Music Mar 5, 2014 at 11:44 am

Line Out Is Moving in With Slog!

Emily Nokes
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Can we please have things like nested comments and the ability to get email updates to know when we've got replies too, finally? Pretty please?
Joe Szilagyi on March 5, 2014 at 11:50 AM Report this
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HARLOT!
Geocrackr on March 5, 2014 at 11:52 AM Report this
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There goes the neighborhood.

(I joke, mostly. I usually forget to read Line Out, causing me to miss out on great reviews and head's up on certain shows. On the other hand, there are many many niche type postings that make me feel out of touch with the world.)

stinkbug on March 5, 2014 at 11:55 AM Report this
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@1 If you use Chrome, this extension will give you nested comments, as long as those comments include the "@1" convention (or whatever number they're responding to) in the comment itself.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai…
Wicked Virgin on March 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM Report this
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IT'S GONNA BE JUGGALOS, ALL DAY LONG
Kelly O on March 5, 2014 at 12:01 PM Report this
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Years overdue.
disintegrator on March 5, 2014 at 12:01 PM Report this
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@4, yeah, I used that in the past. But it would be great if it was a native feature for logged in users. Especially the email alerts.

If you guys are worried about page views for ad revenue, you probably don't have to. Just have the email alert say "You have a response, click here to see it" and the link takes you away to the right comment link. Just don't let us reply by email.
Joe Szilagyi on March 5, 2014 at 12:02 PM Report this
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@6 - Agreed! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!
Emily Nokes on March 5, 2014 at 12:10 PM Report this
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Can we get a handy "Slog" tab that hides the Slog Music stuff? I mostly come for the politics and stay for Fnarf slapping WiS around, but I don't live in Seattle and therefore have no real connection to the nightlife...
mkyorai on March 5, 2014 at 12:11 PM Report this
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So the tab "blogs" on thestranger website will basically become "SLOG: News and Arts and Music" and a link to the events calendar ?

ChefJoe on March 5, 2014 at 12:12 PM Report this
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We need a poll to decide what redheaded stepchild of a blog to replace Line Out with. Don't bulldoze the ghetto, Stranger!
Wicked Virgin on March 5, 2014 at 12:13 PM Report this
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Yes, I hope there is a way to take the music posts out of the regular slog feed. I do live in Seattle, but I prefer looking at those in a separate RSS Feed.
j-lon on March 5, 2014 at 12:19 PM Report this
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Sooooo.... Line Out isn't interesting enough to generate its own traffic so you're going to clutter up Slog with it. Lovely.
mike in oly on March 5, 2014 at 12:21 PM Report this
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Is that girl getting ready to let go of a stream of piss?
Fnarf on March 5, 2014 at 12:22 PM Report this
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@11: We're going to have an additional blog that's just genital grooming tips. Merkin reviews, home waxing advice, and the proper way to polish the hardware on your Prince Albert. As soon as we come up with a name, we're going live with it.
Paul Constant on March 5, 2014 at 12:25 PM Report this
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Could you guys keep the posts seperate, or give an option to hide one or the other? Obviously no one wants to read Line Out, which is why you are forced to merge them, so please give us the option to keep ignoring Line Out.

Also, please never nest the comments, or do email alerts.
Theodore Gorath on March 5, 2014 at 12:27 PM Report this
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I demand that the format for commenting change constantly, but not on any kind of schedule that we can prepare for it. It needs to be random. Keep us on our toes, Slog.

@15 - Stranger Wanger
Slong
Modern Major Genitals
MacCrocodile on March 5, 2014 at 12:30 PM Report this
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@15

I suggest you call it "Savage Love."
robotslave on March 5, 2014 at 12:32 PM Report this
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Thrilled to have the blogs desegregated!

And now can we have a commenting format that removes the shame of commenting? Thanks.
TomJohnsonJr on March 5, 2014 at 12:36 PM Report this
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All I want for Christmas is an end to having to submit comments twice.
Fnarf on March 5, 2014 at 12:38 PM Report this
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@16 - We're actually working on a way to separate out the negative snooze-fest comments in a handy BITCH 'N' MOAN tab.

