Introducing Attackerman
Introducing Attackerman
Today, ThinkProgress is launching Attackerman, a new blog site featuring the insight, commentary, and analysis of Spencer Ackerman.
As a journalist, Spencer has written for The New Republic, the American Prospect, and Talking Points Memo, and is currently employed at the Washington Independent as a reporter covering national security issues. He will undoubtedly offer a unique and distinctive voice from ThinkProgress and The Wonk Room. Bookmark it and check back frequently.
Also, we’ve rolled out quite a few upgrades to ThinkProgress today. After receiving your feedback about our new redesign, we’ve made a few tweaks to make this site more user-friendly. Among some of the key changes:
1) We’ve enhanced the font to make it more readable. (If you don’t see it, make sure to clear your cache. On a PC, hit control-F5).
2) When you click on “comments” now, it will take you directly to the comments section, rather than the permalink.
3) The comments in the comments section have been reformatted to make them more reader-friendly.
4) PC users will notice that the blog has been centered on your screen.
5) We’ve added the “most linked” option into the “view most popular” box on the right hand sidebar.
We’re still making ongoing enhancements. Please continue to let us know what changes you’d like to see us make. As always, thanks for reading.
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Good moves, all!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:31 amWell done! I like the cut of this Ackerman guy’s gib!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:43 amPlease continue to let us know what changes you’d like to see us make.
How about blocking trolls by IP address?
Otherwise I like the enhancements!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:45 amEVERYthing’s a LINK! … still…
i read ackerman last night, thought he sounded a bit too full of himself,
but i could get used to it…
and i LIKE the comments on the LEFT… on my MAC… don’t change it!
good job, for the most part!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:55 amWow! I love the enhancements to the comment section. It is much easier to read. Thanks!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:55 amGood changes, now it’s far more readable (at least in my Firefox). Keep up the good work!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:55 amthought of something i DON”T like at all… makes the search too difficult…
sometimes i search for something that i remember was in the daily FAST thread… now, there are many “think fast” tags…
i’m not positive, but it seems it would be simpler if there were just one, daily…
April 14th, 2008 at 10:58 amabout ackerman – what i read last night was the initial post of “Speech!”…
April 14th, 2008 at 11:06 amthe subsequent threads are very good…
no offense, spencer… pay no attention to this bitter, pissed off old lady…
heh…
hussein toasterhead Says:
Well done! I like the cut of this Ackerman guy’s gib!
Psst. It’s “jib”, like the small sail in front of the mast.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:19 amgummitch, I think toasterhead was referring to gib as in giblets. Was he snarking him for a ‘turkey’???
April 14th, 2008 at 11:25 amWelcome to the fray, Spencer. Only one question. How come you get to use the f word, and we aren’t allowed?
April 14th, 2008 at 11:30 amalso – and DO, please, pay attention to this:
is it on MY end? the tabs do not show the title of the thread…
April 14th, 2008 at 11:31 amVery legible.
‘Quote this comment’ AND/OR the ability to quickly apply a link to an upstream comment for quick reference would be nice for thread discussions.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:38 amgummitch Says:
Psst. It’s “jib”, like the small sail in front of the mast.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Ahh, yes. You may be right, but I was in fact referring to his site metaphorically, as a sort of metal and/or wooden plate used as a point of attachment for other parts. In this case, the “gib” is the blog itself and the “other parts” are the various and sundry snarkisms to be supplied by posters such as yourself. This stems, of course, from the turn-of-the-century usage of the word “gib.”
So you see…
April 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pmMost of the changes are great but I really don’t like the dark background. It doesn’t improve readability and just gives the site a gloomy look. Please go back to a lighter background, there’s enough gloom around these days.
And keep up the good work!! :)
April 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pmwow, toaster… you surprise me… that’s some spin!
“cut of the jib” has been around forever…
“oops” works great! :-)
April 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pmI wish TP would just have ONE blog, where Attackerman and Wonk Room etc were just new topics in the blog, instead of separate blogs. Just my opinion…
April 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pmucathinker – think there are still bugs in the works…
April 14th, 2008 at 12:42 pmmy background is white/light, except for a few odd times…
try to refresh or reload the page, and it should be “normal” again…
It’s easier to read — that’s all I need. The other commenters have great ideas, but this was my “biggie.”
April 14th, 2008 at 12:58 pmIs it just my screen, or do we no longer have the ability to flag the idiot trolls?
April 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pmI noticed the “Recommend” and “Report Abuse” links are gone.
if it was intentional, I do think it’s a bad decision: It’s going to be difficult to keep the trolls away.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pmWhere’d the pretty FLAGS go?
April 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmI like “recommending” particularly insightful comments, and it’s nice to be able to flag the halfwit trolls — I think it gives TP a heads-up about what’s happening on the threads.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pmI like the changes, but we need the flag and recommend back. I have another suggestion. I have seen, lately, a “featured comment” at the bottom of some posts. How about that comment be automatic and refresh itself depending on how many “recommends” it has gained. Like, after the second “recommend”, post that comment. Then if a different comment gets 3 “recommends”, post that one, and so on. That way we get to see the featured comments we choose rather than you choose.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pmI appreciate the changes, it looks great and is much easier to read.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pmI agree with Zooey at no. 24.
This morning there were rate and flag tags — now they are gone.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pmWhat happened while I was gone?
There are some abusive posters that need to be dealt with. I hope you guys fix this problem soon!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:49 pmI’m missing the “recommend” and “report abuse” tabs.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pmIt is more readable. I like it. Suggestion: I’d like to see a third “flag”. Recommend and Report Abuse is too binary. I’d like to see a “REALLY STUPID” button for the folks (think exely). They don’t normally rise to “abuse” status but are definitely “STUPID SPIN”.
April 14th, 2008 at 4:25 pm