Yeah, I guess really the fact is that if you don't have a vested interest in Jezebel, it doesn't have a vested interest in you. The whole point of the non-visible pending section (unless you click a button) is to (essentially) hide commenters who are not verified members of the community, ensuring the discussions are…

I think it's here to stay, for better or worse. Gawker and the like are cultivating a specific commenting community that fits within the respective voice and ideologies of each blog, for the purpose of generating more customized content (like reposting personal user blog entries or groupthink posts). The outward idea…

Ah, that is even more painful.

I don't think it's a stretch of opinion at all; that's exactly how I see it. The commenting system is a hilariously ironic misunderstanding of feminist values.

Before I made the original comment I searched around for the kinja rules to see if my comments weren't approved just because I wore sweatpants all week, and found the article they sent out when it changed last year from the stars. It was all "no more stars, no more hierarchy!" And I agree with you, I don't think it's…

Yeah, I think we've thoroughly demonstrated that Kinja is awful at complex discussions. So, okay. It's not even good at its job, and we all feel excluded.

Oh I HATE that movie, although I've never seen it. I just can't believe that premise was ever allowed to fly. Cool, animal abuse is totally justified because wolves.

Listen, the trolls, I get it. I was there, too, I saw them. But, like, it's the internet. If you aren't considering therapy for that one time you decided to read a yahoo comments thread then you should probably cancel the dial-up and bring the bingo to your bunker. But we can't just Homeland Security a part of the…

Haha I just get overexcited! Understanding the gendering of the prison as hypermasculine, and the expectations of sexuality of males and females is really important to understanding the situation here. Like most things, it can all be reduced to our gendered expectations and the socialization that results and…

I didn't even get notified of your comment... I agree, I work hard enough in the real world to overcome clique bullshit, I am not doing it on some website that I read for the laughs. I enjoy reading everyone's comments, not just the handful of preferred readers who leave similar comments (I mean, I have no doubt that…

Hahaha okay, let's talk about that for a minute. Within an article there exists a group of commenters, let's call them a "community." That community is stratified by preferred commenters, regular readers, and trolls. The preferred can identify exceptional regular reader comments, bringing them to the normal commenting…

I have been around though. I remember the old commenting system. My posts do get recommended. I honestly just don't understand how the system works I guess. I don't mind that I get put in pending initially, I just never get out of there even after my comments are recommended. I assume then they are not pushed up for…

Alright Jezebel, since this post is a lighthearted video about puppies I feel I can comment a grievance here. I don't actually know where else to comment, a lot of the new features aren't obvious to me yet. So, exactly all of the comments I have made have never come out of pending. I'm not really sure why. I am not…

I'm so excited, we get to talk about what I spend all freaking day doing! (Being a feminist in the criminal justice system) Have fun with this essay I just wrote you:

I love love love marie antoinette! I know a lot of people found it boring or whatever but I thought it was genius! Sofia captured what it was like to be a teenage queen perfectly.

I was going to leave my own excited comment, but since the majority of comments sit in this shitty grey limbo forever, I am just going to say to you:

There's a whole world of beautiful couture caftans and abayas just waiting for you if the shape of the dress is what you like most :)

Haha, yeah I figured it would get lost, but at least it was answered! The comment says she posted it somewhere else, too.

Yep, I had to go find it because I thought I was Professor Trelawney for minute.

Thank you for this laugh!!