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This weekend we’re trying something new in our commenting system. This only affects you if you have been posting as a “guest;” if you normally sign in with Disqus (which powers our commenting system) or your Mother Jones ID, nothing changes. If you were using the “guest” feature, you can now sign in via Disqus, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID. You can also create a commenter identity in the Mother Jones system here. As before, your information will not be disclosed; see Disqus’ privacy policy here and Mother Jones’ here.
We hope that this will discourage drive-by spammers and trolls, while still providing privacy for all our users.
Our moderators will continue to keep an eye out for abusive comments, but given the volume of discussion here, we’d love your help. Flag abusive comments (see our community rules here), which helps us identify and ban trolls.
We’d love to hear your feedback on this change, or anything else about our commenting system; email us at support at motherjones dot com.