@17 - SLONG!!! Nailed it.
Emily Nokes on March 5, 2014 at 12:42 PM Report this
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@20 - One-click commenting will only be available to Slog Plus users. For a small fee, you can also edit your comments, sometimes.
MacCrocodile on March 5, 2014 at 12:43 PM Report this
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@9,

I don't spend a ton of time on lineout, but have found that the music discussions are frequently relevant outside of Seattle. FWIW. And that girl in the picture is absolutely wonderful, just a thing of magic to behold.
mikethehammer on March 5, 2014 at 12:49 PM Report this
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Can we get hoverboards if we upgrade to SLOG Plus Primal Scream?
Will in Seattle on March 5, 2014 at 12:51 PM Report this
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Hide the silverware.
fletc3her on March 5, 2014 at 12:55 PM Report this
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Agreed about wanting to hide the music posts. Whenever I've gone to Line Out, maybe 3-5% of the posts are of interest. That's not to say they aren't interesting to others, but if Slog gets even a quarter as many of the embedded-music posts that Line Out did, it'll be way too annoying to scroll to relevant news and snark posts.

genevieve on March 5, 2014 at 1:06 PM Report this
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Holy shit, Goldy quit?
@GoldyHA Sad to say I am no longer working at @strangerslog. So my services are now available to the highest non-evil bidder.
http://t.co/Vhz2WFoD5O
TomJohnsonJr on March 5, 2014 at 1:08 PM Report this
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@15
As soon as we come up with a name, we're going live with it.


Any name that fails to be some variant of "Seattleblues" is a total failure.
Joe Szilagyi on March 5, 2014 at 1:10 PM Report this
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@4

Ewww, at using botnet Chrome.
french_desperation on March 5, 2014 at 1:11 PM Report this
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Poor Goldy. Would love to hear that story someday.
stinkbug on March 5, 2014 at 1:31 PM Report this
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Great, heshers everywhere. That's going to raise the level of comments.
ScrawnyKayaker on March 5, 2014 at 1:46 PM Report this
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@22: I'd buy that for a dollar a month.
Hanoumatoi on March 5, 2014 at 2:51 PM Report this
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@27: WHA??????????????
Hanoumatoi on March 5, 2014 at 2:52 PM Report this
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I really enjoyed the two blogs being separate :(
Chris Govella on March 5, 2014 at 2:53 PM Report this
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Chicken legs, laying eggs.
wisepunk on March 5, 2014 at 2:56 PM Report this
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There goes the neighborhood.... :>,
treacle on March 5, 2014 at 3:02 PM Report this
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I like this change. Line Out always seemed too dead in the comment threads even though the content was excellent. This should give it more visibility.
delirian on March 5, 2014 at 3:44 PM Report this
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Goldy's gone? NOOOOOOOOO! Why? That ruined my day. Forget this Slog/Line Out stuff.
floater on March 5, 2014 at 4:04 PM Report this
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So Emily: am I mistaken or was there no post devoted to Goldy's departure from The Stranger (other than his HA and social media statements). Are you just going to not even mention it? Please correct me otherwise - stuck with an Android in Alaska
Sean Kinney on March 5, 2014 at 4:31 PM Report this
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@ 40, sometimes people leave The Stranger and get a huge display of affection and farewell, other times their departure is swept under the rug and their names are never mentioned again. Speculate why at will.
Matt from Denver on March 5, 2014 at 4:52 PM Report this
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@41. I assume that the Editor has something planned? That's what adults do. Maybe funny stories from each of the staff strung together in a way that gives us a face to the pseodonymn?
Sean Kinney on March 5, 2014 at 5:02 PM Report this
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Fuck you Dominic Holden and your shady mothefucking tactics. You run around on maximum-whine about ethics but you wouldn't know an ethical move it it bit you on your whiny fucking ass.

