The big problem with that is that it's very easy (and common) for people to just post a discussion about whatever they want

The big problem with that is that it's very easy (and common) for people to just post a discussion about whatever they want

The posts themselves aren't structured, but the threads are. I just can't imagine having to post a thread at 10 pm Wednesday every week or whenever the schedule is. Granted, I guess not everyone takes part in posting the threads, but it just seems so silly to me.

The posts themselves aren't structured, but the threads are. I just can't imagine having to post a thread at 10 pm Wednesday every week or whenever the schedule is. Granted, I guess not everyone takes part in posting the threads, but it just seems so silly to me.

They've been a part of gawker media / gizmodo for a while now and switching to kinja allows them to streamline their advertising or something.

They've been a part of gawker media / gizmodo for a while now and switching to kinja allows them to streamline their advertising or something.

Hey thanks!

Hey thanks!

I don't really know the story. He apparently stalked a lot of people in a real way (I tend to downplay the term "stalked" when people use it online since some people use it to mean "He looked at my public instagram" or "He's replied to me TWICE") and the police and / or the FBI had to get involved? Or something?

Even beyond the shit people that I like to rail on (in actuality, I probably like 50%…well maybe 35%…well definitely 10% of the posters there), I highly dislike their structured approach to posts.

Even beyond the shit people that I like to rail on (in actuality, I probably like 50%…well maybe 35%…well definitely 10% of the posters there), I highly dislike their structured approach to posts.

They accused me of being that guy whose name rhymes with batman*, who I had never heard of before, and went through my entire post history as a group looking for proof.

They accused me of being that guy whose name rhymes with batman*, who I had never heard of before, and went through my entire post history as a group looking for proof.

"Grey" is soft and gentle and genuinely cares about you.

I got banned there because I disagreed with a rule MLA set forth - not a rule that I broke, just a rule that I disagreed with. She then made a lot of false accusations and got me banned from the AVClub as well.

I got banned there because I disagreed with a rule MLA set forth - not a rule that I broke, just a rule that I disagreed with. She then made a lot of false accusations and got me banned from the AVClub as well.

If I knew how to do program a bot to make one of those "reposted" gimmick accounts, I could make the shittiest, most boring poster ever by mining for shitposts on the avocado.

If I knew how to do program a bot to make one of those "reposted" gimmick accounts, I could make the shittiest, most boring poster ever by mining for shitposts on the avocado.

If I knew how to do program a bot to make one of those "reposted" gimmick accounts, I could make the shittiest, most boring poster ever by mining for shitposts on the avocado.

In some ways, I think Sean O'Neal was the death of the site. When he started writing newswires people went apeshit, and then every hack writer they hired afterwards tried to ape his style and failed. I remember them even saying in the hiring notices to not try to copy someone else's style, and then they just hired a…