pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

maybe they actually care about maintaing a certain level of quality on their site, and adding comment boxes would diminish that

like, as an avid P4k reader, i am very thankful i don't have to see comments boxes all over the place when i go to read their stuff

ILM rip

also, you don't know for sure whether their advertising revenue is tied to pageviews. it could be unique visits or something else

Alfred I think you should start a music criticism vlog -- see Music Criticism in Video Form for ideas

ideas like "the needle drop guy is awesome" and "no he sucks"

croups knows what's up

i have always said one of the major reasons p4k thrived was that they never added comments.

ya not shitting up your site for bullshit pageviews is pretty commendable imho.

i'm impressed that pfork hasn't gone the way of the comment boxes after all these years. makes it seem more solid, rather than just a free for all. plus, commenters on most websites are the lowest form of life imo (excepting ILM of course). look at any newspaper's site.

yeah, "everyone else is doing it" and "it'd probably make some extra money even though they seem to be doing fine as is" are ridiculous reasons to add something as unnecessary and inherently problematic as a comments section. there is nothing wrong with a publication or media outlet actually controlling what's said on their site by only including what their staff writes, and they should feel no obligation to allow people to comment on their site. there's a whole world out there of blogs and message boards -- including this one -- that can dissect Pitchfork and the music it covers, and no real reason for PF to play host to one itself just to play a pageview game they're already winning. i mean, more NEWSPAPERS could stand to control the content on their sites as well as that little indie rock site does.

they used to have a mailbag, right? that'd be ok for the laughs. if someone wants to write a well-written response to a review, what the hell.

oh man the mailbag! totally forgot that ever existed, good times. would be lame to bring that back though imo.

yeah you could just read stereogum

P4k needs a bowling tournament imo

some dude otm w/ that longer post btw

i bet they could make a ton of money if they had google ads

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/112508/kept-it-real.gif

this thread's been going for 8 years, dude. you think it won't be going strong 8 years from now unless they add a comments box?

it's been, what, four years since "you need comments to monetize your web endeavor" became the industry's paralyzing philosophy? long? i figure if pfork hasn't added them yet, they're probably doing fine, cashflow-wise, though i'm sure scott and ryan appreciate all the amateur hour entrepreneurship tips.

umbrellas with the p4k logo embroidered on them would be a sure-fire business generator!

ya pretty boneheaded that they haven't started that yet!

also good: personalized coasters.

J0rdan OTM -- Pfork comment boxes would pretty much look like Stereogum... UGH.

I need matchbooks.

"for a donation of $500 or more, one of our writers will come to your house and read your favorite review in the voice of either snagglepuss or orko from he-man."

Never visited Stereogum, not even once. The name sounds like indie rock taffy.

proud of you

THEY SHPOULD DO SOMETHING AS A PATR OF THE CHEESEBURGER NETWORK WITH LIKE ALBUM COVERS AND WE COULD DIGG AND REDDIT HOW COME THEY DONT DIGG AND REDDIT BUT LIKE ALBUM COIVERS WITH CATPOIONS I'M GONNA CALL BENJAMIN HUH BECAUSE THIS IS MONEY THAT THEY AR THROWING AWAY WHY WOULD YOU THROW AWAY MONEY PITCHFORK CHEESEBUR I HAVE CHEESBURGET BUT TAPE AND TAPE

i might donate $500 if Pat DiNizio, lead singer of The Smithereens, delivers a p4k tote bag to my home.

whiney's tweeting again, i see.

dying @ Whiney's post

http://www.lowter.com/images/blogs/228/addthis_more.png

Furl that Diigo to Link-a-Gogo immediately!

WHATIS PITCHFORK FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN DONT THEY KNOW THAT FACEBOOK IS WAY AND I CANNOT SEE SCHRIBER ON FOURSQUARE DOEST HE KNOW FOURSQUARE IS FUTUR SOCIAL MEDIA BRANDING FUTURE WEB 2.0 CLAP YOUR HAND STUPID PITCHFROK THROW AWAY MONEY WITH FORSQUARE TWITTER CAMPAIGGN RETRADS

stop.

Never visited Stereogum, not even once.

i don't even own a tv

Where's Chris Ott when you need him

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4723/33907519.jpg

Never visited Stereogum, not even once.
i don't even own a tv

― ლ support our troops ლ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:01 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it is absolutely ridiculous to compare Stereogum to television...you mean Videogum.

i don't even own a tv

picture me lollin

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9154/88915018.jpg

^ ad idea for P4k imo

LIKE him

http://twitter.com/aplusk/status/15533551181

lol

^ get that dude on board imo

xpost

whiney ksh & ilxor are the new jackoff sesh regs imo

otm