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OK, Let's Talk About KinjaConsider this your Kinja open thread. I'll be floating around down there all day, and so will the rest of the staff (and maybe Denton, too, once he's done running over your dog). Questions? Concerns? Thoughts?...

Welcome To The New Commenting SystemEveryone, this is Kinja. Kinja, everyone. A few things you should know....

Comments Won't Look The Same On Monday, But You'll Manage Just FineWe're flipping over to our new commenting/discussion regime on Monday. It's called Kinja, and having dicked around with it a little, I can report that it is not at all like playing underwater blindfold three-dimensional chess. On an architectural level, it's just the current Deadspin system, only no...

Comments Of The Fortnight-Ish: No One Cares What You Would Or Would Not Do To The Person With Boobs In That Picture You Saw

Let's talk meat....

Gawker's New Commenting System Is Up And Running

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 doing this, you should read the Nieman Journalism Lab's interview with Nick Denton and A.J. Daulerio. (You cats 'n' kittens get a shout-out, by the way.) If you have any questions or...

Commenting Changes Are Coming Soon; Don't Be As Petulant As These Gawker Commenters, OK?

If you want to read the basic outline of the changes—coming to Deadspin in a matter of weeks—float on over to Gawker. The new commenting regime won't be nearly as scary and complicated as it sounds. The basic conceit remains: Smart and insightful are given primacy over dumb and boorish. Actual discu...

Comments Of The Fortnight-Ish: Srsly?

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

Comments Of The Fortnight-Ish: Your Racist Jokes Are The Pee-Pee In Our Coke

In recent articles on commenting we've discussed freshness and originality, and now, having tackled those, we're prepared to move on to the slightly weightier topic of race relations in Western culture. Well, not quite. But we are going to talk about racist jokes....