Slate can only thrive if people read the articles. But the readers will only post comments if they think they're going to be read. Makes sense. No one wants to get caught in the middle of a turf war.

Like I said, I'll be over at Martha's Dispatches talking to myself if you need any advice or if you get scared.

Bring back the star system
Checkmarks are hard
Appends won't mean squat
Till you ban the retards!