“Definitely requires a degree of trust. I don’t think we can find anything that would be perfect, flawless. Thing is, people on this very site get “soft banned” by getting banished to the greys all the time. So what’s the difference?”

My problem with discord is that it still enables an admin to wield total power - if they don't like what you say, then you can be blocked. And I don't mean, like people offensive or something, but just not agreeing on a topic, it's hard to have any debate or 'agree to disagree' if the person telling you to change your…

I feel and act pretty much exactly the same way. Thanks for putting it into words.

I think it was the rape porn gifs.

I think the Kinja Verse just needs more mods and maybe get rid of the greys for good. 

Feel your pain, my comments have even been featured in Pissing Contest and I am still #ForeverGrey. Definitely feel the same how sometimes I type out a post and then think "what's the point" and delete before posting.

It was a “kinja glitch” and not a “ban.” I was in an actual swirling void, invisible comments in the thread, appearing grey in my “discussions” in my profile. Julianne, Stassa and Clover were responsive to emails. I emailed everyone with a post one day and got zero responses, tried again a couple weeks later & received…

I had another account with a username I really liked that was approved on io9, splinter, gizmodo and lifehacker. But not on jezebel. Then I was banned on jezebel because I compared a famous person’s haircut with a popular doll from the 80s. So I was a little mean, but seriously. So I can either switch accounts all the…

Write to Julianne, Stassa or Clover and ask to be released. Each of those responded to me when I got kinja fucked last month (I wasn’t just grey, I was invisible!) It took a few tries but they finally responded all on the same day. Good luck.

I got banned out of nowhere a couple months ago: jinni helped me set up this burner and at least people can see my posts now. ScowlyBrow and TampaBaba both got reinstated (Scowly said she asked some writers to follow her and that did it so I’m going to try that.)

I feel you, sis. I think the greys now outweigh the active approved posters here. As soon as someone who is approved stars one of my comments I approve all the replies I get, even if they disagree with me, because I’m here to have a discussion, not yell into an echo chamber. I’ve given up on ever becoming approved but…

I feel your pain exactly. This is a ridiculous system that I don’t see anywhere else, where I’m a well-informed, helpful, clever commenter—The Guardian, the WaPo, Corporette—you name it.  

Kinja!

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Giz sites would set up a comment system that DISCOURAGES participation. It seems the natural progression for people to migrate to a system that actually works.

Have you told him about how you feel when he asks you to talk more? It sounds like y’all need to sit down and have a serious conversation about what you’re each looking for and where things aren’t working for both of you.

This used to happen to me. Eventually, during a colonoscopy that was the end result of two years of feeling this way, it was discovered that I had a tortuous sigmoid colon. The sigmoid colon is the part of the colon that points downward on the left side. Tortuous means “twisted.” It was the result of a relatively…

Is anyone here comfortable talking about poop? ‘cuz I’m totally messed up and need help. Lotsa TMI.

Long story short, for the past few weeks IF I go it’s not normal. A lot looser than it should be but not quite the runs. It’s also rare that I have the urge to go - it’s almost like there’s nothing there? And when I…

Politics definitely IS wrestling. 

How many words to you have for Chill?

you slapped that idea in the nuts.