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    Image of Slinkytech Slinkytech
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I've been staring at that picture for a while, and I don't see a boat.
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    Slinkytech was starred Slinkytech was unstarred
    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I am thankful for the star I received not too long ago, and I only hope I can continue making comments than are even better than the one that got me my star.
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    MrEvil was starred MrEvil was unstarred
    Image of ID Ron Burgundy ID Ron Burgundy
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I like the #whitenoise tag, both in name and in function. I'm happy to see that the hate for Facebookers has dwindled considerably.
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    ID Ron Burgundy was starred ID Ron Burgundy was unstarred
    Image of Brickmodder Brickmodder
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I just came for the MagicEye picture.
    Too much "blah blah" for me to take an *actual* interest in... I'm an office webtard that only has a 15 second webpage attention spa... Squirrel!
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    Brickmodder was starred Brickmodder was unstarred
    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    As much as the star's nice, it sucks having to have a wee bit more pressure to be the 'ideal' star commenter.

    Of course, a lot of that goes to the wind anyways when people comment here, star or no star.
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    dragon:ONE was starred dragon:ONE was unstarred
    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    12/01/09

    @dragon:ONE: You don't really have to be "ideal." Just don't bring the suck, and all will be well. ;)
     Reply
    FredicvsMaximvs was starred FredicvsMaximvs was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    pffft, that's all a bunch of bullcrap. all you have to do is be funnier or as funny as me. so... good luck with that.
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    nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/01/09

    @nutbastard: He raises a good point...

    I don't think I've ever seen that nutbastard use a capital letter.

    (Maybe nutbastard = matt's alter-ego?)
     Reply
    OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of blash blash
    12/01/09

    @nutbastard: A Gizmodo commenter and a troll stumble upon a Genie in a lamp. The Genie decides to grant each 1 wish.

    The troll says "I wish all my fellow trolls were all camped together on Gizmodo to piss them off." The Genie says, "Nope, can't do that, their comment system is immune to trolls." The troll replies, "oh well I'll settle for all of us camped together on Engadget" so the Genie goes "poof!" and the troll and all his buddies are happy trolling away on Engadget.

    The Genie then asks the Gizmodo commenter what he would like. The Gizmodo commenter asks, "You mean to tell me that all the trolls are off my site and they're all destroying the quality of my rival site?" The Genie replies that yes, it's true. So the Gizmodo commenter replies, "well then, I'll have a Coke."

    #whitenoise
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    Edited by blash at 12/01/09 4:10 PM blash was starred blash was unstarred
    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    Quick suggestion: since the #whitenoise tag is now the "official" name of the informal forum, can we get a link up by the "share" box/banner next to tips, dealzmodo, broken, etc....to make it easier to access?
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    Bertone77 was starred Bertone77 was unstarred
    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I kind of wish that if you get starred in one blog it would carry over to the other Gawker sites.
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    Gaucho85 was starred Gaucho85 was unstarred
    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    12/01/09

    @Gaucho85: I actually thought it did... Or maybe i just have more stars then i thought?
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    fleebailey33 was starred fleebailey33 was unstarred
    Image of korybing korybing
    12/01/09

    @Gaucho85: I think that sometimes, since I would like to be starred here like I am at io9, but the Gawker blogs cover a pretty big range of interests. While my comments are apparently star-quality over at io9 (I still don't know how that happened, honestly), they wouldn't be anywhere near useful over at Jalopnik, since I know jack-all about cars.
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    Gaucho85 promoted this comment korybing was starred korybing was unstarred
    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    12/01/09

    @fleebailey33: Same here, I comment on Jalopnik, Gizmodo and Lifehacker and each time the star shows up. You just have to be sure to sign in on each blog.
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    Bertone77 was starred Bertone77 was unstarred
    Image of Gaucho85 Gaucho85
    12/01/09

    @korybing: I'm mostly on Giz, io9 and Kotaku (and Lifehacker pretty often.) I only have a star on Giz but I've been commenting on Kotaku for a lot longer. I guess my insights on Ratchet and Clank aren't as thought provoking as I thought.
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    Gaucho85 was starred Gaucho85 was unstarred
    Image of ProfessionalGun ProfessionalGun
    12/01/09

    @fleebailey33: Now that would be something. . . commenters walking around with 4-star general status. . . .
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment ProfessionalGun was starred ProfessionalGun was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/01/09

    @ProfessionalGun: And we also get these nifty military uniforms with braids, medals and ribbons.

