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Tyee's Comments Go on Holiday

But we'll keep posting stories right into the new year. Oh, and here's what you liked in 2011.

David Beers 19 Dec 2011TheTyee.ca

David Beers is editor of The Tyee.
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Fin-ished for now: Our comment moderators have earned a break.

If and when a Tyee story infuriates you today, we are asking that you hold your fire in the spirit of the holiday season. Comments will be closed until January 3. It's become a holiday tradition here. Most of us take a couple of weeks off to recharge and, as a result, you are freed to attend to your seasonal obligations. We trust you'll be back first thing in the new year to revive the tumultuous and insightful comment threads that make The Tyee such a fascinating communal effort.

It's been another great year for The Tyee. We've gone totally mobile, broken some big stories, covered elections and revolts, brought aboard new voices including Kai Nagata and Brigette DePape, launched a new video window to showcase your viral best, won a few nice awards, and have seen our traffic rise significantly. You who hold us accountable and enrich the conversation with your comments are essential to that success. Thank you!

Let us all raise a digital glass together and toast to an equally successful collaboration in 2012. Until then, our threads will remain quiet as new fallen snow.

Tyee's top 20 stories of 2011 as measured by number of British Columbians who read them, starting with most popular:

Point Grey By-election Results Arriving by Andrew MacLeod

The Kai Nagata Note Sending Shivers through Canada's Media by Kai Nagata

Christy Clark: Portrait of Power at Risk by Sean Holman

A Skeptic's Guide to BC Smart Meters by Bill Tieleman

Secrets of the HST Referendum by Bill Tieleman

First to Profit from $1 Billion Smart Meter Program: Liberal Insiders by Will McMartin

Meet Christy Clark's Inner Circle by Sean Holman

When Harper Says 'Simply Not True'... Is It? by Katie Hyslop

Please Stop Saying You're the 'Real' Vancouver by Jon Beasley-Murray

Ashlie Gough 'Didn't Want to Die' by David Ball

Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers by David Beers

Meet Christy Clark's Hard Right Advisor by Bill Tieleman

Contemplating the Unthinkable Harper Majority by Murray Dobbin

A Social Media Riot Made for TV by Mark Leiren-Young

HST Down, Christy Clark to Follow by Rafe Mair

Ready to Pay to Stop Harper? Swing 33 Shows How by Mitchell Anderson

How Christy Got to Front of Line by Will McMartin

Worker Death at Gordon Campbell's Home Fits Grim Larger Pattern by Bob Mackin

What's a Fair Wage for Teachers? by Katie Hyslop

Canada through Stephen Harper's Eyes by Stephen Harper [Tyee]

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