dugfanhttp://dugfan.kinja.comen<![CDATA[You're one of the lucky ones. ]]>http://gizmodo.com/youre-one-of-the-lucky-ones-fios-isnt-available-to-the-473299188You're one of the lucky ones. FiOS isn't available to the vast majority of households.

]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:41:32 GMT473299188<![CDATA[Montops! ]]>http://gawker.com/montops-dont-drink-the-kool-aid-this-is-a-great-piece-478011029Montops! Don't drink the Kool Aid. This is a great piece and you know it.

]]>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 20:09:38 GMT478011029<![CDATA["flat, streamlined and sleek" = no individuality or personality = facism = corporate!]]>http://gizmodo.com/flat-streamlined-and-sleek-no-individuality-or-per-473895857"flat, streamlined and sleek" = no individuality or personality = facism = corporate!

]]>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:47:33 GMT473895857<![CDATA[Who the hell knows the truth here? ]]>http://gawker.com/who-the-hell-knows-the-truth-here-but-to-insist-theres-478204552Who the hell knows the truth here? But to insist there's absolutely no relation between Wikileaks and the rape accusation is to deny the obvious: extraordinarily powerful national and multi-national interests have a stake in defaming Assange and generally distracting him from Wikileaks' mission. This doesn't make him innocent—but it should make us more suspicious of the rape claim than we would otherwise be.

]]>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:30:06 GMT478204552<![CDATA[Actually, I'd prefer you go on and on about Shakespeare's satirical side.]]>http://jezebel.com/actually-id-prefer-you-go-on-and-on-about-shakespeares-460091725Actually, I'd prefer you go on and on about Shakespeare's satirical side.

]]>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 23:16:16 GMT460091725<![CDATA[Touché. ]]>http://jezebel.com/touche-id-want-my-son-to-read-this-as-well-460138772Touché. I'd want my son to read this as well.

]]>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:53:07 GMT460138772<![CDATA[Any honest portrait of rapists—if it's more honest than what's come before—must by definition move u]]>http://jezebel.com/any-honest-portrait-of-rapists-if-its-more-honest-than-460137969Any honest portrait of rapists—if it's more honest than what's come before—must by definition move us toward prevention in some way, even if it's not immediately obvious how. I'm horrified by these accounts, but mostly because they're so... I don't know... human, real. They make rape more frightening because they illustrate the utterly messy nature of perception. We have a startling capacity for cluelessness, delusion and dissociation. Seeing rapists in this way makes them more sympathetic, and that's disturbing, but it also makes them more familiar, and that's cautionary. I think if I had a teenage daughter, I'd want her to read this, to understand something about rape and people in general: average people are capable of extraordinary cruelty, and it doesn't take much to get there.

]]>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:16:15 GMT460137969<![CDATA[In a Gawker post earlier today http://gawker.com/5923046, one of our writers wrote: "The right to pr]]>http://lifehacker.com/in-a-gawker-post-earlier-today-http-gawker-com-592304-465695184In a Gawker post earlier today http://gawker.com/5923046, one of our writers wrote: "The right to privacy, no matter how noble a concept in origin, automatically implies some level of guilt, embarrassment, and shame." What's your counterargument?

]]>Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:03:26 GMT465695184<![CDATA[Hey- can you give me details on environment/browser? ]]>http://io9.com/hey-can-you-give-me-details-on-environment-browser-th-282396989Hey- can you give me details on environment/browser? Thank you! [You can dismiss my comment as well.]

]]>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:20:10 GMT282396989<![CDATA[How the hell are you preparing to steer so delicately under 7 Gs???]]>http://jalopnik.com/how-the-hell-are-you-preparing-to-steer-so-delicately-u-142444903How the hell are you preparing to steer so delicately under 7 Gs???

]]>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:43:17 GMT142444903<![CDATA[You're right. ]]>http://io9.com/youre-right-weve-retained-friends-and-followers-lists-282460612You're right. We've retained friends and followers lists. The first iteration of Kinja doesn't include much functionality on this front, but we're working on this. Ideally, everyone will be able to see their friends' posts more readily.

]]>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:28:37 GMT282460612<![CDATA["Whoever destroys a soul destroys an entire world." ]]>http://io9.com/whoever-destroys-a-soul-destroys-an-entire-world-tha-282394741"Whoever destroys a soul destroys an entire world." That's not exactly egocentric.

