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"Gawker disabled image uploads in the comments sections of its websites on Tuesday due to an influx of offensive GIFs. \nThe move comes just a day after a Jezebel post criticized parent company Gawker Media's lack of action in removing \"rape gifs\" that often contained pornographic images. \nSee also: 9 Excellent Apps For Discovering New Things\nJoel Johnson, editorial director of Gawker Media, confirmed via Twitter reports that the company had disabled image uploads.\n\nQuick update: we're disabling all image uploads on comments while we figure out a better long term solution for image trolling. #gawker\n\u2014 Joel Johnson (@joeljohnson) August 12, 2014\n\nJohnson also tweeted that the images had been uploaded from \"throwaway\" Twitter accounts, which are anonymous.\nThe posting of GIFs that contained a variety of explicit images has been an ongoing problem for months, according to Monday's post from \"Jezebel Staff.\" \nGawker launched its commenting platform Kinja in 2012, with the aim of creating a platform that would foster discussion and add valuable information to blog posts. Users could create accounts, and choose to be anonymous through a \"burner\" option. \n\"Kinja will evolve over time as we discover what works best, but it's going to turn conversations on Lifehacker into a much richer, much more intelligent experience for frequent users and casual readers alike,\" Gawker site Lifehacker wrote in July 2012.\nGawker sites have typically hosted an active commenting community, but increasingly attracted posts that aimed to offend, with some even targeting particular writers.\n\nIs it really better for \"discourse\" that I sweat blood into a site that also hosts this page? http://t.co/S5C0zI793N\n\u2014 Lindy West (@thelindywest) August 11, 2014\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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