Dan Trent - Leaving
Discussion
PurpleAki said:
Blackpuddin said:
IMO Dan is the best thing ever to have happened to PH
Blackpuddin yesterday...https://youtu.be/NwW3ytid4DA
russy01 said:
But I'll be brutally honest and say I won't miss the video content...whilst often interesting content I don't find you exciting to watch. Lack on screen charisma and come across a little dull and boring...
Without wishing to sound rude, funnily enough, that ^^^ is pretty much why i actually like Dan's Videos! I mean, the internet is chock full of sycophantic YouTube car bloggers with flash haircuts, big expensive watches, and questionable fashion sense, banging on about whatever the latest, best thing EVER is. But the vast majority of them, as well as being frankly, awful people, don't have a clue what they are talking about and generally can't drive a greasy stick up a dogs ar*e. Dan however comes across as genuine, knowledgeable, and a nice bloke imo!
Max_Torque said:
russy01 said:
But I'll be brutally honest and say I won't miss the video content...whilst often interesting content I don't find you exciting to watch. Lack on screen charisma and come across a little dull and boring...
Without wishing to sound rude, funnily enough, that ^^^ is pretty much why i actually like Dan's Videos! I mean, the internet is chock full of sycophantic YouTube car bloggers with flash haircuts, big expensive watches, and questionable fashion sense, banging on about whatever the latest, best thing EVER is. But the vast majority of them, as well as being frankly, awful people, don't have a clue what they are talking about and generally can't drive a greasy stick up a dogs ar*e. Dan however comes across as genuine, knowledgeable, and a nice bloke imo!
Dan should keep doing the videos and perfect the art. It is always possible to become better with practice.
Max_Torque said:
Without wishing to sound rude, funnily enough, that ^^^ is pretty much why i actually like Dan's Videos! I mean, the internet is chock full of sycophantic YouTube car bloggers with flash haircuts, big expensive watches, and questionable fashion sense, banging on about whatever the latest, best thing EVER is. But the vast majority of them, as well as being frankly, awful people, don't have a clue what they are talking about and generally can't drive a greasy stick up a dogs ar*e.
Dan however comes across as genuine, knowledgeable, and a nice bloke imo!
It's all just down to personal preference and I'm sure dan didn't want me murdered after reading my comments - he's got thicker skin that that and would have been scrutinised throughout his whole career (plus who am I?)Dan however comes across as genuine, knowledgeable, and a nice bloke imo!
I watch some of the YouTube guys and find most of them irritating too, however there are a few out there who straddle the line and offer great knowledge with a bit more personality on screen too.. Chris Harris is a good example.
We can't all want to marry him 😜. Cheers.
I wouldn't confuse popularity with quality. JC was and is a talented journalist but 350 million pople didn't watch him because of cars but despite them. As a car journalist JC is very good but not in the same league as , say , David E Davis or Russell Bulgin, Roger Bell or LJK Setright . None of these had universal appeal and that's sort of the point . Jeffery Archer may sell far more books than , for example , Donna Tartt or Martin Amis but the former Lord's prose is .... what ? Abysmal ? Cliched nonsense?
I see today that James Drake is leaving too. Edit: In fact today is his last day!
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Seems as if Haymarket are getting rid of any PH-centric contributors and relying on the central writing pool they now have, plus freelancers like Dan now is.
Assume there will still be a skeleton crew looking after the forums, then a larger team now looking after the Classifieds, possibly linked with the new 'Used Car' side of Haymarket that is getting £5m investment.
Can't say I have a problem with it, content is content and there has been lots of repetition between PH and Autocar recently in the new articles. Though it's he 'PH' articles that I read the most, hoping Dan can continue those.[url]
|https://thumbsnap.com/SEYA2ewW[/url]Seems as if Haymarket are getting rid of any PH-centric contributors and relying on the central writing pool they now have, plus freelancers like Dan now is.
Assume there will still be a skeleton crew looking after the forums, then a larger team now looking after the Classifieds, possibly linked with the new 'Used Car' side of Haymarket that is getting £5m investment.
Can't say I have a problem with it, content is content and there has been lots of repetition between PH and Autocar recently in the new articles. Though it's he 'PH' articles that I read the most, hoping Dan can continue those.[url]
Yipper said:
It is impossible to please everyone. Clarkson, at his peak, had 100-350 million viewers / fans, the most popular motoring journalist the world has ever seen, and people still lined up round the block to slag him off for being lightweight, too jokey, whatever.
Popularity is not exactly a measure of talent from a purely motoring journalism POV.I think he is a lout but more crucially I also think he is a terrible car journo with very little automotive knowledge/understanding.
I must be honest, I wasn't even aware PH had an editor, such was the poor and directionless editorial decisions that have(n't) been made over the years (something I've moaned about in the forums for ages).
I didn't mind Dan's work however, it had the jokey slightly condescending take on modern motoring "journalism" that PH should I feel retain, especially in this daily mail-esque click bate fake news crap internet world we exist in.
(Apart from the few click bate articles you did write
)
I will miss the factually incorrect pieces though Dan, and especially those great articles that waxed lyrical about a particular feature on a car and the completely forgot to include a picture of whichever thing it was you dedicated three whole paragraphs to.
Who's going to write those now?!
Bon Voyage and all the best, as said previously many thanks for the content over the last 6 years
I didn't mind Dan's work however, it had the jokey slightly condescending take on modern motoring "journalism" that PH should I feel retain, especially in this daily mail-esque click bate fake news crap internet world we exist in.
(Apart from the few click bate articles you did write
)I will miss the factually incorrect pieces though Dan, and especially those great articles that waxed lyrical about a particular feature on a car and the completely forgot to include a picture of whichever thing it was you dedicated three whole paragraphs to.
Who's going to write those now?!
Bon Voyage and all the best, as said previously many thanks for the content over the last 6 years
Blackpuddin said:
PurpleAki said:
Blackpuddin said:
IMO Dan is the best thing ever to have happened to PH
Blackpuddin yesterday...https://youtu.be/NwW3ytid4DA
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