I had a roommate who was so weirdly picky about her dates. She was basically obsessed with 'finding a man', like, 97% of her conversations were about this topic. She hated me, so I was spared these conversations, but I had to constantly overhear her breaking down why each date went SO HORRIBLY AWRY with the other…

Now that the grays are back, I am going to cease the practice. End of an era. :(

No, we have been enemies since the second week I was here when you said Cool Ranch Doritos were gross. You will NEVER have my lunchables. NEVER!!!

Thank you. I...I guess I will come out and be openly gay now. Just like I've been since I was 17. I wouldn't have ever had the courage to do this without you and hope that we can continue to be friends.

I get a copy of the Jezebel book delivered to my house once a month (two my first month as a signing bonus). I resell the book on Amazon and keep the profit. Also, I get one thirty minute chat session with an available full-time staffer once every three months. So far I have spoken to Erin, Callie and Dodai. Next time…

No, dude! I am as straight as they come!

I will probably be too exhausted from all the sex!

Actually, my partner is so pleased with the fact that I am sensitive and secure enough to write for Jezebel on the daily (about only the most important topics and never weird sex trends and puppies) that all we do is have sex and eat lunchables. And then I get paid for this!

My moments of clarity can be pretty good, sometimes. Other times... not very much so in fact.

I was up in the grays alllll the time, "followed" or not and know that most of the long-term "promoted" commenters were too, for exactly those reasons.

Wonderfully summarized, old friend. :)

I'm not going to speak for Jessica, but I think there's a world of difference between SURPRISE! HORRIBLE THING IN YOUR FACE (it's why sub-blog authors are so good about giving Trigger or NSFW Warnings) and going in, prepared.

Moderators aren't usually the authors, and given that they normally expect to see the worst shit, its not nearly as upsetting. I've seen some vile shit as a moderator, but I also expect to.

Yes!

Also if you are an approved commenter, PLEASE be cautious about responding to trolls. The second you pull them up some asshole is going to dominate the main conversation. I know it's fun, but you have the power. Use it for good.

We don't respond to requests on the invitation threads because it can quickly devolve into arguments, but usually if you haven't been added, its because we haven't seen enough activity on GT. We want to invite people who want to be part of the community, not just people who will be a part of it only if they can…

[fart noise]

That's part of the function of the platform. Every blog has an approved poster list, from the mainpage to the subblogs.

I mentioned this somewhere else yesterday, but it should be here, too, even if it's just a technical clarification: most of these trolls weren't using our non-IP-tracked, anonymous "Burner" accounts. They were logging in using throwaway Twitter accounts as verification. So while the overall comment/groupchat system…

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…