tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post2811989891042312106..comments2024-02-10T05:10:34.854-05:00Comments on The Balog: MKMOT (July 31, 2012)IMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01896814779096110550noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-23443011448384154682012-08-01T09:43:34.640-04:002012-08-01T09:43:34.640-04:00So I should stop cashing these random checks from ...So I should stop cashing these random checks from Kansas City? Damn.WhynotstartYunieverydaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-81795695647278266642012-07-31T23:49:38.732-04:002012-07-31T23:49:38.732-04:00There is hope in Western New York these days....There is hope in Western New York these days....Freeman McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744099746151057381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-86205208506097528572012-07-31T22:22:34.128-04:002012-07-31T22:22:34.128-04:00There's a little bit of the life-getting-in-th...There's a little bit of the life-getting-in-the-way-thing (child care issues, mostly), but, yeah... I have to admit that Kinja's made things a good deal less fun. (That's the polite way to put it-- I'm very much in Ray's camp on the ill fit between Kinja's desired effect and the overwhelming majority of this blog's readership.)<br /><br />Honestly, I'm not sure whether this is a temporary ebb for me, or the start of something lengthier.StFhttp://espn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-64057943654931231132012-07-31T21:48:11.946-04:002012-07-31T21:48:11.946-04:00PARS, I may not have said it, but I was definitely...PARS, I may not have said it, but I was definitely thinking "etc."BronzeHammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908490737750052622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-71366713252555723292012-07-31T21:42:59.249-04:002012-07-31T21:42:59.249-04:00I've just been really busy with work. Don'...I've just been really busy with work. Don't worry though, I'll be back in a few months. Thanks for the mention!Rec Specsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-22140000985201772492012-07-31T20:01:53.307-04:002012-07-31T20:01:53.307-04:00none of the money appears to have been used to pay...<a href="http://deadspin.com/5930676/report-the-kansas-city-royals-are-using-taxpayer-money-meant-for-stadium-repairs-to-pay-for-other-stuff" rel="nofollow"><i>none of the money appears to have been used to pay Yuniesky Betancourt.</i></a><br /><br />This has to be an insider joke, right? If so, well done Dom.DubaiAtNightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-43181412094644966112012-07-31T19:17:15.077-04:002012-07-31T19:17:15.077-04:00Seeing my name between Lionel Osbourne and Mantis ...Seeing my name between Lionel Osbourne and Mantis Toboggan might be the best thing that's ever happened to me. I'm putting that on my resume.<br /><br />Frankly, I'm a <i>lot</i> slower than the best commenters, and I need to be laughing and enjoying myself in order to be funny at all. When Deadspin's activity is low, as it usually is during the summer, I usually just can't muster up the jokes. I'm low volume during the best of times. I'm slow on the uptake, I really am. <br /><br />So, BronzeHammer, to your question, I haven't gone anywhere, I'm just not sharp enough to comment very often. Especially when I can't breathe in the fumes off the big-guns. <br /><br />I do think it's important to remember that there are two things happening right now that would seem to influence a drop of one kind or another in Deadspin joke-making, and neither of them is Kinja: first, the summer is always, always slow. Second, the Olympics bring the kind of rapid updates that discourage great commenting, and they also lack the kinds of storylines that typically do well. Horses and figurines and such. <br /><br />Well, the Olympics do have horses, I guess. But they're not dying fast enough to be funny.Vuvshttp://deadspin.com/people/rareendangeredvuvuzelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-15203481563667355432012-07-31T19:00:45.338-04:002012-07-31T19:00:45.338-04:00After being on vacation and away from the computer...After being on vacation and away from the computer for a while, I tried to sift through some shit today. I think Bronze Hammer et al are right. I wasn't drop-dead funny, but I was starred and I respected what that meant. It's why I never felt right promoting a pink comment, and never did. It was a huge responsibility in my mind. <br />I tried to explain the