The New York Times introduced a new system of comments for its Web site on Wednesday that will offer some readers a chance to earn a fast-track status that will exempt their submissions from moderation.
Next time I build a site that requires some kind of commenting system, I might wind up using Facebook Comments.
In a way, this is a re-imagination of commenting systems, where instead of a slew of comments showing up below a post, points can be made about particular passages, opening up a new avenue of discussion.
Following in the footsteps of commenting systems Echo, Disqus and Intense Debate, WordPress.com has launched WordPress, Twitter and Facebook authorization and identity systems for its own commenting platform, in that order.
You must be part of the Facebook system to comment on any profiles or pages.
There was no mention in the communiqu?f President-elect Barack Obama's skeptical remarks about the system or of comments last month by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France that the missile defense system "would complicate things and make them move backward".
On top of that, the system for comment moderation is handled differently in different parts of the balkanized Times empire.
While many of the features users know and love about Disqus remain intact, the service has given a fresh coat of paint to some areas of the commenting system.
Q&A site Quora has just unveiled a revamp of its commenting system, the most notable change being the implementation of a threaded commenting feature for the discussions under a question and its subsequent answers.
Reddit's system of up-voting comments and short, swift replies have helped the Q&As gain notoriety, but Murray's long, rambling answers were confusing users, with some claiming his remarks were "lost in translation".
