Since this site launched last year, comments have been a critical part of what makes Homicide Watch D.C. work, and our dedicated commenters have been a critical part of the community we’ve built here.
We just added an upgrade to the way comments work. We’re now using the Disqus platform, which should give everyone more ways to find and promote the best comments. You can, for instance:
- Like a comment (and see what comments others like)
- Sign in with Facebook, Twitter or other identities you already have (though you can still comment anonymously)
- Upload an image. We’re especially excited about the possibilities of this.
- Share your comments automatically on Facebook and Twitter (but only if you want).
At the moment, we’re waiting for our old comments to migrate to the new system—all 1,097 of them. Any comments you’ve left are still there and will be public again soon. (Of course, there could be other bugs. Email us if you find those: homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com).
This is the first part of a larger upgrade and redesign you’ll be seeing soon at Homicide Watch, which will give us more tools to tell a more complete story of violent crime in the District. More details on that soon.
As always, we welcome your comments.