    Kaiser-Machead earned himself a Lam Medal Of Distinction for his comments in the Apple Flamewar of April 23, 2008.
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    OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred
    Image of Stevox Stevox
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    My gut reaction to this article was that Jason came off a little douchey, but after reading some comments on Engadget, I fully support these rules. Gizmodo's panoply of excellent commenters keep me reading long after I've forgotten what the post was about.
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Stevox was starred Stevox was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    Is this announcement being made on all the Gawker blogs? [kotaku.com] (1040 comments!)

    What Gawker website has the best commenters (or which one has the least bad ones)?

    [www.bestofthe2000s.com] - Gizmodo needs more votes.
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    Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    Sometimes someone make a pointless or idiotic comment, but a down-thread response to that comment is solid gold. I'd love the option to "promote this comment only", as opposed to the whole thread.
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    Edited by Segador at 12/01/09 2:49 PM Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    12/01/09

    @Segador: You still need the original comment for context, no?
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    anexanhume was starred anexanhume was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    12/01/09

    @anexanhume: Most of the time, yes, but not always.
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    Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    What happens if a starred commenter accidentally promotes an asshat's thread simply because it's automatic?
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    bornonbord promoted this comment Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was starred Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was unstarred
    Image of bornonbord bornonbord
    12/01/09

    @Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition: oops.

    ;-)
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    bornonbord was starred bornonbord was unstarred
    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    12/02/09

    @bornonbord: Ooooh I see what you did there!
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    Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was starred Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    We like to see good spelling and grammar

    Wees likes to sees best grammars and shi*.

    /fixed
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    Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    I'd just like to add that I frequently visit just to promote comment threads I like, and yes, I do read the unfeatured discussions as well. I'm not alone in this, either. If you're irritated about falling off the front page, and you're making an effort to keep things lively, keep commenting!
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    ninjagin was starred ninjagin was unstarred
    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    12/01/09

    @ninjagin: I'm seconding this! I promote way more than I post. Although I would appreciate it if replying to a comment didn't automatically promote it (and I think approves users?). Sometimes I just want to answer a simple question that doesn't need to be promoted, just needs to be answered.
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    Tiger-Fever was starred Tiger-Fever was unstarred
    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    12/01/09

    @Tiger-Fever: I sometimes leave a private message for that.
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    FigNinja was starred FigNinja was unstarred
    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    12/01/09

    @ninjagin: Same here. I've often found that if I arrive later in the life of a thread, usually there's someone who has already said what I was going to. So I just promote that comment instead of adding my two bits.
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    FredicvsMaximvs was starred FredicvsMaximvs was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    In reply to How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
    Maybe we should simply have the readership determine who gets one and who doesn't. Get enough thumbs down, and you lose it, and if you consistently get a majority thumbs up, you get a piece of flair. Of course, comment whores such as myself would probably end up sans Giz-flair, but those are the breaks when you live on the internet.

    But that would mean that all comments need to be visible to the average Gizmodian. A lot of "pink box" comments go unnoticed until the article gets pushed out of the first page and stay that way. A slight issue I have with this is also that readers who can't see their own comments will post multiple times in an attempt to make it visible. I know there's a lot more starry commenters about, but maybe everyone should have equal opportunity to promote another person's comments, even the "lurkers" who read the threads but don't particularly care to contribute (you people make the internet sad BTW!). With only what I can only assume is the minority of the population of people who read Gizmodo being able to see pink boxes, chances are pretty good that a great deal of the informative ones go under our collective radar too often, no matter how insightful, or even funny they may be.
    /end spiel.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/01/09 2:49 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: While the Gawker sites love their comment communities, I doubt they're ready to turn that much control over what they see as a valuable asset over.

