Ready for more Hot Air? Try the Green Room!
posted at 12:36 pm on April 13, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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We’re pleased to announce the launch of our newest feature at Hot Air, the Green Room! We’ve created space for some of our most respected commenters to blog themselves right here at Hot Air and lead their own discussions. For this launch, we’ve begun with the following members of the Hot Air community:
- Andy Levy
- Tanya
- Jim Treacher
- Slublog
- Karl
- CK McLeod
- Kid from Brooklyn
- Patrick Ishmael
- Madison Conservative
- SDillard
- Keemo
- Coldwarrior
We’ll gradually broaden this as time goes on, and the Green Room builds a following. Allahpundit and I will crosspost some of the most popular topics on occasion, too. You may have already noticed the feature link at the top of the page — be sure to check this out, as our Green Room bloggers have already begun. Add the RSS link to your feedreaders, too, to stay current with the fast-moving conversations!
Update (AP): Commenters below are already suggesting new people to add. Feel free to weigh in if there’s someone here or elsewhere in the blogosphere whom you’d like to hear more from.
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Getting weird layout problems on the masthead now. FF 3.0 running on X86_64 CentOS (Linux).
spmat on April 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM
How I was overlooked I’ll never know.
jacrews on April 13, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Madison Conservative?
Was Megan McCain unavailable? :)
Rocks on April 13, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Ed,
Thank you for introducing this new feature. I have a few quick questions:
Are there uniform Green Room rules? Are they the same as Hot Air rules? Do the rules vary depending on which commenter leads discussion?
Christien on April 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM
I think Hawkdriver should be added.
Disturb the Universe on April 13, 2009 at 12:44 PM
I look forward to being a part of this so called “Green Room.”
Vincenzo on April 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Will be boycotting the new green room until getalife and crapulis are added to that list/
Knucklehead on April 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
*DANGER* *DANGER* Will Robinson. Information overload iminent. *D
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Just A Grunt on April 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Nice. Over/under on the number of commenters who are unhappy with MadisonConservative being added: 20.
And on a side note, DoctorZero should get added. He’s by far one of the best commenters here.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Awesome, I didn’t realize Andy Levy was a commenter or was going to be a Green Roomer.
Repurblican on April 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Did Red Pill decline the invitation?
Dead Hand Control on April 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Ah, never mind. It was a cache issue. The CSS layout of old masthead was still lurking in the cache. Fixed now.
spmat on April 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM
If you don’t invite me, there will be a distinct lack of boobie posts. :(
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Part of me feels that this is, in part, Allahpundit’s payback for all the ‘bot jokes and Met insults…the hunter is now the prey. Having gone from Day One commenter to contributor, I now know how Arnel Pineda feels. Sort of.
Kid from Brooklyn on April 13, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Nice start of the list… lets see who also comes into play.
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Between Twittering, 5 minute segments on Red Eye, playing with his cats, and wearing the occasional v-neck, how in the hell will Andy Levy have time for this?
RightWinged on April 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Absolutely. Maybe the best.
capitalist piglet on April 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Kind of interesting you’re not on there, seeing as how you practically live here.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Madison Conservative?
Was Megan McCain unavailable? :)
Rocks on April 13, 2009 at 12:42 PM
+1000
SoxNation on April 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM
What’s up with the “Your comment is awaiting moderation” line?
Disturb the Universe on April 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Wouldn’t it be fun if ManlyRash were on board?
Disturb the Universe on April 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM
I’m not respected. :P
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM
“This feed contains code errors.”
fourstringfuror on April 13, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Ouch, “madison conservative” is “most respected?” This is the guy that kept saying, despite the evidence, that Hitchens was beat up by Jihadists.
Also, didn’t he say the earth was flat?
TTheoLogan on April 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Treacher? Respected? Where’d you guys get the idea that I laught at him because he’s funny?
/sarcasm
gryphon202 on April 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Madison Conservative???
Jim Treacher???
I guess you guys ran out of people that I HAVENT kicked their rears on HotAir…
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Is it the same Andy Levy?
TTheoLogan on April 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
If I promise to behave can I get in?
