Talking Points Memo Status Blog

1. Why did you switch to Facebook comments?
   Please read Josh’s full post on the decision.
    
2. I don’t see any commenting interface at all.
   Browser extensions such as No-Script, AdBlock, and other ad/javascript-blocking extensions can prevent the loading of the comment box. Whitelisting Facebook’s domain (as well as TPM) will allow comments to load.
   
   
3. I don’t have a Facebook account, or I have one but prefer not to use it.
   Log in with Yahoo, AOL, or Hotmail. Click the ‘Comment Using…’ button to choose your option.
   
    
4. I’m using my Facebook account to comment, but don’t want to clutter my profile with comments, or don’t want them on my newsfeed.
   Uncheck ‘Post to Facebook’ below the comment box.
    

TPM has officially made the switch to Facebook commenting. 

Josh’s full explanation is here. 

The switch to our new registration system is complete. For more information, click here.

We’ve hit a snag in our move from one log in system to the other.

We’re working hard to have a fix in place as soon as we can. 

Thanks for your patience!

—Callie

TPM is changing its sign in system for commenting on April 2, which means your old username will be invalid. This change is a move to a much more secure and seamless login process, which will end all of the issues you’ve experienced in recent weeks regarding signing in, changing your avatar, etc.

More after the jump.

If you have not yet registered for our new system, please do so here.

We apologize for the inconvenience of having to re-register, but we assure you that this is absolutely necessary to make this switch. Also of note, we have gotten rid of OpenID in an effort to prevent the creation of false accounts and trolls.

Please note that nothing about our privacy policy is changing—we will continue to respect your privacy and will not take any data from your registration. TPM will only store your method of signing in, and a username and icon of your choice. Nothing more.

We appreciate your contributions to TPM over the years and are grateful to have such a vibrant and loyal commenting community.

*Reminder: As of April 2, your old username will be invalid.*

To register, click here.

Beginning today, you and other valued commenters of the TPM community are invited to pre-register your usernames for our new sign in system. This gives you the opportunity to either change your username or re-register your current one. 

This change in our sign in system is a move to a much more secure and seamless login process, which will end all of the issues you’ve experienced in recent weeks regarding signing in, changing your avatar, etc. 

We apologize for the inconvenience of having to re-register, but we assure you that this is absolutely necessary to make this switch. Also of note, we have gotten rid of OpenID in an effort to prevent the creation of false accounts and trolls.

Please note that nothing about our privacy policy is changing—we will continue to respect your privacy and will not take any data from your registration. TPM will only store your method of signing in, and a username and icon of your choice. Nothing more.

We will have a one-week transition period from our old system to our new system in which you may login using either one. We will notify you on our TPM Status Blog, above the comment threads (where “Login” is) and within the comment threads when we are making the switch, which we anticipate will be March 19.

We appreciate your contributions to TPM over the years and are grateful to have such a vibrant and loyal commenting community.

To register, click here.

We’re aware that some readers are having trouble logging in to comment. We’re in the process of improving our sign in system and hope to have things resolved shortly.

Thanks!

—Callie 

We’re hard at work on the PollTracker issue that some users are experiencing on Internet Explorer 9.

Note: If you are on Firefox 3.6, you will not be able to see the charts without upgrading your browser as Polltracker uses HTML 5, which is not compatible with FF 3.6. FF is now up to version 9, so upgrading is recommended.

In the meantime, if you’d like a screenshot of a particular chart or graph, please e-mail Chris O’Driscoll at cmodriscoll@gmail.com.

Thanks for your patience!

—Callie 

We’re aware that some users on Internet Explorer 9 are having trouble seeing our Polltracker charts, and we’re looking into it. 

If you are on Firefox 3.6, you will not be able to see the charts without upgrading your browser as Polltracker uses HTML 5, which is not compatible with FF 3.6. FF is now up to version 9, so upgrading is recommended.

Thanks!

—Callie 

If you’re getting a “Hyphenator.JS” error message when clicking on a TPM page, try clearing your cache. That should remove the issue. 

Here’re some good resources for how to clear your cache: 

http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahic.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser’s-Cache

http://www.bnl.gov/itd/webapps/browsercache.asp

http://support.lexisnexis.com/lexiscom/record.asp?ArticleID=wg_cache

Thanks!

—Callie