You may have noticed that we have enabled Disqus 2012 for the commenting section here at MLBTR. It includes real-time commenting, up and down-voting of comments, and a bunch of other stuff. You can check out all the features here. We welcome your feedback on Disqus 2012 in the comments section of this post. By the way, if you want to continue to see the oldest comments first, choose that under the Discussion dropdown.
MeowMeow
Oh man I can’t wait to see all the one-sided trade suggestions get downvoted like mad now.
start_wearing_purple
Wait for the first thread dominated by a Red Sox v. Yankees discussion.
MeowMeow
There are other teams?
Miguel Arias
My body is ready.
snoopy369
Pics or it didn’t happen.
LifelongMets
I’ve never been a fan of the new system…
Beersy 2
I don’t really like this either, but then agian I’m not a big fan of change.
cubs223425
I like it, because it makes it known how people as a whole think of trade proposals and such, by allowing both positive and negative voting.
That, and as a Facebook hater, I hate the “Like” button. Now I can voice my apporval without feeling dirty.
TophersReds
Now there are ‘Votes’ instead of ‘Likes’. I HATE THE SYSTEM! Just kidding ;P.
Tony Matias
Good call Tim
Beersy 2
Is there no “edit” button on this format?
snoopy369
All of my posts have edit options right next to the voting buttons.
snoopy369
Bleck. If I wanted to read upvoted/downvoted comments I’d browse Reddit.
slyfox1908
I don’t mind Reddit when it’s on Reddit. The Reddit system doesn’t seem natural for a blog where posts are frequently updated several times over the course of a day.
snoopy369
Exactly. Reddit works quite well for what it is, and can be a lot of fun to browse. But for something like this, with a much smaller community and thus fewer posts, it’s just easier to read in chronological order; and like you say, if the posts are updated regularly that makes it even more confusing (early post about starting pitching trades for Zambrano upvoted “White Sox should trade Peavy for Zambrano”, then later it is updated to note that the Marlins have traded for him, in which case the upvoted post makes no sense)…
Tony Matias
Click the Discussion dropdown and choose which way you want to see comments. Problem solved.
snoopy369
I realize this isn’t a difficult thing to fix, but I don’t think that eliminates the value of discussing what the best default is. Lots of people won’t change the setting and/or won’t know about it.
elbeisbol
Agreed. I hate the new upvote/downvote system here.
start_wearing_purple
Wow… I’m a top 10 commentator. Not sure if I should be determined to reach for #1 or just cry in a corner.
stl_cards16
Ha. I forgot about Moonraker. He still made the cut and has been gone forever.
MB923
Haha, where do you find that out?
MB923
Nevermind, I see it now. I’m 6th.
start_wearing_purple
Watch out… I’m apparently gunning for you.
Phillies_Aces35
I didn’t realize I was that high up here either.
dudemanbro
this is the greatest day of my life
start_wearing_purple
You should get a new life (Note the irony based on my last comment).
DaCubsDaBears
Mine too- and im old
MeowMeow
I *am* sad that I can’t seem to see who “liked” my post anymore 🙁
MeowMeow
BUT! It does do minimum width, so no more of those comments with one letter per line
FacelessGeneralManager
I liked those, they were sorta funny
MauerPower
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therednorth
I’m having issues loading comments on a number of posts on here. It just stays at “loading” forever (or substitute 45 minutes to be more accurate). I was somewhat surprised I could comment on this post given my troubles.
snoopy369
Works for me on Chrome and IE 8, what version of what browser are you failing with?
therednorth
I was using IE8. Most of the problems appear to be gone now. Probably just launch day tuning.
Brett Taylor
Look forward to seeing how this works out.
Rojak_the_Giant
Narcissism means the love of your self, its an addiction to measuring your performance on commenting. Once you lose the love of your face in the mirror maybe this is where you go. There are a lot of us, what should we do?
jim d.
i like baseball