JammieWearingFool on April 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Missing from the list: Paul A’Barge!
glaring, baby!
pabarge on April 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Can I get my own green room space so all the non-Palintologist cultists have a place to discuss true conservative topics???
The Wall on April 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Will be boycotting the new green room until getalife and crapulis are added to that list/
Knucklehead on April 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM
So Long. :o)>
oakpack on April 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
HotAir elitism?
maverick muse on April 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Yes.
And this whole idea is great. I’m already planning on not working for the rest of the day.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Where the hell is my Blog?
Poptech on April 13, 2009 at 12:56 PM
She was, but I warned AP that I’d make her another Ann Althouse. He decided to keep her for himself and put me in her place.
MadisonConservative on April 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Sucks to be in that 8%, doesn’t it?
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Yup. The problems are not present on “The Green Room” area’s own masthead, but is present on HotAir’s main mast.
Tested FF 3.0.8 on both Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro, and CENTOS 5.3 x86_64.
unclesmrgol on April 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I’m getting positive vibes about the Green Room. Great idea!
FloatingRock on April 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
This is a great idea! Should be fun.
Weight of Glory on April 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
baldilocks didn’t return your email?
fluffy on April 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Definitely should be on there.
How many others can say that they have been mentioned on Rush?
carbon_footprint on April 13, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I promise all Global Warming and all Palin all the time!!!!
Poptech on April 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Sometimes I think that HotAir commenters whine too much.
Like this for example.
It's Vintage, Duh on April 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM
DTMH ?
Fuquay Steve on April 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM
How about:
joey2004
Jammiewearingfool
mklmailman
Anna
and even lorien1973
They usually have good comments.
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 1:01 PM
So you’re telling me that Steven Crowder, the Canadian wise-ass, wasn’t on the short list of first picks?
Shameful! Just shameful…
ScottMcC on April 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Great addition! Many of my favorites in there.
Gilda on April 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Trust me. Madison looks suh-weet in drag. ;)
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
I’d love to be in on this someday.
wildcat84 on April 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Indeed it is… and in case Mr. Levy shows up soon, I just have one thing to say…
Andy, did you know that “Cat Scratch Fever” isn’t just Ted Nugent song, but an actual disease commonly found in children 1-2 weeks following a cat scratch or bite?
RightWinged on April 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Apparently number of comments per thread wasn’t the deciding factor.
Sweet.
cs89 on April 13, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Dude, me and the wall would have 5000+ threads baby!!!!
Poptech on April 13, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Bug in the Green Room. Commented, and, on the bottom of the link is “Comment awaiting moderation”. My “Comment awaiting moderation” replaced TTheoLogan’s (which also bore the same text). In other words, it appears that at least one “Comment awaiting moderation” is visible to everyone while it is queued for moderation. Perhaps the software doesn’t remove the line from the comment until after the comment appears, after permission is given for the comment to appear.
unclesmrgol on April 13, 2009 at 1:04 PM
It’s because all your comments are witty one liners. Tough to build good posts off of stuff like “That’s what she said”.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Hmmm. This is true.
Allahpundit on April 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM
JWF should be on there. The number of links to his site from HA alone should be reason enough. Also, Baldilocks, she’s great. She brings a lot of perspective along the racial front, and is always fun.
Weight of Glory on April 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM
capitulus
getalife
Monkei
Entelechy on April 13, 2009 at 1:05 PM
*sniff* ’tis a dissapointing legacy.
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Get on your knees, whine using the appropriate timbre, cock your head appealingly, and it might happen.
Stranger things have occurred in this universe.
unclesmrgol on April 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM
Also Lorien1973 for, well, you know. He always brings “that” to the conversation.
Weight of Glory on April 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM
The Wall’s could be called:
“ConservativesNot4Palin”
Poptech on April 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Great idea HA, it should be interesting for sure!
Liberty or Death on April 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM
If only to keep them there, and off the main site.
Weight of Glory on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I’m having a problem subscribing to the feed as well.
Dead Hand Control on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
There’s a few I’ve suggested. There’s more, but I’m pretty sure the ones that I would suggest have already been suggested by others.
