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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    07/22/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    I am furious at the editors for stripping me of my star. I thought I had earned it, over a year of faithful (and often funny) commenting. If the star is not returned, I'm gone. You may want that, anyway. If so, Good luck.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    07/14/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    Would one of the editors care to point out why I lost my star? Or re-lost my star, as the case has it? This is fucking insulting. If you're going to change someone's status unilaterally, have the fucking balls to tell them.



    Unless, that is, you just really get off on making anonymous decisions with no transparency.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    07/14/09

    @Mediahohoho: This is confusing. And reminds me of the only Clash song my bluegrass band will ever cover: Should I Stay or Should I Go?



    Anyway, thank you, whoever starred me.
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    Mediahohoho was starred Mediahohoho was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/10/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    power to the people right on. makes sense. one question re feeding the trolls: there is something righteous and educational and fun about taking down trollery, and it has led to some of the most interesting threads ...

    also, this does seem to be the end of the fnff ... alas
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of haikumaster haikumaster
    07/10/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    New comment system / does not allow for line breaks / It's bad for haiku
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    Image of ZacharyNekrologist ZacharyNekrologist
    07/10/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    The reverse chronological seems nice, but as the post wears on, you'll find the posts are less interesting and insightful, and frequently double posts of something said earlier.

    See: This post.
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    Are you suggesting that the blogosphere become a meritocracy? Next thing you know you'll be advocating something really outrageous like substantive health care reform or corporate accountability...

    You kids, you!
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    TheSometimesWhy was starred TheSometimesWhy was unstarred
    Image of kookla kookla
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    Word to the wise. READ THE RULES!!!

    Use your stars for good and not evil! I made a harmless response to a troll and didn't realize I was promoting them!
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    Image of 1.1.1. 1.1.1.
    07/10/09

    @kookla:

    What a clever way to encourage people to ignore idiots.
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    Image of Charolastra Charolastra
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    Thank you for reducing the majority of commentators to the equivalent of sewer mutants. Also, placing the expand thread button at the very bottom of the page guarantees that very few people will ever bother to use it. Real classy Denton. Judging from your memo though, I highly doubt you care. You seem to have as much consideration for your readers as you do for your writers.
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    Edited by Charolastra at 07/09/09 9:45 PM Charolastra was starred Charolastra was unstarred
    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    07/10/09

    @Charolastra: We're going to make the expanded view a default for people who hang out in the comments. And it's pretty easy to expose a comment: for instance, my reply now will push yours to the top.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    07/10/09

    @Charolastra: The majority of commenters are sewer mutants. Check out the internet sometime. Now that we (writers) have an infrastructure based around good information literally rising to the top, comments here will be less of a peanut gallery and more of an appendix to our work. But more important: we're cutting out the assholes and making this a better place to be.
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    Edited by Foster Kamer at 07/10/09 2:51 PM Foster Kamer was starred Foster Kamer was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/10/09

    @Charolastra: "Nick Denton promoted this comment"

    that is awesome
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    How many stars do you have to have to get paragraph breaks?
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    07/10/09

    @raincoaster: Paragraph breaks will return -- for everybody! No idea what we broke there.
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    Nick Denton was starred Nick Denton was unstarred
    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/10/09

    @raincoaster: everyone but you has them

    just kidding

    xxoo
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    I'm really liking this tiered system, especially if it means I don't have to wade through all the comments.

    An edit button too? Wonderful.
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    Edited by VoxPopuli at 07/09/09 9:25 PM VoxPopuli was starred VoxPopuli was unstarred
    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    Wow. Color me chastised.
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    Mediahohoho was starred Mediahohoho was unstarred
    Image of JPMarat JPMarat
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    I like the redesign, but I wish that the middle column was able to stretch back out to normal size once it got past the new sidebar. Probs not happening huh?
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    07/10/09

    @JPMarat: No, sorry. Maybe an ad down under the related stories to compensate for the removal of the "interruptor" between the post and the comments.
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    Image of Nice Beaver Nice Beaver
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    I love the VIP room analogy. The idea of a starred commenter delivering a smirking "Sorry, Bro. Can't help ya" warms me.
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    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    HELP! Is it still possible to find a comments permalink? Dozens of Tumblr posts and snide emails ride on this answer!
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    07/09/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: I think Nick said they were working on that. Apparently something got lost in the conversion.
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    BxgrlJeri was starred BxgrlJeri was unstarred
    Image of momo momo
    07/09/09

    In reply to Gawker Comments Are Made of Stars
    This significantly ups the discourse and decreases the noise (which had frankly driven me from even looking at the comments).

    If there were a way to bring back weekly contributors, that would be lube on the condom.
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    Edited by momo at 07/09/09 7:13 PM momo was starred momo was unstarred
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