DamianaRaven wrote:You got this web address wrong, though. It's dot-ORG, not dot-com!
Edgar Cabrera wrote:HOLY SHIT GUYS, IT'S DOGLOVINGJIM!!! HE'S HERE!!!
skoobadive wrote:It's the legendary DoglovingJim! Ohboy, this must be the greatest day of my life!
Cracked.com wrote:Initially, his interest in animals was "primarily a sexual attraction," but as he grew older, he also "developed the emotional attraction." We guess we could call what Jim does ... dog-lovin'
DamianaRaven wrote:Because they know they'd lose about 25% of their readership right off the bat... and even more in terms of repeat traffic. They need the comments to supplement their site and instead of appreciating those who provide them with FREE FUCKING CONTENT to entertain their readers, they jealously resent the attention and accolades enjoyed by top commentators.
Fudge wrote:Now, I personally don't have a problem with commenters on the whole, but I've written for Cracked and seen the darker side of commenting on the site.
Shrooms wrote:I personally don't think Cracked is jealous of the comment section.
Marcuse wrote:Fudge wrote:Now, I personally don't have a problem with commenters on the whole, but I've written for Cracked and seen the darker side of commenting on the site.
This would wash better if the moderation on comments wasn't so patchy and inconsistent. In my experience, comments that did reveal people's real address, or Stormfront brigade trolling, or outright sexist abuse, were left up for all to see for a long long time, while comments which were nothing but critical of the site in general were nigh immediately deleted.
LegionofShrooms wrote:To sum things up, I have no doubts that many of their grievances with the user base are not valid. I've seen the damage some of Cracked's readers can do, and I've enough shit on the internet to know how many people on it out there are lurking that like to delight in the misery of others. But that does not mean many of our grievances are not valid too.
.Marcuse wrote: Every house has a toilet, and if you go fishing in the toilet you're gonna find some shit. It doesn't mean that the people in it are smearing it all on the walls.
Fun With Mr. Fudge wrote:.Marcuse wrote: Every house has a toilet, and if you go fishing in the toilet you're gonna find some shit. It doesn't mean that the people in it are smearing it all on the walls.
I'm kind of in love with that statement, not in a poop fetishist sort of way, but there's a feeling of excrement nonetheless.
Fun With Mr. Fudge wrote:But first, where did the 25% figure come from?
.Fun With Mr. Fudge wrote:LegionofShrooms wrote:To sum things up, I have no doubts that many of their grievances with the user base are not valid. I've seen the damage some of Cracked's readers can do, and I've enough shit on the internet to know how many people on it out there are lurking that like to delight in the misery of others. But that does not mean many of our grievances are not valid too.
That's fair, and I certainly don't want to dismiss your or anyone else's feelings about the quality of the work done there. That's always a subjective thing, and the more people who agree/disagree, the more those perceptions will have objectively measurable impacts on the site. I don't think it's appropriate for me personally to weigh in on the quality issue specifically, given that my name is on something like 30 articles there. It would feel hypocrtical of me to be overtly critical on that front and self-serving to go in the other direction.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
sunglasses wrote:They keep up the comments because of their parent company. Literally no other reason.
Fun With Mr. Fudge wrote:To make it extra clear, I think some comments are insightful and/or hilarious, but I seriously doubt Cracked's management fears that articles are being outshined by people commenting on them. Whether it's based on ego or actuality, I suspect that the staff is confident enough in its talent and appreciative enough of the effort that goes into writing and (sometimes heavily) editing a Cracked article to not worry too much that they're being upstaged by people who have not put nearly that same effort into a comment.
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