Comments on: Techcrunch Fail. http://www.failmaps.com/2010/04/techcrunch-fail/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Harry Wood http://www.failmaps.com/2010/04/techcrunch-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Harry Wood Sat, 08 May 2010 08:48:33 +0000 http://www.failmaps.com/?p=49#comment-451 I asked intensedebate.com about it, and they said: <i>"TechCrunch is still in the process of importing all their millions of comments into the comment system, so in some places where there used to be X number of comments there might now be Y for some time. However if you disable JavaScript in your browser the default comment system will load, and rest assured that all the comments will be there - and will be in IntenseDebate as well, eventually."</i> So I guess the comments will appear back there shortly, but will remain closed for new comments as per Michael's final remark. I asked intensedebate.com about it, and they said:

“TechCrunch is still in the process of importing all their millions of comments into the comment system, so in some places where there used to be X number of comments there might now be Y for some time. However if you disable JavaScript in your browser the default comment system will load, and rest assured that all the comments will be there – and will be in IntenseDebate as well, eventually.”

So I guess the comments will appear back there shortly, but will remain closed for new comments as per Michael’s final remark.

]]> By: Harry Wood http://www.failmaps.com/2010/04/techcrunch-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Harry Wood Fri, 07 May 2010 17:37:27 +0000 http://www.failmaps.com/?p=49#comment-449 I don't think they deliberately deleted the old comments. In fact you can see them still if you do 'view source' on the page. They've introduced some new javascript from intensedebate.com which seems to be (I assume accidentally) hiding all the old comments. When that change happened it seems it also allowed two more comments to be added, which are visible, before commenting was switched off again. So much for "intense debate". I don’t think they deliberately deleted the old comments. In fact you can see them still if you do ‘view source’ on the page. They’ve introduced some new javascript from intensedebate.com which seems to be (I assume accidentally) hiding all the old comments.

When that change happened it seems it also allowed two more comments to be added, which are visible, before commenting was switched off again. So much for “intense debate”.

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