i like this, thanks!

I was psyched about this idea until I realized you have to enter your "exact" name. Since I change mine everyday, it would mean stopping that, which scares me. :D

Why isn't this just built into the commenting system to begin with? Even the default commenting system in Expression Engine (which my dinky little blog that no-one's ever even heard of runs on) has this built right in.

As it is now, I just subscribe to the RSS feed for the comments on any article I'm interested in follow-ups on. I kinda find that a little better than an email, anyway.

@Hank Scorpio: Maybe we can include the functionality in the next redesign.

This is great -- thanks!

@Hank Scorpio: You make it sound so easy, but you have a team of people being motivated by a guy in Tom Landry's hat, who is promising doughnuts and the possibility of MORE doughnuts AND hammocks!

All Ben can offer is the Denver Broncos

My legions of detractors may want me exempt from this feature.

Awesome! I know over at Jezebel, we've been asking for this for forEVER!

Hey, someone comment on my comment to test this, please?

@ColoradoShark: Quit blaming the customer! Slow news day? This is old news! Why does anyone still shop at (insert retailer here)? Who eats at (insert restaurant here) anyway?

@Coach Cal Is My Dream Weaver: Yay, it works! I hope you don't get banned for that comment!

@ColoradoShark: Hopefully it was tongue in cheek enough to evade the banhammer.

Get this guy a Nobel prize!

@Coach Cal Is My Dream Weaver: I eat at (insert restaurant here) and in its defense they make an ecellent (insert transfat food)!

Does commenter name mean user name or the name that appears when you comment? Because mine are different.

What happens when Consumerist is no longer supported on the Gawker platform, and goes it's own Consumers Union-led way?

@OnThe$20Coin_GitEmSteveDave: Are you sure about that? No matter what screen name you're using, whenever I click on it, it takes me to /GetEmSteveDave

@Alexander Saites: Yeah, but from what I understand, this scans the blogs for @NAME comments, so I would have to update everyday, and sometimes twice a day.

@Vanilla5: It works for Jezebel too!!

@OnThe$20Coin_GitEmSteveDave: In that case, I'm not positive I'll work for me, due to the space. I wasn't notified of your reply -- which doesn't seem promising. I can't change my screen name on here, but I may be able to register a name with a space on the site (goes to do that . . .)

@Ben Popken: there was something similar posted on lifehacker a few weeks ago, similar complaints came up, and a similar agreement was reached - gawker needs to redesign the site based around the actual content, not the ability to add more advertising space

@gStein: My objective is for content to be king in our next, post-Gawker-platform, site redesign.

@OnThe$20Coin_GitEmSteveDave:
Well, that and a Doomsday device!

This is nice, but I just check my Profile every time I read the site. The only thing I've noticed is sometimes when I click on my comment to see replies is that it doesn't always take me directly to my comment. Is that a glitch?

@Alexander Saites: What you and every Facebook user should have done from the start. /rant

Yeah, it seems to be killing on the spaces. Forgot the "%20" in the script?

@Hank Scorpio: From the man himself.

@humphrmi: World explodes? I dunno. I like the Gawker platform, honestly. But as this isn't a Gawker site anymore (that still hurts), who knows?

@ViperBorg - SpaceBat hates Facebook: On an added note, I really liked the inter-connectivity between the sites.

@ViperBorg - SpaceBat hates Facebook: "What you and every Facebook user should have done from the start. /rant"

Why? Consumerist allows them to comment with their FB accounts.