[thechangelog]

I can explain part of it: the hash based URLs are completely broken in Canada (and presumably elsewhere). Any link I follow (e.g. gawker.com/#12345) redirects to ca.gawker.com. The hashes aren't preserved on redirect, and I'm not interested enough in the content to go searching.

[corin_]

Same for me in the UK, can't remember the last time I clicked a Gawker link and ended up reading the content.

[pclark]

Same in the UK. You have to hit the url twice to get it to work. Cannot believe they didn't test it.

[emcgillivray]

I've had the same problem with them lately. Extremely frustrating when you really want to read something and then can't find it.

[rhizome]

I wonder if hashbang was only rolled out in the US. Seems effectively so, if not technically.