Talk:Consumerist

message: I think we should add the stories that Consumerist has followed alot, such as jet blue, great moments in comercial history, and at least on of those boxes in the upright corner showing logo, and statistics,
wikimindless (15:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Big stuff

message: I disagree with the speedy deletion. When I created this article, the "what links here" feature showed incoming links from two Wikipedia articles, neither of which I had ever edited. If Wikipedia editors completely unknown to and unaffiliated with me are linking to this blog, then surely it must be even a little notable. JIP | Talk 19:03, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion

message: A call to expand this entry was recently (12 April 2007) posted on the subject blog of this article, Consumerist. While all contributors are welcome, please familiarize yourselves with Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. Thanks. --Stlemur 14:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Consumerist readers

message: I put together a template for blog infoboxes and used it here. Feel free to tweak it. Also, I added in some references and removed the unsourced tag. – Fʀɪɺøʟɛ ( тɐʟк • ¢ʘи†ʀ¡βs ) 17:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox and Refs 

message: This article could use more sources that aren't Consumerist posts, to establish notability and show the effect they've had. --Stlemur 20:55, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I just added two.  One for a Fox affiliate in the Florida area, and one for NPR. If I see any others in my travels I'll post them here. Hewinsj (talk) 06:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More sources 

message: The Consumerist was bought by the consumer union. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31consumer.html?ref=business  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenio (talk • contribs) 01:58, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consumerist bought by Consumer Union 

message: Should there be a mention of the recent Facebook Terms of Service blowup?  Their recent involvement with Facebook is notable.  Consumerist broke the news first that Facebook's new TOS stated that anything posted on Facebook is permanently the property of Facebook, even if the user deletes it.  The media got ahold of it, and Facebook retracted the new TOS.
:I'm pretty sure it's notable enough to mention; there are a ton of Google News results for a search combining the terms Consumerist and Facebook. Propaniac (talk) 20:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facebook Terms of Service 

message: Consumerist did a feature piece on Cash4Gold after they were named a defendant to a lawsuit. They did an extensive amount of investigative journalism and feel that this lawsuit will be important regarding the rights to free speech online.
[]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.125.197.35 (talk) 14:51, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hahaha...is this a cheap way to get a Cash4Gold ad in?  B/c there is no way that someone at the Consumerist did "an extensive amount of investigative journalism".  Which company do you work for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.196.194 (talk) 18:07, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I noticed the preceding comment was unsigned. It appears to have been an attempt to evade auto-signing. Please sign your comments in the future. I have taken the liberty of adding the appropriate signature. RvLeshrac (talk) 06:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cash4Gold 

message: Consumerist shut down, it appears on September 19th. No Consumerist properties (Facebook, Twitter, etc) were updated after that day, and the site has been taken down and replaced with a message about tough choices and very big changes. I haven't updated the article yet because I can't find any sources about what's going on, but given that they've gone completely silent it seems that the Consumerist as we know it is gone. Alereon (talk) 04:05, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The site was 'hacked' (though I use the term loosely), again, by SE-Asian link farmers. Redirects and ad iFrames were inserted into the style sheets at some point early in the week, at least 48 hours prior to the shutdown. RvLeshrac (talk) 06:46, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  September 19th Shutdown 

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