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New developments…

New SOTD feature; enhanced Spoilerization; development blog in development; logical categories; more to come.

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Should We Retire the Mystery Man?

The figure is traditionally taken to be a “he”: Maybe it’s because he seems to be bald. Whatever the explanation, and despite WP’s decision to rename him the “Mystery Person,” relying on him or zir or it may still qualify as sexist. Plus he happens to be… white.

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Fast Approaching Official OT Comment Number 500,000

Things move too fast in this high-paced internet pseudo-world.

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In-Reply-To Linking and Comment Subscriptions

Two changes affecting commenting, one simple, one complicated.

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OT Site Dev Sitrep

It’s OK to say “Heidegger” and “Wittgenstein” and to include up to three links in the body of your comments; I’m going to do a fingers-crossed changeover on the comment subscriptions system soon; you can now use either of two contact forms, general/editorial and support, available via the main menu under “Contact”; expect more tweaking as we work on bigger changes.

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For your consideration and especially your comments…

Six simple changes to commenting format and functionality, of which five, with your cooperation (and if all goes as expected), can be demonstrated, tested, and assessed on this post’s comment thread. The sixth has already been implemented site-wide

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