What’s new about participating on Firstpost

Dear Readers,Like we’ve said in the past, comments on Firstpost have been non-stop. We’ve had numerous things to say about everything around us and you’ve out-written us, both with compliments, arguments and abuses. We’ve enjoyed the first two more than the last. Irrespective, we’re certain that discussion is a key way in which we will cover news and get to the big picture, the full picture.Therefore, after evaluating all aspects of the older commenting system, we’ve chosen to upgrade to the newer Disqus platform for the following reasons:[caption id="attachment_352862" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="We've chosen to upgrade to the newer Disqus platform for the following reasons"][/caption]As participants you will be able to1) Share your comments or the thread on facebook or twitter2) Vote a comment up or down, not just ‘like’ it as in the past3) Use the ‘Discussion’ drop down to sort comments in discussion based on Best, Newest or Oldest – therefore read and react to all aspects of the discussion4) Hide or expand comments within the discussion stream5) Read an entire back and forth within a discussion as nestled commentsYou can also hit the ‘Community’ tab and get a quick snapshot of all the active discussions on FirstpostThe part we are most excited about is the real time updating. Even as you are reading or commenting servers will be updating the thread to give you the most recent comments.This will help our debates and your discussion become infinitely more ‘live’ and participative than it was before.Stay tuned for more features in this space.Enjoy commenting.