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September 5, 2010 3:34:49 AM

Hello Tom's Hardware staff!

I have been an avid fan of Tom's Hardware ever since February 2000. I used to visit this web site daily, it is no longer the case anymore. Tom's Hardware, is incapable of keeping up with latest tech news. I find my self reading articles in Italian/Russian/Romanian/French and English on other web sites, just so I could keep my self up to date on the latest in the tech industry.

In the last couple of years (yes, in the last two years or so) Tom's Hardware has become an advertising website (the US English based site).

The amount of useless articles that have filled this site is unbelievable (Apple articles are a good example for it and please do not label me as an Apple hater. I own several Apple products and I do not see my self as an Apple fan boy).

I am not trying to start a wave, just expressing my personal opinion on the matter, as this matter has become a big annoyance for many of us.

It is sad, but if the current situation will not change, I will no longer visit Tom's hardware starting from January 2011.

Thank you

D. T.

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September 5, 2010 10:03:16 AM

While I may agree, not every article is explicitly about say, just PC tech, theres always a few coming out on these varied subjects.
I could give you various examples, but I like you know which ones they are, and which are not.
Times change, and the larger sites have changed with the times, and pure enthusiast sites are becoming more rare.
One example of change in things is autos, which now require many more things than the regular enthusiast may have access to, and so too has the auto sites/magazines changed.
PCs are now auto tuned for overclocking, as a sign of this "progress", and while a pure enthusiast may disdain this approach, many newer enthusiasts welcome it.
Absorbing this new approach is something Toms has done, as well as all the newer tech that just didnt exist back in the day.
Also, like any endeavor in business, they have to pay their bills, as well as make a return on their investments, so as always, ads are here to stay.
Im not defending Toms in my comments here, as I too would like to go back to times of yore, and see those things youve mentioned only or mainly, but I also understand Toms direction, and their needs to continue, and the reasons and things they do to continue on.
Theres still a certain group of writers here from the old days, still putting out those great articles, as well as a few newer writers carrying on the old tradition.
I hope you consider this as enough to wet your appetite in our hobby, as well as understand Toms position and direction
September 7, 2010 2:09:29 PM

We are continuing to provide the latest tech news as-it-happens across as many categories as we can, and have been expanding to cover even more. We're also pushing forward in new directions, with community initiatives and encouraged feedback from the users. I'd like to note that our recent Community Reporters initiative has picked up and is going strong now, with avid Tom's Hardware users jumping in and reporting alongside.

We get a lot of angst over Apple articles for some reason, but these are newsworthy items, and we don't decide what the news is when it is reported. The site also hosts a user community more than a million across three continents and takes revenue to support in terms of bandwidth, which is why the ads are a necessity for continued operation as jaydeejohn mentioned.

I hope you'll stick with us.
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September 19, 2010 7:11:59 PM

I can see what the OP is talking about. Since the days when the processor in my computer was a 466 MHz Celeron, I've been an almost everyday reader of THG. That means I've been a reader for more than ten years. I rarely stop by anymore because there just doesn't seem to be any new and interesting content. That, and I really don't feel like sifting through that monstrous index page to find it.

I'm aware that THG was sold a few years back, and maybe it's just a natural progression that the content and layout would slowly move toward serving the needs of the advertisers more than the readers.

Most likely, the numbers will show that THG has more readers and is more profitable than ever, and readers who were here during the days when there was actually a Tom at Tom's Hardware are probably not relevant anymore. I did feel obligated to chime in my agreement with the OP though. I actually stopped by the forum today because it's been so long since I've seen any hard-hitting content that I thought I might find an announcement that the site was closing.
October 11, 2010 4:55:52 PM

KommisMar said:
I can see what the OP is talking about. Since the days when the processor in my computer was a 466 MHz Celeron, I've been an almost everyday reader of THG. That means I've been a reader for more than ten years. I rarely stop by anymore because there just doesn't seem to be any new and interesting content. That, and I really don't feel like sifting through that monstrous index page to find it.

I'm aware that THG was sold a few years back, and maybe it's just a natural progression that the content and layout would slowly move toward serving the needs of the advertisers more than the readers.

Most likely, the numbers will show that THG has more readers and is more profitable than ever, and readers who were here during the days when there was actually a Tom at Tom's Hardware are probably not relevant anymore. I did feel obligated to chime in my agreement with the OP though. I actually stopped by the forum today because it's been so long since I've seen any hard-hitting content that I thought I might find an announcement that the site was closing.



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