tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post2987770667322503152..comments2023-11-05T02:49:49.453-08:00Comments on 40 going on 28: SFist or SFGate comment?TKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-59678784570003560722015-09-04T10:56:35.486-07:002015-09-04T10:56:35.486-07:00You should check out the SFGate comments on Dear A...You should check out the SFGate comments on Dear Abby columns! It is nuts to me that someone would even bother, but they do. Oh, they do.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357336354056144926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-29343554030023059112015-09-04T08:52:48.585-07:002015-09-04T08:52:48.585-07:00I had no idea you were banned from SFist comments,...I had no idea you were banned from SFist comments, Michael! That is badass.<br /><br />I've never read deep enough into an SFGate comment section to find anything useful like you're talking about. I usually can't get past the WHY IS THIS NEWS or MORE ILLEGAL ALIENS.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-36806323505938428842015-09-03T19:44:34.091-07:002015-09-03T19:44:34.091-07:00Both sites have long had their share of angry, cra...Both sites have long had their share of angry, crazy, racist, reactionary characters, including myself. Years ago I was banned from SFist comments because of personal antipathy between myself and longtime editor Brock Keeling, and I've never bothered to appeal the exile, though my blog is an occasional link item in their daily roundups since he's wandered off to Modern Luxury.<br /><br />SFGate comments sites are interesting because you can actually point people to better information than they are getting from the local paper/website of record. It's also fun for shaming journalists who are terribly sanctimonious about their ethics while not realizing quite how thoroughly they are being used by their publishers.<br /><br />Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com