A technical update and an open ended-question: First, maybe you've noticed the site has been alternately slow, weird, or down recently, and we wanted to say we're working on it. We had to move to a new server, and shortly after that, we upgraded Movable Type, the kit that runs this thing, to the latest version, 4 -- and that's when the trouble started. SixApart, the company that makes Movable Type, has been helping us sort it out, but so far we haven't been able to nail down the exact problem. Sometimes it messes with posts (like when a post shows up on the home page, but the full entry 404s), and sometimes it means comments time out or don't show up at all -- anyone having that problem? Let us know. A couple comments have double or triple-posted, which we usually figure is a sign that people reloaded on getting an error.
So if we upgraded and it's breaking the site, why not go back to Movable Type 3? Well, here comes that open-ended question mentioned in the last paragraph. MT 4 bakes in a lot more features for the comments, and, since you guys have been on a roll -- quoted on shirts, in the New York Times, and (in at least one case) approached by a magazine editor to expand on thoughts in a comment, we want to find out what you want in the comments. Threading, so you can respond directly to a particular comment? Some sort of system for rewarding good or funny comments and punishing shitty troll comments? Saving your favorite comments? Cheap, plentiful energy from our friend, the Sun? Most useful comment gets one of these t-shirts and a pen for writing on it.
