We're testing a new commenting system at MLBTR. It's called Disqus, and it has many new features, including threaded commenting, flagging comments, liking comments, and adding avatars. You can sign up for a Disqus account or log in through your existing Twitter, OpenID, or Yahoo account. Try it out and let me know what you think. Comments made before Disqus will no longer be accessible.
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I like this one much better.
Awesome I like that you can comment on something someone else said it makes it easier to agree or disagree with them and so people know who or what your agreeing with or against!!!
Love it, Tim. It’s really efficient. Looks great too
Tim,
I have an idea for MLBTR, where is the appropriate place to pitch is idea for you?
Love this – it looks great and it’s much more organized than the last one. Only sad thing is, with all the old comments gone, I don’t know if I’ll remember what the Mets’ 2010 lineup should look like.
Double post, hooray.
This system seems a lot better than TypePad though.
God,
Give me the strength to refrain from going through all the archives and posting “first” on every single post.
Amen.
Testing?
Hey! If you were a hotdog and you were starving….would you eat yourself?
I’m a fan!
I agree. This is a much better message board.
Is this going to be like the last system… impossible to find comments? And why does it say I have 1 point?
Tim, in the past week I notice that whichever browser I use it crashes repeatedly on this site (and none of the others I visit and linger on). There is no obvious time interval – sometimes it happens within minutes, sometimes it takes an hour. Could this have anything to do with the changes you are making to the site?
Testing
NVM…figured it out
I’m just happy I didn’t have to change my ID name
I like it. Good work, Tim
Pretty cool, I’m liking it.
I see a happy face on yours.
nice
nice
Woohoo, this commenting system is way better! Awesome job!
Hmm, My only concern would be the load times on mobile devices and slow computers… like the ones at work.
This commenting system is a lot better. It should certainly stick around.
I like it. I love the avatars too!!
awesome… i love it man…
I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!! Keep up the good work!
I do like how you can filter for newest first. It makes reading a really long thread much easier because you don’t have to keep scrolling down to the last comment each time.
Awesome!
Testing….
Nice!
Very nice 🙂
Testing…
i like so far
Looks good!
Great job, Tim!! I like how you are always trying to change and make things better!! This is one of my favorite sites to go to!!
Much better system than the previous one. However, I am in total agreement with others on the disappointment of losing old comments.
i like
Good work Mr. Dierkes & Co.
Like this a lot!
My avatar is MLBTradeRumors? How do I change that?
Why si MLBTradeRumors my avatar? How do I change it?
I can’t see my own posts?
Avatars will become a problem due to immaturity. However, change the word “Flag” to “Report” and a lot more of the immature or plain troublemakers will be weeded out.
Testing….
Very nice.
Like
I already like this system better
im not so sure about the “load more comments” feature though. I liked it when you could just click on a link to take you to the most recent comments instead of clicking that link 3-4 times
Yeah, this was bugging me. I can understand why it’s there, though.
Should be toggle-able from your profile, or something. Oh well, beggars can’t be choosers.
This should be fixed now.
This should be fixed now.
Yeah, this was bugging me. I can understand why it’s there, though.
Should be toggle-able from your profile, or something. Oh well, beggars can’t be choosers.
Liking this one. A bit weird, but I’m liking it.
works for me
works for me
Not bad. I like the threaded replies and the fact that you can flag comments now. The moderator thing wasn’t working anyway. 🙂
Not bad. I like the threaded replies and the fact that you can flag comments now. The moderator thing wasn’t working anyway. 🙂
Looks good!
Looks good!
This is a nice step forward. Couple of things still missing that I would hope can be addressed in the future.1. Don’t Like button – Biggest problem with this site are really poor comments. Being able to quickly sift through comments that are highly ranked (by ignoring comments that really disliked) would do wonders. Especially, on those 300 comment posts. You would get more people reading the good comments if they also didn’t have to go through all the garbage that gets posted as well.2. Individual User Block lists – similar to the first point. Unfortunately, there are some people that I never want to read what they write (and I’m sure some people who never want to read what I write). By blocking users we can eliminate a lot of the garbage posts.3. Avatars – don’t really care one way or another. I just know that they are TINY on my screen. I would prefer that we not have them due to their size. Not a huge deal though one way or another.4. Editing in HTML – I love that you can edit. Not a fan that it has to be done in HTML. Considering that most people have a hard time putting together a coherent sentence, asking them to edit their comments in HTML is risky. I can’t imagine how some of these posts will turn out.
These are very good points. However, in regards to #3, most systems are moving toward HTML based editing. Simple HTML editing will be the norm if it hasn’t already become that. Surely we will get some mistakes along the way, but that’s expected. 🙂
I’m fine giving people the ability to edit in HTML. However, most sites support a basic toolbar across the top for common functions (breaks, bullets, font-face, etc). I would guess that about 10-15% of MLBTrade Rumors readers have any clue about what HTML looks like. It would be awesome if everyone was up to speed in HTML – I just don’t think most people are.
True, a basic toolbar would be helpful.
