While this is arguably not at all a consumer issue, we do cover a lot of health issues and thought it would be helpful to do our part to get the word out: The American Cancer Society has agreed upon a list of symptoms that could serve as an early warning sign for ovarian cancer. The symptoms are:
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Consumerist T-Shirts: Logo or No Logo?
By 3.22.07
The Gawker Shop has asked us to ask you: Should the Consumerist T-Shirt include the Consumerist logo?
Tell Us Who To Go For
By 9.22.06
A swank new commenting system, a few editors full of vim (alchemically? Transmuted piss and vinegar), a world full of companies that need scrutinizing, and twenty thousand visitors a day to help guide us. That’s you, guys.
Please Record Your Customer Service Experiences
By 9.12.06
This is us on bended knee. We would really like to see and hear more of your consumer interactions, as told through the magic of audio and video. That’s right, recordings. Documentation. It’ll be fun.
Comments Work Again
By 8.28.06
That’s about the sum of it. Now you can correct our typos with ease and aplomb.
UPDATE: Comments No Longer Borked
By 8.28.06
UPDATE: Comments are back in action, Jackson. All hail the mighty Gawker Media Network tech team!
Monday Morning Reminder: Send Us Your Fourth Of July Maimings!
By 7.3.06
Happy Independence Day! Ben and I are taking it easy and sleazy over the next couple days, so today will be a half day and tomorrow will be a null day. However, we will undoubtedly stumble back to work with bloodshot eyes and throbbing brow on Wednesday morning and then, more than ever, we will need your tips to regurgitate on the site verbatim with a minimum of commentary in order to make our Gawker imposed quota.
Frown, Darn Ya, Frown! Not Quite Fixed After All.
By 6.20.06
Writing these daily updates on our server woes is starting to feel like delivering State of the Union addresses every afternoon the week after a direct nuclear strike on the heartland of America. “My fellow Americans, while all of Idaho’s potatoes have mutated into shambling, blood-thirsty spudstronsities, the good news is that they remain fluorescent but edible.” “Many Americans have noticed their pineal gland pustulously expanding into a literal third eye. We ask you all to look at the bright side: not only will you now be able to see invisible Cthulhu monsters ectoplasmically swimming through the air, but at least those freaky Kodak advertisements now make sense.”
Monday Morning Reminder: Your Stories Are Better Than Ours
By 6.12.06
Due to gross incompetence in tagging last week, we’re leaving off our usual bullet point list of reader stories: either the site’s tagging system has suffered a thrombosis along with last week’s quadruple Movable Type heart attack or both Ben and myself really spaced out on tagging reader stories last week. Considering we both spent the vast majority of it drunk in NYC, the latter is as distinct a possibility as the former.
Monday Morning Reminder: Another Gory Week of Consumerism
By 6.5.06
Over the last week, you told us about UPS deliveries that took over a year and Dell’s weekly promises to ship an imaginary product. You complained about McDonald’s breakfasts and lousy T-Mobile CSRs. The IRS sold all your personal records to the lowest bidder. Soho moved to American Warehouse. Bayer sold you a little bit of AIDS in your aspirin. Citibank lost your data again, Vonage fucked you, Office Depot gave you the run around. You found sexy home made porn on your friend’s hard drive and emailed to tell us about it. And there was a hell of a lot of crappy flying going down.
Monday Morning Reminder: It’s A Good Week To Write Us
By 5.29.06
After a record week for readers’ emails, last week was a bit slower, with about half of the previous weeks’ 27 emails. I guess we’re bleeding you guys dry. Perhaps you don’t have what it takes to be a disgruntled consumer? We’re throwing down the gauntlet: can’t you guys find something to complain about?
Monday Morning Reminder: We Love Your Emails
By 5.22.06
Last week was a big week for reader tips: we posted over 27 of the damn things. God bless you, our gentle readers, for the hundreds of dollars worth of posts we were paid for yet didn’t have to compose. We will think fondly of you when mopping up the tamali and caviar spilling forth from the innards of our champagne-boiled lobsters.
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…