    A rating system would be pretty nice, though. Engadget's comment community is a little less savory than those here (in my limited experience), but I like some of their features.
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    OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: how much is the minimum pieces of flair? Should I bring more or what?
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    Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was starred Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition was unstarred
    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: As a Jew, I am thrilled to have a little yellow star to wear.
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    OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    @OCEntertainment: I know what you mean. After looking through the Engadget comment strings, all I can say is that there isn't much enjoyment to be had when it's like a digg-ish free-for-all with little pleasant discourse.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I suppose you could make it so that non-starred commenters could promote a thread by acclaim - i.e. if enough (5 ?) non-starred give a comment a thumbs-up, then it gets promoted.
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    Canoehead was starred Canoehead was unstarred
    Image of mezhad001 mezhad001
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I would like to come out of lurking merely to say that there's a place in conversations for talkers, and one for listeners. Lurkers tend to be listeners, and I don't think they make the Internet sad, they're just being pensive-critical rather than actively critical. Secretly, maybe they want to be gregarious comment-makers themselves, but perhaps they're shy. Don't make shy people sad, please?

    KThanxBai!
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    OMG! Ponies! approved this comment mezhad001 was starred mezhad001 was unstarred
    Image of NoxDomini NoxDomini
    12/01/09

    @Canoehead: That sounds almost sensible. I admit in reflection of Kaisers first comment that I do just read and not post a lot. In my defence, Most things I wish to say I'm beaten to, why waste space repeating words?

    Also, I love that chrome spell checks my useless writing.
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment NoxDomini was starred NoxDomini was unstarred
    Image of Tiger-Fever Tiger-Fever
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I think they kind of do something similar by giving out stars to people who have "so many" followers. I think it's 40? Not exactly the same thing, but at least it gives a little control to the commenter's to support someone who they think deserves a star.
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    Tiger-Fever was starred Tiger-Fever was unstarred
    Image of Renegade Renegade
    12/01/09

    @Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition: Some people like to express themselves, through commenting, and we encourage that.
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by Renegade at 12/01/09 3:01 PM Renegade was starred Renegade was unstarred
    Image of Margatron Margatron
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: As much as I promote anonymous democracy, I still feel it's not a structure which Gizmodo would benefit from. When you make the commenters publicly accountable for what they say and add to that the idea that being starred is a priviledge, then the community looks after itself. Since being starred, I've been even more careful about what I post, who I respond to, and what threads I promote. A rating system takes away the personal feeling of being starred by someone specific.
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    Edited by Margatron at 12/01/09 3:11 PM Margatron was starred Margatron was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    12/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Pinko communist BlogSmith promoter!

    As someone who often lacks creativity but always enjoys promoting others' cleverity, I think the current system's okay.

    Also, it's fun being rewarded by having to suffer reading the 8/10 pink comments that are painfully poor as a matter of duty.
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    Fractal the Meek was starred Fractal the Meek was unstarred
    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    12/01/09

    @Margatron: Exactly. The system is supposed to maintain a high level of commenting, not only by dangling a carrot out for people, but also by introducing some accountability.

    I'd also like to add that the problem with allowing everyone to promote or vote on comments or commenters is with the effect it has on dissenting opinions. Commenting then becomes more of a popularity contest and less about the quality of the comments. (Go ahead and tell everyone on Digg that you're a Republican and see what happens.)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    @soggy_cheerio: @Fractal the Meek: @Margatron: Good points guys. Now I'll crawl back into my pinko commie hole, you capitalist manbearpigs!
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Margatron Margatron
    12/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I prefer capitalista ladybearpig, thank you.
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    Margatron was starred Margatron was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/02/09

    @Margatron: I don't believe Al Gore has approved this name, at least not for serial.
     Reply
    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
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