Check out our awesome new commenting tools

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Check out our awesome new commenting tools

by Brad Linder Nov 26th 2007

You may have noticed that we've done a little spring cleaning with our commenting system lately. Sure, it may almost be winter, but that's beside the point. The point is that leaving a comment on Download Squad posts has never been easier or more fun.

Here's how it works. If you've never left a comment before, just click on the comment link at the bottom of a post, and enter your name and email address in the "New Users" section. Then go ahead and leave your comment. We'll send you an email for verification purposes.

We'll also enter your information into Blogsmith, the beast that runs Download Squad, Engadget, and other Weblogs Inc blogs. If you've left comments on any of our sites over the past few months, you probably already have an account. All you have to do is click on your name in any comment you post and you'll see a page with all of your comments. You can login to edit your profile, add a URL, or upload a picture that will show up next to all of your posts.

But that's just the beginning. You'll also notice that the comment section of each post is a bit more useful. You can reply to specific comments, and not just the entire post. The results will be displayed in a threaded fashion, which make it much easier to follow a conversation.

You can also click the up or down arrows on any comment to vote comments up or down.

If you think one comment is particularly insightful or useful, help us get it to the top of the pile. If one is kind of lame, vote it down. If you notice comment spam or something particularly offensive, go ahead and click the "!" button to send an alert to Download Squad. We'll take a look at the offending comment and decide if it needs to be deleted.

Now go forth and comment!

Tags: comments, Download-Squad, Engadget, site-news

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

theaulddubliner said 5:39PM on 11-26-2007

But i never leave comments anywhere

Alex said 5:39PM on 11-26-2007

Wazzzzuuppp Dude!!!

ryan10ad said 5:40PM on 11-26-2007

This isn't like Engadget, this is way better

Josh said 5:41PM on 11-26-2007

Threading too :)

Sam said 6:29PM on 11-26-2007

z0mg thats me as an example. woohoo!!

Xtopher Robin said 6:43PM on 11-26-2007

Let's see if I can get into my profile now; when I tried a few days ago, it kept rejecting my password...

Xtopher Robin said 6:45PM on 11-26-2007

Nope, I still can't get in. Anyone know why it's rejecting passwords?

Dark Morford said 6:45PM on 11-26-2007

I wonder if maybe something's wrong with the system... It doesn't seem to think the password it's sent me is correct.

Mysterius said 6:59PM on 11-26-2007

If this gets through, then mines is working...

John said 6:00AM on 11-27-2007

Mines are holes in the ground from which one takes material or things that go "boom" when you step on them. Mine's is a contraction for "mine is" and is what you meant.

Mysterius said 9:31AM on 11-27-2007

Indeed, that *is* what I meant. Thank you for the correction; I'm sure many were confused by my error before you stepped in. ;)

yhancik said 7:14PM on 11-26-2007

well done !

Martin said 7:24PM on 11-26-2007

I love the new system!!

Ali Karbassi said 8:39PM on 11-26-2007

I enjoy it, but there has to be something better. Comments haven't changed in years. Shouldn't there be a new way of doing this?

rtms said 9:28PM on 11-26-2007

Much better looking. Good work

Christina Warren said 5:49PM on 11-26-2007

I agree!

Naren Hazareesingh said 10:35PM on 11-26-2007

I put a pic in a few weeks ago, but no blogs displayed them @ the time. Hope it works!

rickhamilton620 said 10:36PM on 11-26-2007

why does my profile page say "no profile found?" :confused:

GoOrange said 10:38PM on 11-26-2007

Looks good!

Aalaap said 11:43PM on 11-26-2007

Nice... I'm gonna leave comments on DS more often :)

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