DriveTribe - online car community from Clarkson/May/Hamond
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Well, it is closing -
https://drivetribe.com/p/dear-drivetribe-community...
A lot of people cheesed off that their content is about to be deleted...
https://drivetribe.com/p/dear-drivetribe-community...
A lot of people cheesed off that their content is about to be deleted...
Hub said:
Well, it is closing -
https://drivetribe.com/p/dear-drivetribe-community...
A lot of people cheesed off that their content is about to be deleted...
My understanding is that it relied on unpaid people to create content for the "exposure" of being published.https://drivetribe.com/p/dear-drivetribe-community...
A lot of people cheesed off that their content is about to be deleted...
Blaming its demise on the chip shortage is desperate though.
I read that it lost £21 million in the first four years, how on earth is that possible?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9179...
Was it designed to be a social media platform for car owners?, surely YouTube and Facebook are doing this already, better for free?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9179...
Was it designed to be a social media platform for car owners?, surely YouTube and Facebook are doing this already, better for free?
I think it was a decent idea, car enthusiasm supports a pretty big ecosystem of performance cars, advertising, magazines, books, community websites such as PH, youtube channels, podcasts etc etc. It wasn't obviously impossible to launch a community-based website centred on cars, especially given the colossal profile of the "Top Gear Three" to drive traffic, not to mention all the other respected journos they briefly commissioned to contribute and promote it.
They just missed the mark by failing to launch it in a fit state to actually work as an effective social network of any kind, due to a slew of design, implementation and stability failures over the critical launch window. Over the past five years they made efforts to improve, but it was always too little, too late to reignite the community. If anything I'm surprised they stuck it out as long as this.
As I said up-thread five years ago,
They just missed the mark by failing to launch it in a fit state to actually work as an effective social network of any kind, due to a slew of design, implementation and stability failures over the critical launch window. Over the past five years they made efforts to improve, but it was always too little, too late to reignite the community. If anything I'm surprised they stuck it out as long as this.
As I said up-thread five years ago,
samoht said:
Ultimately, Drivetribe had a window of opportunity to fulfil its potential. In December, everyone with an interest in cars knew that Clarkson, Hammond and May were launching a new community site, and was interested to try it out. They came, they posted their fav car photo, they overloaded the servers, and now they have nearly all left.
Funny I was just thinking about DT yesterday. Thinking, but I didn’t log in. I uploaded one picture in the early days, but it really felt that you needed to be some sort of ‘creator’ to get anything it of it. No real community (the Tribes didn’t make sense), no proper news or discussions, and a horrible site to use, despite the millions spent on building it.
PH is basic, but it works - there’s a lesson there somewhere.
PH is basic, but it works - there’s a lesson there somewhere.
Well I'm going to go against the grain and say that its a shame. I will concede that I haven't used it in years and the clickbait-y nature of a lot of it really peed me off. But, the concept was a good idea, I'm pleased there are folks out there willing to try new ideas, go up against the big boys and try to bring something fresh to the motoring community.
It was poorly executed in many ways, but its failure will only serve to dissuade similar future endeavours which is a shame.
It was poorly executed in many ways, but its failure will only serve to dissuade similar future endeavours which is a shame.
Joey Deacon said:
I read that it lost £21 million in the first four years, how on earth is that possible?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9179...
Was it designed to be a social media platform for car owners?, surely YouTube and Facebook are doing this already, better for free?
The venture capital creator branded it as the "Facebook for Car enthusiasts"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9179...
Was it designed to be a social media platform for car owners?, surely YouTube and Facebook are doing this already, better for free?
That alone was a massive red flag that ended up being true. The TG trio accepted good cash to be onboard and promote it a bit, it was never their project.
All the gear, and no idea.
M1C said:
I can't say i'm surprised to be honest.
I, for one, never 'got it'. I feel like it didn't really know what it wanted to be? Or if it did....it didn't make me feel interested enough in it to stick with it.
A bit sorry if it means some people are losing their jobs because of it going.
Sums it up for me. The website was one of the most in-user friendly sites I ever came across.I, for one, never 'got it'. I feel like it didn't really know what it wanted to be? Or if it did....it didn't make me feel interested enough in it to stick with it.
A bit sorry if it means some people are losing their jobs because of it going.
Somebody asked the question above, did it need a Facebook account, yes, when it first launched a Facebook account was the only way to register. They soon saw the error of the ways with that one.
Sixpackpert said:
Carlososos said:
Is the you tube channel going too? Some of the stuff on there was terrible but a couple were ok.
No, Hammond is keeping that going apparently. New video yesterday explaining what would be on it. Hammond driving the dragster again being one of the things.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff