I almost forgot there exists a worse commenting system than NuDisqus… but damn, yeah, their system is THE WORST. I mean, what is the logic behind it? It looks terrible, is hard to navigate…

A.V. Club: Now using the same white-space-loving/giant photo design concept AND getting stories from Jezebel.

No, they really like NuDisqus.

I realized the other day that I started reading Pitchfork again — it's been years since I checked the ole P4K, but A.V. Club's music reviews have become rather dismal. (And this redesign has me thinking I might have to stay away for good.)

And the fetus (this wonky, deformed revamp) wouldn't die! So here it is!

(And everyone knows TV Club is basically what's holding this site together, at this point. They better fix it, and fix it soon.)

THIS IS WORSE THAN THAT DEXTER FINALE.

I don't have a tablet. I won't buy a Kindle. I do own a smartphone, and I am perfectly OK with websites not looking as great when I navigate them that way… Am I doomed?

It seems that the decline of print — and print advertising — has turned the Internet into, well… THIS. Where advertisers, desperate to advertise and continue influencing consumers, increasingly invade and dictate the shape/form/content of what formerly seemed to be cultural criticism. (That's probably always been true…

Not just bad (though it is that too)… aggressively generic.

I dunno, there are a couple of writers around I still like, but most of the best staffers headed for the hills awhile ago. (Also, fun features are largely missing.)

(That's because it's now ALL about the advertiser.)

You're right.

*Tablet wallpaper.

Next redesign will just make the pictures so large, they become your desktop wallpaper.

"Shit recognize shit."

Just giving it the amount of respect it's giving the reader, assuming that the reader has no attention span and prefers images over content.

Yeah, and you knew you were visiting the A.V. Club. This redesign completely loses any sort of brand differentiation.

Dead on.

Also, make sure your website looks EXACTLY LIKE EVERY OTHER WEBSITE. That ought to distract people who miss the old staff!