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Trouble Commenting? Try This

Many readers emailed about having difficulty logging and leaving comments the past couple of days. If this should happen to you, try this:

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Timmus writes:

Commenters Banned

Commenters Banned

Abuse the privilege of commenting on Consumerist posts and we ban you.

Free Consumerist Comment Invites

Free Consumerist Comment Invites

UPDATE: Chatrooms closed. Thanks to everyone who jumped in. Sorry for the confusion in the beginning. Feel free to email tips@consumerist.com if you missed out on an invite.

Pocket Guide To The Consumerist

Pocket Guide To The Consumerist

You ran a story on such and such, how can I find it? There’s a handy search box at the top right of each page. Or you can type site:www.consumerist.com into Google along with what you’re looking for. See example.

Pocket Guide To Using The Consumerist

You ran a story on such and such, how can I find it? There’s a handy search box at the top right of each page. Or you can type site:www.consumerist.com into Google along with what you’re looking for. See example.

Commenter Executions

Commenter Executions

Comment land is usually pretty laissez-faire. That said, there are a few things we can’t abide, like:

Gawker’s Customer Service Under Fire

Gawker’s Customer Service Under Fire

For a brief period in August, every Gawker commenter was naked, their email address flapping in the wind.

Pocket Guide To Using The Consumerist

You ran a story on such and such, how can I find it? There’s a handy search box at the top right of each page. Or you can type site:www.consumerist.com into Google along with what you’re looking for. See example.

Reminder: Anyone Can Be A Commenter

Just a friendly reminder: every reader can and should become a Consumerist commenter. The bar to entry is just insanely low: have a somewhat sane point, don’t type in all capital letters, and follow the process below…

Counterpoint: God Denies Causing Car Accident

Counterpoint: God Denies Causing Car Accident

Martin, also a California lawyer, doesn’t believe God was in that crashing car at all. He writes:

Why The Car Accident Was God’s Fault

Why The Car Accident Was God’s Fault

While we were busy being befuddled, a California lawyer slipped a smart-bomb in the comments.

Become A Consumerist Commenter

Become A Consumerist Commenter

There’s two ways to get in The Consumerist cool school, tryouts and raising your hand.

Comments Garrote

The new commenting system let in the hoi polloi. We want smart, on-topic comments displaying wit and/or insight. Therefore, we must begin a ruthless purge of the unworthy. These comments aren’t just removed, we’re banning their makers entirely.

How To Be A Consumerist Commenter

How To Be A Consumerist Commenter

Commenting on the Consumerist isn’t some elite club… just look at our commenters.

Magical New Commenting System

As some of you have already noticed, we’ve added some exciting and significant upgrades to how comments work on The Consumerist.

Comments Work Again

That’s about the sum of it. Now you can correct our typos with ease and aplomb.

CLOSED: Getcher Comment Invites Here!

CLOSED: Getcher Comment Invites Here!

Last week’s open comment invite give-away went so well, let’s do it again… this time, at a time hopefully a bit better suited to our West Coast brothers and sisters.