Consider this your Kinja open thread. I'll be floating around down there all day, and so will the rest of the staff…

Everyone, this is Kinja. Kinja, everyone. A few things you should know.

We're flipping over to our new commenting/discussion regime on Monday. It's called Kinja, and having dicked around with…

Let's talk meat.

It's called Powwow, and it's coming to Deadspin soon. Go ahead and take 'er for a spin. If you want to know why we're…

If you want to read the basic outline of the changes—coming to Deadspin in a matter of weeks—float on over to Gawker.…

To kick off today's discussion, here are two exceptionally great, fairly recent comments for you to examine:

In recent articles on commenting we've discussed freshness and originality, and now, having tackled those, we're…

Let's talk about originality. When a joke makes you laugh, who exactly gets to claim credit for being a funny comedian?

Welcome to the New Year, assorted e-ne'er-do-wells. By now you've likely recovered from the family-filled,…

You can head over to the Deadspin Facebook fan page. Or stay here and type in silence if that's more comfortable. [Deads…