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Things seem to be looking solid for the moment regarding the Disqus transition. Please let me know if there are any enduring issues, either through comments or e-mail (still resolving a couple of outstanding requests). For the time being we are going to keep media comments available, and rely on the “flag this comment” to eliminate any problems; basically, a certain number of flags will mean that the comment is no longer viewable. Let’s see how that works out.