This is a nice step forward. Couple of things still missing that I would hope can be addressed in the future.1. Don’t Like button – Biggest problem with this site are really poor comments. Being able to quickly sift through comments that are highly ranked (by ignoring comments that really disliked) would do wonders. Especially, on those 300 comment posts. You would get more people reading the good comments if they also didn’t have to go through all the garbage that gets posted as well.2. Individual User Block lists – similar to the first point. Unfortunately, there are some people that I never want to read what they write (and I’m sure some people who never want to read what I write). By blocking users we can eliminate a lot of the garbage posts.3. Avatars – don’t really care one way or another. I just know that they are TINY on my screen. I would prefer that we not have them due to their size. Not a huge deal though one way or another.4. Editing in HTML – I love that you can edit. Not a fan that it has to be done in HTML. Considering that most people have a hard time putting together a coherent sentence, asking them to edit their comments in HTML is risky. I can’t imagine how some of these posts will turn out.
Great job, Tim! I think this a move in the right direction.
I chose James Cameron as my avatar. Ironic, no?
I chose James Cameron as my avatar. Ironic, no?
Great job, Tim! I think this a move in the right direction.
this is much better
this is much better
Long time coming. I’m digging it.
Long time coming. I’m digging it.
1 2 3 testing
1 2 3 testing
looks cool but comments don’t load on my Blackberry Curve…..
looks cool but comments don’t load on my Blackberry Curve…..
Nice upgrade, Tim.
Nice upgrade, Tim.
very nice
very nice
I guess it’s OK, I liked the more streamlined look of the old comments though.
I guess it’s OK, I liked the more streamlined look of the old comments though.
One nation, under Disqus.
One nation, under Disqus.
I think Disqus is a good choice. We’ve used them on blogs in the past with a great deal of success in combating spam. Also, pretty cool to finally allow us to see where everyone is coming from as well.
I think Disqus is a good choice. We’ve used them on blogs in the past with a great deal of success in combating spam. Also, pretty cool to finally allow us to see where everyone is coming from as well.
So far so good.
So far so good.
So far so good.
This is my first post on the new system, and I’m testing the same thing. I’m back & forth on whether or not I’d LIKE it to post to my twitter account or not. And if it does, I’ll be back & forth on whether I should create a separate, baseball-focused twitter account. (In fact, half of my tweets are about baseball already, so I’m already split on that…)
Under sharing options, looks like there’s a “Share on twitter” option. Since there’s no character limit here, though, not sure what it’ll post. Maybe the maximum allowed characters, including a link to the comment? I’ll try it in a separate comment following this one.
From what I can tell, though, the new functionality looks great. I don’t have a big problem with the avatars. In fact, I kind of dig it.
I’ll wait until I’ve used it several times to determine if this is a real improvement or not. I still hope MLBTR will adopt a No Avatar policy but – these manageable, simple, thumbnail size avatars are a fair compromise unlike those graphics-on-steroids monstrosities you find on some other sites!
My second test of MLB Trade Rumors’ integration with Twitter (through Disqus). This is a post I’m assuming will post to Twitter, since I’m opting for the “Share on Twitter” checkbox. I’m being long-winded because I’m testing what will happen if my comment on MLBTR is over the 140 character limit imposed by Twitter.
Yes, it posted to my twitter account, and the link points DIRECTLY to MY comment in the list of comments. Impressive. Unfortunately, I keep getting logged out of twitter on MLBTR, so have to keep re-logging in…
When you went from white/black to black/white, there were some old pages that kept the old formatting. No clue why, but remember there were pages that could be found with the old white on black. It isnt possible here with this change as well? Does everything from the past has to be changed to Disqus like this, or would you be able to only change topics moving forward from a certain point?
I like this system a lot!!!
Nice.
eh its ok
The “reply” feature is the best upgrade compared to MLBTR’s last commenting system I think. I use Intense Debate on my site and it works very well, but DISQUS is also very good.
I’m not sure about it…with the reply button, someone can reply to something you wrote an hour ago and you will never see it, unless you go back through all the comments looking for your original post
fingers crossed
I like it….
Pretty cool Tim. I’m still figuring out how to upload an avatar though.
For the meantime, I’m using the MLBTR avatar.
One thing I’m really not likeing, that I hope can be fixed/changed. When I leave the website I have to sign back in each time I come back. With typepad I would stay logged in as long as I didn’t completely exit the internet. For example I went to the forums and clicked the MLBTR at the top of the forum page to come back here. When I went to comment again I had to sign in. Not a major problem, just kind of annoying.
Really? I have not experienced that. Maybe just hit Remember the password in your browser.
maybe it’s just a setting with my browser or something….I will mess with it and see if I can fix it. If no one else if having the same problem it must be something I’m doing wrong
I really like the avatar feature. For one, it can be used to identify who your team is, which for some comments, would make the vantage point of the commenter a lot clearer. It took me a little while to figure out how to log in, though, but I’ve got it now. This commenting system, overall, is much better than the previous one. I love the option to Flag posts and to Reply to posts.
Cool, just noticed I can edit my comments.