Tweakers

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Tweakers
Logo of Tweakers.svg
Available inDutch
OwnerDPG Media
Created byFemme Taken
URL tweakers.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched30 September 1998 (1998-09-30)

Tweakers (formerly called Tweakers.net) is a Dutch technology website featuring news and information about hardware, software, games and the Internet. The name is derived from the verb "tweaking", which is a word geeks use to refer to optimisation of hardware.

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Tweakers has grown substantially since its founding in 1998. [1] As of 2023, it publishes news, reviews, features and video reports about technology subjects, with a strong focus on the Netherlands and Belgium.

Tweakers has more features for the computer enthusiast, such as reviews, bi-monthly Best Buy guides, a classifieds section for jobs and used hardware, the Pricewatch and the Shop Survey, among others. While the majority of the reviews are written in Dutch, several articles covering non-standard topics are translated into English. [2]

Tweakers has more than 1.000.000 members and its forum has over 29 million posts. [3] It has won several awards, including "(Dutch) website of the year" in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [4]

History

The website was founded in 1998 by Femme Taken, a computer enthusiast, under the name World of Tweaking as a student's hobby project to offer a Dutch alternative to hardware review sites such as Tom's Hardware Guide. [5]

As of March 2006, Tweakers was taken over by the Dutch media conglomerate VNU, now known as The Nielsen Company. [6] [7] After The Nielsen Company sold its Business Media division to private equity firm 3i, VNU Media became owner of the Tweakers website . [8]

In October 2012, Tweakers launched a new design, [9] designed by Femme Taken, the founder; the community was critical of this change. [10] A couple of days later, Tweakers launched a new feature that enabled the community to change the appearance of the website. [11]

A number of changes and improvements were made in 2014. The current responsive design was introduced on 6 January that year. [12] The Android and iOS apps were removed from their respective stores on 7 October 2014. [13]

In February 2014 Tweakers significantly improved the price comparison tool for sim only contracts. [14]

In June 2014 Tweakers added prices of Belgian webshops to the Pricewatch, which now shows prices from Dutch and Belgian webshops. [15]

Changes continue. In April 2015 Tweakers launched a completely new logo to be uniformly used throughout the website. [16]

Gathering of Tweakers

An important area of the site is the forum. Tweakers's forum is known as the Gathering of Tweakers (often abbreviated as GoT). The forum is focused mainly on technical subjects and tries to maintain a relatively high standard of posting. It has a fairly strong moderation policy, especially when compared to other online discussion forums. Users of the forum are strongly urged to read the FAQ and to have invested a fair amount of his/her own time into finding an answer, either on GoT using the search tools, or anywhere else on the Internet, before asking a question. [17]

Tweakers Awards

Tweakers Awards (formerly known as "Tweakers Gouden Steeksleutel Awards" 2007 to 2011 [18] ) is a contest in which members can choose the best products from different technology categories.

Tweakers Awards 2022-2023 [19]
CategoryProduct
Best routers Ubiquiti
Best headsets Sony
Best cases Fractal Design
Best case fans Noctua
Best CPU coolersNoctua
Best CPUs AMD
Best electric cars Tesla, Inc.
Best video game Hogwarts Legacy
Best gaming monitors LG
Best gaming headsets Steelseries
Best gaming laptops ASUS ROG
Best memory modules Corsair
Best internet provider BE Telenet
Best internet provider NL KPN
Best laptop processorsAMD
Best laptops Apple Inc.
Best motherboardsASUS ROG
Best monitorsLG
Best computer mouses Logitech
Best smart home devices Philips Hue
Best smartphonesApple Inc.
Best SSDs Samsung
Best tabletsApple Inc.
Best televisionsLG
Best keyboardsLogitech
Best graphics chipsets Nvidia
Best graphics cardsASUS ROG
Best power suppliesCorsair
Best wearablesApple Inc.
Best web shopMegekko

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References

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  2. "Reviews met tag English". Tweakers.net. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. "Tweakers passeert mijlpaal van 500.000 geregistreerde gebruikers" (in Dutch). tweakers.net. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. "Website van het Jaar winnaars!" (in Dutch). Websitevanhetjaar.nl. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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  11. "7: de puntjes op de i - IT Pro - .Plans". Tweakers. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. "introduceert responsive design - IT Pro - .Plans". Tweakers. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  13. "Development-round-up - Iteratie #58 - IT Pro - .Plans". Tweakers. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  14. "vernieuwt sim-only-prijsvergelijker - Tablets en telefoons - .Plans". Tweakers. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  15. "breidt Pricewatch uit - Ook in België willen we de beste zijn - IT Pro - .Plans". Tweakers. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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  18. "Gathering of Tweakers FAQ". Gathering.tweakers.net. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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