I just  registered with our new reader comment tool, Pluck, and tested the system.

It took just a few seconds to get approval.

And my test comments actually allowed me to use dollar signs, puncuation with sentences and even an asterisk.

The system went up just a little bit ago, so please be patient as the systems guys with Freedon Interactive work out any bugs that up this afternoon and into the evening.

As I said last week, I hope our online users will the new reader comment tool easier and less frustrating to use. I also hope it makes for a more civil community conversation.

Don’t forget to try out the forum option of the tool. It will allow individual users to start their own topical forums.

Unfortunately, we’ve learned that the reader comments already posted on the old system can’t be converted to the new, so anything you posted in the past day or two will no longer appear with their associated stories.

Thanks for reading my blog, and thanks for logging on to Tribtown.com.

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