Gawker to Give Power to Commenters

Nick Denton told people gathered at a South By Southwest event yesterday that Gawker Media is going to revamp its commenting system within the next few months. The plan? Give commenters — who Denton has never had much love for — more power. As All Things D notes, essentially the first person to comment on a post will then be able to moderate the thread that follows. There will also be multiple comment moderators and multiple comment threads.