old commenting system to my father-in-law (didn't work), and it hit me that it was the perfect way to self-moderate. Why on earth Denton thought this would promote even more insightful, witty, clever, and smart comments is beyond me. Raysism was right, it's exactly like local sports-talk radio programs. It's entertainment which gives every mouthbreather the opportunity to chime in with no thought of crafting what's there. <br />Again, I wasn't any great shakes, but I took great pride when I came up with something clever and/or witty and got a few +1s thrown my way. I felt proud. It's a shame that feeling is fading away now.Freeman McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16744099746151057381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-58812923581936155282012-07-31T18:42:09.114-04:002012-07-31T18:42:09.114-04:00And Ensure insured I would get my vital nutrients ...And Ensure insured I would get my vital nutrients while restricted to a liquid diet!Guy Who Once Had a Broken Jawhttp://jawswiredshut.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-45445982540150195792012-07-31T18:39:12.569-04:002012-07-31T18:39:12.569-04:00Sand Pebbles Candice Bergen or Boston Legal Candic...Sand Pebbles Candice Bergen or Boston Legal Candice Bergen?Even Judi Dench Was Cute Oncehttp://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01786/1957-hamlet_1786768i.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-36819932524525864892012-07-31T18:36:28.772-04:002012-07-31T18:36:28.772-04:00Can I get a vote for Polish Fanta? It's far su...Can I get a vote for Polish Fanta? It's far superior to its Americanized cousin? Any flavor will do.Guy Who Masturbates To Photos Of Candice Bergennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-31430580565707523062012-07-31T18:33:19.732-04:002012-07-31T18:33:19.732-04:00Thar's gold in them thar comments! Hee hee! He...Thar's gold in them thar comments! Hee hee! Hee hee! (does insane jig)Nick "Grizzled Prospector" Dentonhttp://www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/pictures/onetimers/GummyJoe.gifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-62758509337630338752012-07-31T16:46:38.571-04:002012-07-31T16:46:38.571-04:00The most interesting discussion in recent days has...<i>The most interesting discussion in recent days has been about cola.</i><br /><br />I'm calling shenanigans on this Marv. Shit didn't get interesting in that post until Vuvs posted his Moxie story, which still makes me shiver.I Like Cheap Beerhttp://deadspin.com/people/gennycreamalenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-80145136175687912152012-07-31T16:30:54.319-04:002012-07-31T16:30:54.319-04:00No, he's right. Deadspin insured me when I bec...No, he's right. Deadspin insured me when I became a starred commenter. If I died, they got around $250,000. And for some reason this short, rat looking Italian guy kept following me around. I also noticed this guy with a weird sun tattoo just below his neck seemed to be with him a lot. But then they stopped coming around once I got shot.<br /><br />But i'm all good now.Guy Who Thought Someone Tried to Kill Him, But Now Thinks It Was Just a Stray Bullethttp://moneycentral.msn.com/content/data/images-v2/164/Paranoid_Man_164_00231E0F.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-57903076695982428202012-07-31T15:56:56.829-04:002012-07-31T15:56:56.829-04:00I never understood the point of wanting an elevate...I never understood the point of wanting an elevated discourse. What are the only places that have that, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal? Are elevated discourses are going to drive opinion leaders to Deadspin? It's a sports site, FFS.Fat-Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-22385097721589915452012-07-31T15:45:57.666-04:002012-07-31T15:45:57.666-04:00Man, if I wanted to share sensitive, breaking news...Man, if I wanted to share sensitive, breaking news, I know exactly what I would do. No way in hell would I try to contact an actual journalist or reporter or even a blogger to discuss the information with! Nope. I would leave an anonymous message on a popular blog website where the information would be swallowed up by 10 other comments comparing dick sizes or making witty jokes about the article above. That's how I'd do it, and I bet you'd do it the same way too. <br /><br />Unbefuckinglievable.The Amazing Sneijdermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-58884739375352409552012-07-31T15:32:30.904-04:002012-07-31T15:32:30.904-04:00Yikes.
