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As Gawker comments taketh away, so does it giveth. Many readers have already noticed a few cute new perks in the commenting system. Let us splain the community-building hotness. New features include:

Individual commenter pages. Every commenter now has a central page archiving all of his or her comments, accessible by clicking on the commenter nickname displayed in any comment thread. Comments are collected from all Gawker Media sites. Your witty bon mots shall be preserved for all to see.

Commenter avatars. Express your brilliance visually as well as verbally with your very own avatar graphic, which will display along with each comment you make. (Upload your avatar on your individual commenter page.) Can't wait to see all those hilarious characters from Family Guy.

Not an invited commenter? Show us your chops. Even if you don't have approved commenter access, you can submit a comment to prove that you should. Just enter an ID, password, and your comment on any post. You'll be asked to confirm your password, and eventually, when we feel like it, someone will read your proposed comment. If it's so goddamn hilarious and wise that it makes our brain bleed, the comment will be approved and posted to Gawker, and you'll be granted full comment access and all the accompanying privileges. Until we decide to ban you again, of course.