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What's this? A new commenting system on Massively? Is this real life? [Updated]
We've augmented the post-post punditry on the Joystiq network with a new conversation platform called Livefyre. You'll see it at the bottom of this post and every news story, review and feature following it. There are a couple of major differences between this new vector for your opinions, and the ancient, rickety thing we optimistically called a commenting system: It's not the worst thing ever! It allows for real-time updates and lets you create and follow nested conversations. You can sign in with any one of six different social network accounts, including Twitter, Facebook and Gmail (just click "Sign in" at the top left of the Livefyre window to get started). You can blast your wittiest comments back out to your friends on Twitter and Facebook, even if they don't read Massively. Feel free to flag comments for being off-topic or inappropriate. You can be more granular with your grievances now, as opposed to the generic "report" function we had before. This will make it much easier for us to ban the true trolls! On-screen bubbles notify you when a new comment has been made above or below the point you're currently reading. By clicking on "Settings" on the upper-right corner of the Livefyre window, you can adjust your personal information and when you'd like to receive email notifications (if any). If you've been a reader for a very long time, you may be irked to learn that we are not importing your old comments into Livefyre. Rather than delay the upgrade in order to preserve so much content of questionable relevance, we opted to start everything anew. Provided you're already part of the supported social networks, signing in will be a cinch, and we hope the reduced anonymity will make for friendlier conversation. (Protip: Choose a unique handle and/or a clean Twitter account if you don't wish your posts here to link to your real personae.) We'll be ironing out some bugs too, so let us know if you see anything weird and upsetting throughout the night. With your help, we'll get this new comment system up and running little by little, and you won't even need to deal with the word "Unverified" anywhere.
Comment voting is now enabled on WoW Insider
You asked for it and it's finally here. We now have the advanced commenting functionality of Joystiq, Massively and many other sites in the Weblogs network.What does this mean to you?How about the ability to vote up or down on comments. Don't like a hateful comment? Vote it down. Appreciate an insightful response? Vote it up! Spot an annoying gold selling link? Report it!For long time posters, you are already integrated into the system. If you want to add a picture or otherwise update your profile, just click on your name on any comment and you will be taken to the user control panel. Once there you can choose an avatar, add a URL that will be in all your posts and check out all your past commenting activity.New posters have only a slightly different process. Post your first comment on our site, you'll be sent an e-mail confirmation. Once you've confirmed your first comment, it will appear on WoW Insider. Click your name and off you go!Have fun and if you have any questions or comments either post below or use our contact form.