Anybody got a count on the number of &quo...Yikes. <br /><br />Anybody got a count on the number of "leaks" Kinja has turned up? I'm thinking somewhere between zero and absolute zero.BronzeHammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908490737750052622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-53281308156848716532012-07-31T15:24:40.805-04:002012-07-31T15:24:40.805-04:00Thanks for the mention! I definitely haven't q...Thanks for the mention! I definitely haven't quit, but like Dubai I've been fairly busy at work for about six weeks or so. I've certainly had some free time--time I would have used to comment under the old system--but I haven't entirely adjusted to Kinja yet. I admit this is mostly owing to apathy. There are far more terrible comments, and it still seems it's largely up to me to separate the good from the bad. That amount of extra work combined with some truly terrible comments is just enough to dissuade me from throwing myself back into it...at least for now. At least with respect to the navigation and general "newness" factor, I'm definitely more comfortable with it than I was at the very beginning. <br /><br />I agree the topics of late definitely make it more difficult to make jokes, along with the general summer malaise. I'm also fully in agreement with you on the pacing issue. <br /><br />Finally, I'm a diehard Pirates fan and I've shifted a lot of my free time to commenting/reading on BucsDugout and talking Pirates baseball with fellow fans at work. Since I always talked about them even when no one cared, it's nice to be seen as the authority on a topic beyond how to expunge stalking allegations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186796639298962817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-84912485962851937562012-07-31T15:18:16.650-04:002012-07-31T15:18:16.650-04:00Jesus, that's depressing.Jesus, that's depressing.RMJ=Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-28254185448594146672012-07-31T15:12:03.681-04:002012-07-31T15:12:03.681-04:00Here's the money quote from that article:
Ins...Here's the money quote from that article:<br /><br /><i>Instead, Kinja is built for even more exceptional people: sources, subjects and experts who, Mr. Denton expects, will elevate the discourse and create conversations around each post that are every bit as engaging as the items themselves.</i><br /><br />As long as Denton believes this fantasy could ever happen, the system will completely suck.Echohttp://deadspin.com/people/SameSadEchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-6814957806117837332012-07-31T14:57:49.847-04:002012-07-31T14:57:49.847-04:00Unfortunately, I tend to agree with just about eve...Unfortunately, I tend to agree with just about everything you said here. Deadspin used to mock the notion of sports-talk radio in the comments section, but right now Kinja seems to be steering the nature of commenting directly toward that. I don't listen to local sports-talk radio for the exact reasons you applied to your co-workers above, and it sucks that Denton is trying to reign in those very people.<br /><br />The ability to moderate our own discussions through dismissals was supposed to be our equalizer, but to be honest, if 2 out of every 3 replies I get is going to be somebody criticizing a joke I made or calling me an idiot, continuously dismissing them is going to get old rather quickly. I used to enjoy seeing a reply notification on Deadspin, but the only reaction I have now is relief when I see that the reply is from a handle that I'm actually familiar with. The approval process used to be the ultimate form of moderation, and as long as an open-door commenting policy remains in place, it's tough to envision a scenario in which things are going to get any better.Sgt. Hammerclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-21032253932917386012012-07-31T14:40:32.634-04:002012-07-31T14:40:32.634-04:00And, no Deadspin commenter would ever point out th...And, no Deadspin commenter would ever point out that "insured" should have been "ensured." That would be a very Gawker move.Guy Who wandered over from Gawkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-31316965255398713602012-07-31T14:34:49.022-04:002012-07-31T14:34:49.022-04:00I stumbled upon an article where he certainly make...I stumbled upon <a href="http://observer.com/2012/06/deadliest-klatsch-nick-denton-gives-gawkers-drive-by-peanut-gallery-a-promotion/4/" rel="nofollow">an article</a> where he certainly makes it sound like he is happy with the direction that commenting is headed under Kinja.<br /><br />If you read the entire article, it becomes substantially easier to sympathize with the editors right now. It seems as if the policy regarding Kinja is "Get on board, or get out."Sgt. Hammerclawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-90093612159609621012012-07-31T14:34:42.638-04:002012-07-31T14:34:42.638-04:00Deadspin's commenters have always been smart a...Deadspin's commenters have always been smart and funny. Most people aren't smart. More people aren't funny. Very few people are smart and funny. Deadspin used to have an approval mechanism which insured its commenters would be smart and funny. It doesn't anymore, and because of this the comments will continue to drift towards the vast, vapid mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755499102053199917.post-87511029790971839442012-07-31T14:16:30.299-04:002012-07-31T14:16:30.299-04:00Question: Do you think that Nick Denton thinks Kin...Question: Do you think that Nick Denton thinks Kinja is a success? I'd be curious to know his actual thoughts.RMJ=Hnoreply@blogger.com