Today Gawker did away with the special star-flake system and announced a new automated system that will judge each comment and thread with fancy computer code. Let’s take a look at the rules to determine what they imply and how to game the system. Continue reading
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Like Moses coming down from Mount Sinai, I interrupt your Golden Calf internet orgy to present to you the Ten Commandments of Internet Commenting. I bring them down from an angry internet God who has judged you and found you wanting.
Much like the other God, they are presented without comment or explanation. Because, honestly, they should be self explanatory. But you can spend the next 2000-3000 years discussing and misinterpreting and generally believing they don’t apply to you.