]]>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:35:43 GMT282394741<![CDATA[That's a possibility, of course. ]]>http://gizmodo.com/thats-a-possibility-of-course-but-users-will-adapt-to-485208944That's a possibility, of course. But users will adapt to the new system. As Joe wrote today, "Respond to the response, and you start getting the longer threads that are more visually familiar. That make sense?" http://gizmodo.com/5921328/?comment=50398022

]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:07:50 GMT485208944<![CDATA[For the status-obsessed, hierarchy does exist. ]]>http://gizmodo.com/for-the-status-obsessed-hierarchy-does-exist-the-defa-474204254For the status-obsessed, hierarchy does exist. The default discussions, the ones nearest the front, are those we consider best. If anyone's aiming for glory, he should write interesting posts. Great contributions will be featured more prominently.

]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:30:57 GMT474204254<![CDATA[As in real life, a series of jokes is as valid a conversation as any other. ]]>http://deadspin.com/as-in-real-life-a-series-of-jokes-is-as-valid-a-conver-452023854As in real life, a series of jokes is as valid a conversation as any other. We're not trying to encourage overwrought exchanges ("Why yes, REV, I see your point and might I add..."). Just recognize that you guys are chatting with one another, and it should work the way you'd like.

]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:54:59 GMT452023854<![CDATA[That's a fair observation, but we're aiming for more conversation. ]]>http://deadspin.com/thats-a-fair-observation-but-were-aiming-for-more-conv-452023853That's a fair observation, but we're aiming for more conversation. Since the system works in a different way, it'll take some getting used to. You can get what you want out of it. It's possible, on an average post with a few funny if irrelevant follow-ups, to achieve something very similar to the old view. In any case, we're listening. Thanks for the feedback.

]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:41:01 GMT452023853<![CDATA[This is one way we're encouraging conversation as opposed to stand-alone posts. ]]>http://deadspin.com/this-is-one-way-were-encouraging-conversation-as-oppose-452023665This is one way we're encouraging conversation as opposed to stand-alone posts. Quite simply, we'd like people to reply to one another.

]]>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:39:53 GMT452023665<![CDATA[Rooftop Farewell]]>http://tech.kinja.com/rooftop-farewell-5918876Rooftop Farewell

Half of Gawker Tech lives in Budapest. We have various methods of keeping ourselves close, but nothing beats hanging out face to face. Here's our farewell dinner for six of our guys from Budapest on the Gawker roof deck last night. We were joined by, among others, our new Hungarian teacher, Edina. See you at the portal, guys!

]]>farewellbudapestFri, 15 Jun 2012 22:08:00 GMT5918876<![CDATA[It's worth noting this super-secure browser from the Tor Project. https://www.torproject.org/]]>http://gawker.com/its-worth-noting-this-super-secure-browser-from-the-tor-478598301It's worth noting this super-secure browser from the Tor Project. https://www.torproject.org/

More info from a Tor volunteer here: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/23/more_secrets_on_growing_state_surveillance

]]>Tue, 8 May 2012 16:46:12 GMT478598301<![CDATA[Mobile Monday]]>http://tech.kinja.com/mobile-monday-5906446Our mobile audience* as a percentage of total audience, for the week of April 23rd:

27% Deadspin
23% Jezebel
21% Gizmodo
21% Gawker
17% Jalopnik
17% Kotaku
16% Lifehacker
1% io9

19% Gawker Media Group

Exactly 1,650 mobile visits to i09 kept that site from an effective score of 0%. Plausible theories welcome in our new commenting system!

*iPads excluded / Source: Google Analytics

]]>mobiletrafficstatsMon, 30 Apr 2012 21:23:00 GMT5906446<![CDATA[Mobile Monday]]>http://tech.kinja.com/mobile-monday-5902486Our mobile audience as a percentage of total audience, for the week of April 9th:

27% Deadspin
23% Jezebel
21% Gizmodo
20% Gawker
17% Jalopnik
17% Kotaku
16% Lifehacker
1% io9

19% Gawker Media Group

Notably, 5% of io9's total audience is accessing the site via iPads. Where they're going, they don't need phones. (iPad users excluded from mobile audience.)

Source: Google Analytics

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