Joel Johnson's discussions

I think it's getting there, but clearly it's not there yet. Read more

Lil' Kinji growin' up ;``( Read more

We've got some plans for the left rail now that may bring that back. Don't want to make any promises that will constrain our hard-working designers, but be assured they're aware. Read more

You can look at the network traffic on Quantcast. Jalopnik does about 5.7M global uniques a month, which makes it one of our smaller sites. (Which makes it only one of the biggest car publications in the world. We're pretty happy.) Read more

100% without a doubt that Jalopnik's engaged and helpful community encourages us to get Jalops' feedback first. Read more

You can expense the ears. Read more

Can we legally buy weed care packages in Oz yet? Read more

Good question. Off hand (and not really involved in writing the sites day to day) I'd guess 1-2 per hundred. It's definitely a small amount. But some of the best scoops over the years have been from tips, so they add up quickly. Read more

No formal process yet. This all happened super-quick, so we're going to have to figure out some policy on the fly. Read more

I think there were crossed wires internally because we didn't expect trolls to use Twitter accounts. Read more

That's just not true. We primarily sell to advertisers these days on the quality of our content and commenters. Our traffic has grown at a relatively modest clip this year, while revenues are growing much faster. Yours is an especially strange position to take on a post discussing how we're specifically changing to… Read more

Because GIFs aren't the only type of trolling or spam. Read more

100% agree. I'll explore all the options. Read more

Because we hadn't yet developed a system, technologically or with the proper staff, to handle it. It's been on our todo list, but we hadn't gotten there yet. Not an answer I'm particularly proud of, but that's all I've got. Read more

Yeah, there is a fine line between a witty riposte and a dickbag statement, and often that line appears to move depending on which side of it you stand. I agree "Being able to take what you dish" should be standard operating procedure for our writers and commenters alike. Read more

Hrm. I don't know! Could you email that request to help@gawker.com? I'm not sure we have a formal account transition system. Read more

Ha. I don't mind. There were many people who had some hand in the slow decision making process over the last few months, but nobody had more agency or possibility to fix it than me, so I think it's fair to put my name out there as the most responsibility party. Read more

Both are true! Basically I told Erin et al that they could get the attention they deserved if they discussed the issue in public. That's a long-standing tradition at Gawker Media. Although I didn't expect it to get all the attention that it did! Read more

Good question. I don't know the answer! I'll look into it. Read more

Calling people "sensitive divas" isn't exactly the paragon of open-hearted discussion. Read more