Steve, you've helped me many times, and are a superhero as far as I'm concerned. However, it definitely seems like a "report" or "flag" button next to the star, or something like that, would help a LOT. Right now, it's literally easier to sign up for a new burner than it is to report a troll. Writing an email with…

This is why all gifs should not be banned.

What on earth are you talking about? Offering to help is now a 'white savior complex?'

yes because only white people are activists.

I'd also like to add that burners also create an environment in which many regular commenters/community members are harassed by problem folks. The trolling that happens on the main page also happens on the community sites (groupthink for Jezebel, but I'm sure it happens elsewhere on other kinja blogs) and often takes…

Truth. Just look at all the backlash Jessica Valenti got for asking a very simple, straightforward question about tampons! That was literally a simple request for information and she got so much shit for it.

It seems like there's a simple solution: don't allow html in burner posts. Only text. It seems like this would be super easy.

brought back the greys

There are possible solutions/mitigation methods for this issue - putting a waiting period on created burner accounts before they can post images, limiting the number of images that can be posted on a burner account within a certain period of their creation, etc. - but I doubt Denton is willing to do anything that…

Prior to Kinja, I headed the trollpatrol team for Jezebel, as many people here know. We dealt with rape gifs, violent pornography, racism, and harassment regularly, but there was a system in place with which to have it reported and dealt with. Banning didn't usually result in the same person immediately making a new…

In some states and rural areas, religious-based adoption & foster organizations are the only options available. So, while you may be able to go to an agency that shares your values, others cannot.

Right. You can avoid these organizations. However, the problem is they are still receiving our tax dollars to discriminate.

I was adopted after being in foster care through an adoption agency with religious ties that doesn't permit gay couples to adopt through them. I found that out at a fundraising gala and I'm pretty sure they regret sitting me next to their programming director since she got an EARFUL from me. They'll never get a dime…

Some adoption agencies will accept all birth mothers but only certain adoptive parents, so the religious requirement is only on that side. Some adoption agencies are (or were founded to be) faith-based, but don't require a statement of faith from prospective adoptive parents, because they view finding families for…

That is how it works for a privately funded religious adoption agency. These agencies were relying on state and federal money to provide a secular service. That money carries with it the anti-discrimination and equal protection responsibilities that a state-run adoption service would have.

Men have no idea what tampons and pads cost and how deeply essential they are. There's a huge stigma about menstruation that makes a dude buying tampons for his usually overly emotional girlfriend into a tired TV comedy show trope. Women in poor countries either have nothing to bleed into it (and lose jobs and school…

You'd think some of the money they save short changing women on salaries could go to free tampons for all.

I watched this shitstorm on Twitter. (She's fearless when confronted with shit like this, btw.) Guys. SHE NEVER SAID 'I WANT FREE TAMPONS.' She only asked if people knew about any programs in other countries. Just asking that simple question provoked people to call her a cunt. Also, I highly recommend following…

I'm PMSing and I have a menstrual migraine - can I PLEASE punch all of these stupid tweeters in their collective faces? #TamponsShouldBeSubsidized