At pretty much every blogging job I've ever had, I've been told (by male managers) that it'd be a death sentence to moderate comments and block IP addresses, because it "shuts down discourse" and guts traffic. But no one's ever shown me any actual numbers that support that claim. Does anyone have any? Not that I think…
LouisaEx
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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…
It honestly breaks my heart a little bit that this post even needs to exist — but the manner in which this has been handled (or not handled, really) by HQ is pathetic. Not reporting on it feels hypocritical, so here we are.
The last thing I want to do is give this giant and troubling waste of our goddamn time the acknowledgment that is clearly so desperately craved. But the fact that I must suppress my pride and bring attention to this in a plea for support from my own employer makes it all the more ridiculous.
I'm a lawyer, and I have to say he gets a lot of respect from me for doing this. As awful as what she did was, the fact is she probably has little or no money, and a judgment would not have accomplished much more than what he got from her confession. So instead of clogging up the legal system, he VERY graciously…
This is awesome, I'm going to apply to work at Starbuck's and then tell them my religion forbids me from serving people caffeinated products. And then I'm going to apply at McDonald's and tell them that I will not be serving anyone any beef products because I'm a Hindu and see how far that goes. And then I'm going…
If this lackluster Excelmanship is any indication, this is a man who lacks passion.
I understand where you're going with that. But I'm not going to paint myself as a bad citizen who "gives away everyone's rights" because I always comply entirely and immediately with authority figures. I'm going to cooperate politely with the police because it is to my benefit, is my natural inclination, is what I…
Chris O'Dowd should not have a Franco-inspired inferiority complex. Given my druthers, I'd take that strapping Irish gentleman any day over borderline creepy James Franco. I mean c'mon, look at him. The beard, the eyes, the curly hair I just want to run my fingers through, it all works.
It was late Monday night and, knowing full-well that I had to wake up early for work the next day, I was buried deep…
GREAT question. Always and forever this one.
