No witticism today. But please read this important update about our new comments system and how it will affect TAY.
We're still working out the kinks of the new comments system (we know there are bugs, bear with us). But here are the key ways that I believe TAY conversation will be affected:
-The new thread order is in reverse-chronological order, so those of you who were used to just following the first threads started on the old first pages of TAY will now see those threads move to the back. Page 1 of the TAY comments will always show you the newest threads.
-As Crecente explained yesterday, the comments you will see by default on a given page are those made by starred commenters as well as any non-starred comments that have been promoted by us editors or those of you readers who are starred commenters. We all have two ways of promoting comments: by manually promoting them or simply by replying to said comments. What that means, starred commenters, is that we are looking to you to help craft the conversation appearing in TAY and all other posts. If you see a good comment that deserves promotion, give it a boost by promoting it or replying to it. (Bolded, because that's extra-important.)
-For anyone who wants to see every comment on the page, starred and unstarred alike, you can click the "show all comments" option at the bottom of any comments page. They're all in there.
-If you have any questions about this or see bugs, let me know. And again, please be patient as our tech team works out the kinks. The result, we hope, will be an even more exciting, lively, and quality-rich array of comments, something that will take time to achieve as we all get familiar with this system and dole out some more stars.
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