Headlines for July 31: Teenager fatally shot in drug deal near Jacksonville; Affidavit released in Collins murder case; prosecutor to seek the death penalty; Kamala Harris invites Mayor Scott to tonight’s debate & good news from the zoo: a baby female Northwest Bornean orangutan was born Sunday.
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An update on the commenting system: we’ve heard you about Commento. I am currently looking into migrating our comments and commenters to Disqus, which is a more mature product and should alleviate the problems you’ve been experiencing.
The goal was to avoid Disqus as they sell users’ data to third-party services, but similar to how we’re forced to lean on Facebook and Google, the benefits of Disqus and their less-than-ethical practices seem to outweigh the negatives at this point. There aren’t many (solid) options for plug-and-play comment services.
Once the Disqus migration is complete – and contingent on budget, we’ll be looking at the feasibility of implementing what’s called single sign-on, or SSO. The long-story-short of SSO is that it will unify the paywall and commenting accounts (along with newsletters) and provide for a simpler interface for managing your subscription and comments.
If you have any direct questions or concerns (or advice/tips), email me at jordan@arktimes.com.