Nick Denton's discussions

@Dr Emilio Lizardo: You probably don't need to, then. The biggest risk would be that someone would start spamming the io9 comments in your name. And then you'd get banned. Read more

@egg cream: You're right. That needs to be clarified. As far as the resetting of usernames go, this was a one-time function for people who didn't like the name they'd chosen. We're making the change unlimited. Read more

@Niki S: Yep, I thought the Forbes piece was pretty spot on. (Except he misinterpreted Richard Lawson's "peasants" joke.) There was a follow-up here: [blogs.forbes.com] Read more

@bobkoure: Yep, it's been a wake-up call. We're doing all the obvious things: patching exploits, improving password security, etc. And we'll put up our new policy as soon as it's established. It will probably involve greater reliance on OAuth services and double-factor authentication for confidential internal… Read more

@brandon004: We also allow commenting by Facebook Connect — and with simple email authentication. The latter does not require any password. We simply send a link to your email address. You click to prove it's you — and hey presto. Is that what you do? Read more

@jeremybritz1: Good question. We have patched the last exploits that we know of. And we are upgrading our password procedures and the security of our internal communications. (That's how they got to the user list.) So we're not perfect. But I'd guess we're at least as safe as any other place you comment — and we're… Read more

@metaphorsbewithyou2: Let me get help to prioritize you. What was the original account? Read more

@okyumurtaci: I was into the Lamborghini Countache, because it was the fastest. Yes, I was simple like that. Read more

@MikeofLA: No, I just had an ambitious Hungarian-Jewish mother who thought I should be studying or playing the violin. Little did she know that car porn would be so critical to my future career success. Read more

@WookieLifeDay: It was said, yes, in a chat between Gawker.com writers. But it was a joke. The expression was used by Richard Lawson, who was himself a commenter before he was a writer on the site. Read more

@ghostmonk001: Email help at gawker. They'll manually reinstate you. Read more

@jajbowler: Yes, you can change the email associated with your io9 profile. But that won't itself make you more secure. For that, you need to use a variety of complex passwords. Read more

@Eridani: We started as an editorial operation built on Movable Type. The technical dimension to Gawker Media has only developed as we outgrew MT. And our tech team has done plenty of things I'm proud of. We support an extremely large audience; the image resizing rules allow us to automate publishing and still retain… Read more

@WookieLifeDay: Yes, wise to change passwords. And make sure the new ones are long and complicated. Read more

@Srynerson: I have a simple answer: it was a story. You remember how it started, yes? The online bullying of Jessi, an 11-year-old girl. I don't regret that story; but I do regret our relish in taunting 4chan in subsequent posts. That was — certainly with the benefit of hindsight — unwise. Read more

@Modified_67: Thanks. Took us some time to get out that many emails. But we've tried to err on the side of providing too much information. (At least since we became aware the user tables had indeed been compromised, and not just our own internal communications.) Read more

@jackiethelost: Yeah, I'm looking into that. We want to reinstate Facebook Connect as soon as possible, because some commenters will feel more comfortable using third-party authentication rather than a Gawker user account. Read more

@Whack-A-mole: Nope. I haven't had a car in more than a decade. A car guy? Well, I used to be obsessed by auto mags as a kid — until they were confiscated by my parents. Seriously. Read more

Hey, Nick Denton from Gawker HQ here. I've tried to respond to some individual comments in the thread. But let me know by reply to this comment if you have unanswered questions, either about technical matters or how we could have let this happen. I'll drop back in later. Read more

@Luke Plunkett: Yeah, one thing to remember is that the "peasants" joke came from Richard Lawson — who was himself a commenter before he was a writer on Gawker. Read more