoneBeforeMyTime
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I know Turd brought this up a while back, but it just took me a little time
to think about this since I've been busy. What is the deal with this giant
thumbnail that just clicks to another duplicate of CN? Is this a power grab?
I always liked CN in the past, their down and dirty, simple format was easy
and straightforward, but what is the deal with this ****? That's a big
arrogant statement, and bold I would say to have a giant thumbnail that
clicks to another copy of CN.
I want to know who did that? I doubt seriously that was Jeff's idea. What's
the purpose of sticking that in our faces?
Does CN really think they are the end all to be all in cycling? I worry when
companies start talking like that. I hope that Future publishing company
doesn't have enough money to go around buying up all the semi-major cycling
sites and roll them into one like what happened in America with radio
stations, newspapers and TV stations. However, they won't have to, if the
big Telcos have their way.
As a cycling fan, I am asking CN to take that off their website, because its
offensive and arrogant to me, probably to others too. They may be big in the
English speaking public worldwide, but that's a big stretch since they don't
offer French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish versions, not to mention half a
dozen other languages. I have always supported CN in the past, but they are
not the world center of cycling (IMO), and God forbid they become one.
CN is one of the big players in cycling, but not the center, (IMO).
Cycling belongs to literally hundreds if not thousands of cycling sites,
magazines, and organizations worldwide, and especially those thousands of
cycling journalists in their local zones who offer unique birds eye view of
races and reporting in my opinion. Dragneting the ocean is a very poor way
to fish. As I have said before, that I wish they would put more quality into
the bigger events, and leave the mom and pop stuff to mom and pop. I was
always afraid of a Walmart in cycling. However CN is not the biggest threat
by far, and I am not sure of their intentions really, since I haven't talked
with Jeff of Gregor in a long time, but the biggest threat would be the
hostile takeover of the Internet by those who want to control the pipes,
Telcos or whatever major big media conglomerates who want to decide what
they want you to see, and when they want you to see it.
Like TV, the internet could be diced up into subscribers packages with huge
news oligarchies controlling what you read and see. If we lose the Internet
to those guys, you can kiss cycling goodbye. They haven't figured out how to
do it yet, but believe me, they are working on it, 24/7. It's their long
term goal to control the last major frontier of worldwide access.
GBMT
to think about this since I've been busy. What is the deal with this giant
thumbnail that just clicks to another duplicate of CN? Is this a power grab?
I always liked CN in the past, their down and dirty, simple format was easy
and straightforward, but what is the deal with this ****? That's a big
arrogant statement, and bold I would say to have a giant thumbnail that
clicks to another copy of CN.
I want to know who did that? I doubt seriously that was Jeff's idea. What's
the purpose of sticking that in our faces?
Does CN really think they are the end all to be all in cycling? I worry when
companies start talking like that. I hope that Future publishing company
doesn't have enough money to go around buying up all the semi-major cycling
sites and roll them into one like what happened in America with radio
stations, newspapers and TV stations. However, they won't have to, if the
big Telcos have their way.
As a cycling fan, I am asking CN to take that off their website, because its
offensive and arrogant to me, probably to others too. They may be big in the
English speaking public worldwide, but that's a big stretch since they don't
offer French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish versions, not to mention half a
dozen other languages. I have always supported CN in the past, but they are
not the world center of cycling (IMO), and God forbid they become one.
CN is one of the big players in cycling, but not the center, (IMO).
Cycling belongs to literally hundreds if not thousands of cycling sites,
magazines, and organizations worldwide, and especially those thousands of
cycling journalists in their local zones who offer unique birds eye view of
races and reporting in my opinion. Dragneting the ocean is a very poor way
to fish. As I have said before, that I wish they would put more quality into
the bigger events, and leave the mom and pop stuff to mom and pop. I was
always afraid of a Walmart in cycling. However CN is not the biggest threat
by far, and I am not sure of their intentions really, since I haven't talked
with Jeff of Gregor in a long time, but the biggest threat would be the
hostile takeover of the Internet by those who want to control the pipes,
Telcos or whatever major big media conglomerates who want to decide what
they want you to see, and when they want you to see it.
Like TV, the internet could be diced up into subscribers packages with huge
news oligarchies controlling what you read and see. If we lose the Internet
to those guys, you can kiss cycling goodbye. They haven't figured out how to
do it yet, but believe me, they are working on it, 24/7. It's their long
term goal to control the last major frontier of worldwide access.
GBMT