MadisonConservative on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Please deny him.
I would only desire to urinate on The Wall, if such a waste of space existed.
Right_of_Attila on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
I’m just now realizing how difficult it’s going to be to keep up with all the comment threads now. HotAir is going to kill my social life and make me chubby.
Que lorien joke…
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Is this going to morph into actual mini-sites at some point? Listing the diaries like they currently are listed in the green room does not really help with what I assume is the motivation behind this.
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Please, stop thinking like a troll! Besides… do you wanna be the Andy Sullivan Jr of the Blogosphere?
Allah, I like you just the way you and H.A. are!
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Saint Olaf.
Tzetzes on April 13, 2009 at 1:09 PM
How do you mean?
Allahpundit on April 13, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Love it. I learn so much from all of the commentors on HotAir. =)
canditaylor68 on April 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Actually…how’s about Entelechy?
Tzetzes on April 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Honora
Entelechy on April 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Whew! I’m not on the list. I was afraid there would be an unfunded mandate to blog X number of articles a week…
:-)
I R A Darth Aggie on April 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Readership and ad revenue.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Hmmm to click on HA and raise the standard of “monie(s)” or not, that is the question!
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Maybe the trolls can get their own space.
The Blue Room?
The Black Hole?
JammieWearingFool on April 13, 2009 at 1:13 PM
I assume the goal is to get more traffic, thus helping with revenues, right?
Listing a bunch of blog entries in order isn’t going to do a lot for that – ie getting indexed by search engines, etc.
You might want to allow users to post “tags” to each post and let people browse the green room by “tags” as they are created. Makes it easier for users to browse posts by topic, which in turn makes it easier for search engines to find as well.
Which would help traffic and the income.
That concept should really be added to the main site as well, but I suggested that eons ago too.
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Troll Call!
RightWinged on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I second this!
ladyingray on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Baxter Greene
Knucklehead on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
snorts… The Troll Hole!
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Hmmm. That’s not a bad idea either.
Allahpundit on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Heh, we don’t need another Trinity Broadcasting Network. He was a bit too religious for my liking, I guess he could have covered the religious beat however it’s a moot point since he was banned…
Liberty or Death on April 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I nominate:
Hawkdriver
JammieWearingFool
Baldilocks
And, yeah, it would be sooooo sweet to get ManlyRash back here.
califcon on April 13, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I humbly suggest “Under the Bridge”
Vashta.Nerada on April 13, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Poptech’s could be called:
“FOAMING AT THE MOUTH BOLD LETTERED PALIN RAGE”.
portlandon on April 13, 2009 at 1:15 PM
I recommend Lorien, too. His commentary is always witty.
The Green Room is a great idea. Hopefully it’ll help expand Hot Air’s reach — important, considering who’s in office.
amerpundit on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
You forgot to ask Zo
http://www.youtube.com/user/machosauceproduction
long_cat on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Indeed, “tags” are incredibly important for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)… I’ve always been rather surprised that HA hasn’t implemented them. Also, while I love witty headlines, headlines that are more straight forward are great for SEs as well.
RightWinged on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Under the Bridge, the confessions of a Troll!
upinak on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
I hear that everyone wants to see The Dean open up a blog here as well. I’m as pro-McCain and Palin and Bush as one can be!
The Dean on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Jim Treacher?
The guy can’t even come up with a name for his own blog!
Rocks on April 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Heh. Stop giving AP ideas or it will actually happen.
BadgerHawk on April 13, 2009 at 1:17 PM
The header link is broken for Firefox.
Aristotle on April 13, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Any truth to the rumor you’re in talks with Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins, Allah?
RightWinged on April 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Tzetzes on April 13, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Thanks, but bloggers and trolls should prevail – it’s good for business.
Entelechy on April 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM
The solution to that is simple, too. Already suggested eons ago as well.
Make the witty “reader” headline, with a different title tag on the post title tag that has the keywords in it.
lorien1973 on April 13, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Yeah, Troll Hole or Troll Call sounds good. Just bouncing some ideas around.
JammieWearingFool on April 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM
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