Kotaku's commenting system sucks

i read kotaku pretty regularly cause i have an unhealthy need for video game information. it's commeting system was actaully pretty lively before they began to promote starred readers above unstarred readers. if you don't know what i mean, check out any article on kotaku. anyway, in the last day, i have seen people get destarred just for publishing opinions that are negative to kotaku. It was constructive criticism too. That really bugged me. the "mods" on the website are editors of the site. I've been on giant bomb since 08 and I can't imagine someone getting demoted or have their comment erased for saying "jeff should make shorter articles" or something along those lines. have any of you guys been on sites with super-harsh/fascist mods?

yeah, you're right, all of the gawker media sites are really out-dated.

I am a super-harsh/fascist mod.
 
 
But seriously... I'm actually a really lax mod on a more-or-less dead forum.  Hell, I don't even visit it, don't want to talk to anyone there anymore.  But, one of the other mods on there was pretty harsh, as was one of the admins...
 
And then there's the saga of the Infinity Ward forums after CharlieOscarDelta got consolidated.  Anyone else from GB in on that? 

I like the way the comments are placed together. You see a beginning and an end to the comment discussions. I've seen plenty of negative comments toward Kotaku, so I have no idea what you're talking about.

I agree with you. I remember reading a comment a few days ago from some guy who said something negative about an article (in a polite manner) and he had his star taken from him. I haven't really been on other websites that are as strict as Kotaku. The whole star commenter thing on Kotaku is dumb.

if you don't like harsh mods don't go to animevice. 
in the battles forum I said  "this guy could kick that guy's ass." 
and they banned me for saying the word "ass"

I don't really read (much less use) the Kotaku commenting system, but I remember a guy calling out Stephen Totilo on one of his articles, saying that his focus on gaming is irrelevant and brings down game journalism as a whole.  Stephen Totilo promoted his comment.

" I don't really read (much less use) the Kotaku commenting system, but I remember a guy calling out Stephen Totilo on one of his articles, saying that his focus on gaming is irrelevant and brings down game journalism as a whole.  Stephen Totilo promoted his comment. "

a lot of commenting system sucks. youtube comes to mind a lot. people are just trolls on youtube.  i see people's comment saying like o wow i like this video. it is set to spam.

" i read kotaku pretty regularly cause i have an unhealthy need for video game information. it's commeting system was actaully pretty lively before they began to promote starred readers above unstarred readers. if you don't know what i mean, check out any article on kotaku. anyway, in the last day, i have seen people get destarred just for publishing opinions that are negative to kotaku. It was constructive criticism too. That really bugged me. the "mods" on the website are editors of the site. I've been on giant bomb since 08 and I can't imagine someone getting demoted or have their comment erased for saying "jeff should make shorter articles" or something along those lines. have any of you guys been on sites with super-harsh/fascist mods? "

GIANT BOMB'S STAFF ARE DOUCHEBAGS!
 
Let's see if I get banned. LET'S SEE!

Step 1 -  Don't scroll down into that gawking loser section. 
 
Step 2, the better step - Don't visit Kotaku.

" Step 1 -  Don't scroll down into that gawking loser section.  Step 2, the better step - Don't visit Kotaku. "

" @Claude:   Their 'news' is laughable. Outright lies, rumours posted as truth, negative spins, slow reporting (hence "Slowtaku"), and stealing 'exclusives' from forums. I don't like their reporters either as each has a blatantly obvious bias - for example, the constant PS3 bashing from Ashcraft totally turned me off the site. And from what I gather, the comments section attracts as many asshats as any other site. "

I agree.

and they banned me for saying the word "ass" "

" @trophyhunter said:

and they banned me for saying the word "ass" "

That is really unfortunate, dude. :)  I thought accounts on Whiskey Media sites were linked. "

nope jeff actually said that linked accounts was a stupid idea "

Dude, Kotaku just sucks in general. You get starred for being a troll/fanboy/kotakuite
 
They're disgustingly bias and twist the news to fit their own agenda. Just ugh...