That was the genesis of the grays for Kinja, that it kept shitposters from having full access to the commenting platform, but it wasn’t long before the people who were supposed to be approving upgrades to normal poster status fell asleep at the switch (or, more likely, were laid off).

Is that the one they tested and everyone went apeshit?

The Supreme Court didn’t strike down abortion rights, it said they were not written into the Constitution as a privacy matter and were to be legislated by the states. Legal scholars agree that Roe was on shaky legal ground from the beginning, and if abortion had been addressed state to state via legislation 50 years…

Hey Josh, this simple notification is closing in on 400 comments. Tell your folks that if they build it, they will come.

hahaha fuck you but yeah that would be fun.

Yeah, PP or World Leader Pretend would be fantastic

I think that time would be tough for most bands to nail down in a few days.

A national treasure.

If you’re going with Priest, I think there are a few that would make for better jams in this format.

ooh, good one.  Ship of Fools as backup suggestion.

Run Runaway - Slade

You mean the one they released five years before winning the “Best New Artist” Grammy?

Always happy to see a Ned’s call-out. Not Sleeping Around is my go-to.

Seriously, I am irrationally psyched about all of this. I’ve been operating under the assumption that AVC would gradually circle the comment-less drain and eventually fold, while hanging around with a few other die-hards until the sad day.

or Constructive Summer

For Prince it would be fun to see Baby I’m a Star  

Whoever it was who did The Killing Moon reminded me what a great song that is, and put it back in my regular rotation. And the face-to-face Stop Dragging My Heart Around with Sharon van Etten is an all-timer.

This makes me so happy

who?

Good to hear.  I don’t know if you were on the site a few years back, but the typical article had a hundred-plus comments and many would have 300 or more.  Even if you’re looking at it from a pure digital marketing perspective, that’s a solid metric given how long the typical visitor spends on a given page.