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Gawker/Kinja - and specifically Jalopnik.com - seemed to have figured out how to build community in the comments. They simply have the author review them in bat
by mlacks 6y ago
Gawker/Kinja - and specifically Jalopnik.com - seemed to have figured out how to build community in the comments. They simply have the author review them in batch form before they make it to the public.
- datavirtue 6y agoSlashdot. 1997. Nearly perfect user moderation.
- jtvjan 6y agoIf the system was really perfect, they wouldn't have had to start requiring a login to post as AC.
- datavirtue 6y agoNearly. Not "really." The tragedy of the commons is not solvable. I accept that, and slashdot made it trivial to read without seeing those shit posts. It was probably just filling up their database with racist and faciast novels.
- tsomctl 6y agoJalopnik has it's fair share of memes and repetitive in-jokes (BMW blinkers, Mustangs hopping curbs). But there are are also some pretty insightful and knowledgeable threads. I've seen a couple of technical comments on certain vehicles that I'm absolutely convinced were written by an engineer that designed that vehicle.