Goldy was a troll for sure, but sweeping a community fave out with nary a word, so you can go on with your regularly scheduled programming smacks of the exact kind of skip-the-hard-stuff reporting that fox news does. Quickly! The readers! Pander to them!
on March 5, 2014 at 5:13 PM Report this
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Regarding Line Out: The writing is usually excellent and the lack of commentary/clicks is not a verdict on the value of the subject matter or its exposition, but more an indication of reader preference. I am no expert on traffic analytics, but I wonder how one can conclude that by simply switching the venue, articles that are otherwise scantilly viewed or seldom commented upon will now be read more widely.
Sean Kinney on March 5, 2014 at 5:17 PM Report this
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I assume Goldy was let go as part of the Line-Out/Slog merger. Mergers frequently result in layoffs.
Gus on March 5, 2014 at 5:23 PM Report this
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@45: Let go of Mr. Click so that The Slog can garner a fraction of the traffic per unit effort? The backstory better be messier than that!
Sean Kinney on March 5, 2014 at 5:32 PM Report this
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Tomorrow's headlines, today.

Worlds Collide

and

From Supernova to White Dwarf
MrBaker on March 5, 2014 at 5:54 PM Report this
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Noooooooo! Please let us somehow filter out Line Out posts. Surely if you can have a "line out" tab, there can be a "no line out" tab too.
ohthetrees on March 5, 2014 at 6:02 PM Report this
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@ 44, I can speak only for myself, but I seldom visited Line Out because the stories that appeal to me are rare enough that I find going there to seldom be worth it. But at times I miss something I could have KILLED to read when it first hit. If that stuff is all on Slog now, it fits my passivity perfectly. And I hope that being here will generate comments and therefore interest in the posts that otherwise get no responses. Half the time the discussion is what's interesting on Slog, not the post itself - no reason more eyeball views can't do it for music and night life posts if they're here now.
Matt from Denver on March 5, 2014 at 6:56 PM Report this
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@45,
I'm dreaming that Goldy told Keck that The Stranger needs to commit to $15/hr across the board. Keck's reply would be "only possible if I get rid of the most expensive employees I can spare... and that's you."
ChefJoe on March 5, 2014 at 7:39 PM Report this
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Might Goldy still phone-in the Sunday Bible studies?
NotSean on March 5, 2014 at 7:41 PM Report this
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Too bad about Goldy. I read and linked his news pieces more than any others.
sikandro on March 5, 2014 at 8:29 PM Report this
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Kinda what @9 said.
Sandiai on March 6, 2014 at 12:47 AM Report this
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@4 @29 The same author of that Chrome extension wrote Registered Commenter Filter for Slog for Greasemonkey, which works in other browsers. I just installed it in my new computer after going without for a few months. It also allows you to deprecate individual users' comments, so you'll never have to see Seattleblues's drivel again.

@1 If we're compiling a wish list: Does anyone else think it's odd that there's no mobile version of the rest of the Stranger site, given its demographics and, well, the fact that it's 2014?
Fred Casely on March 6, 2014 at 6:02 AM Report this
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Goldy is one abrasive motherfucker. He's on the right side of most things, but he is a fundamentalist and a fanatic. Fundamentalists are fun no matter what they believe.
ohthetrees on March 6, 2014 at 7:57 AM Report this
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Goldy was an idiot. A leftie version of Rush Limbaugh.

Although he was often on the right side of the issues, he generally did them a disservice by over-simplifying, being ignorant of the details and seemingly unable to support his opinions.

The only good thing about things that Goldy wrote were the commenters who generally knew more about the issue than he did and provided differing viewpoints, solid arguments and often links to actual data to back up their opinions.

It's all very well to mix journalism with advocacy and opinion but you need to keep the journalism part.
CBSeattle on March 6, 2014 at 11:18 AM Report this
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I'd like a filter, too, and for a pretty whiny reason.

I come to SLOG for news, and some culture. It's better than going to the Seattle Times for news and some culture. On occasion, I go to LineOut. But I never go to LineOut at work because ... I get some leeway as to what I can put on my screen in a conservative (not politically, but conduct-wise) work environment, but some of the photos that end up in LineOut push the line farther than I want to risk going just to get some local news and culture before 5 pm M-F.
MissEli on March 7, 2014 at 11:41 AM Report this
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Slog has become a string of crappy, uninteresting soundcloud files. Please, send the Line Out folks back to their ghetto.
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