Okay, okay, we get it! You hated the captcha and change is the worst thing in America unless it’s coming from Obama. But please, children, behave. If you want to test out the new comment feature on Slog, please do so here in this open thread. And let’s be nice about it, okay?

Don’t test the comments in another post, unless you have something specific to say about that post. Let’s at least try to stay on topic elsewhere.

So post some comments and see how you like it. And if you have any problems, questions, and/or constructive criticism about the changes, feel free to e-mail me at megan@thestranger.com. We want you to enjoy Slog, really, we do! But this is not a sandbox. Let’s play nice.

Please? And thank you. I’d hate to have to take away your Slog Happy privileges.

Megan Seling is The Stranger's managing editor. She mostly writes about hockey, snacks, and music. And sometimes her dog, Johnny Waffles.

244 replies on “Don’t Make Me Turn This Slog Happy Around!”

  1. posted by sam: I still don’t understand the threat of taking away blog privileges.

    hey sam, try reading for comprehension. she said ‘Slog Happy’, not ‘Slog’. you fail at both humor and english comprehension. Slog Happy is a meeting of people who comment on Slog. regardless, it’s pretty easy to see Megan was joking about taking away a public Happy Hour ‘privilege’.

  3. No blockquote anymore? How will I single out Will’s most egregious idiocies for ridicule?

    How about with [blockquote]square brackets?[/blockquote]

  28. Fnarf – you had to add br tags? I never had to do that. Huh.

    How are people doing links in their comments now? I hate that the new system is revealing me for the internet-idiot I am.

  34. If Megan’s post is confusing, it’s about me and Mr. Poe and Bellevue Ave going a little nuts last night. All HTML was enabled so we had a party in a couple comment threads with some music and flash and animated gifs and other weird html. Megan caught us and cleaned up after us. I’m guessing they’re working to get bold and blockquotes back once they us-proof it. Thanks Megan!

  35. Q*bert is harassed by an assortment of enemies. “Coily” the snake appears at the top of the pyramid inside a purple ball, bouncing toward the bottom of the screen. Once he hits the bottom row of cubes, the snake springs out from inside, hopping around in pursuit of the little orange protagonist. Red balls also appear at the top of the pyramid, bringing bouncing death if they collide with Q*bert on the way down.

  36. @184: I still think the kitten should stay! It was totally relevant to ECB’s post, too; what else’re you gonna put in your bike basket?

  37. Okay, pros and cons of the new system.

    PROS:
    1. Slightly faster comment posting (IF you ignore the time used to load and fill out the preview page).
    2. No accidental triple posting.
    3. …
    4. Profit?

    CONS:
    1. No HTML. EPIC FAIL.
    2. No cookies or whatever to remember commenter’s name and email address. EPIC FAIL.
    3. Mandatory preview page.
    4. Name and email address fields switched in order from before. Confusing for regular commenters who used the old system a lot.
    5. No URL box for name linking.
    6. Too much gray space between comments.

  39. Megan, it’s not change per se to which many people object, but the fact that, all too frequently by “change” what people really mean is, “we just threw a bunch of shit at the wall to see what would stick, without really putting much thought into whether or not these changes would actually IMPROVE the object or system being changed”.

    Change that makes something BETTER than it was before = GOOD

    Change that completely FUBAR’s something that was already working pretty well (at least from the user-end)= STOOPID

  45. Please bring the person(s) responsible for this disaster to Slog Happy so that they can be tarred and feathered, torn limb from limb, grilled over an open fire, and fed to Mr. Poe. I will PAY MONEY to watch Mr. Poe gnaw on their bones.

  46. I would like to know:

    When will the commenting be fixed?
    When will the search function be fixed?
    Where the hell is PopTart?

    Aislinn @61, the speech bubbles aren’t new. If I could search on here I could prove that. That change was made months ago, when they were trying out something else.

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