From Boing Boing's community manager, Teresa Nielsen Hayden:
Boing Boing is about to launch a bunch of new features, which you'll be hearing about later today.
But first: at about 12:45 PM (PDT), before we start the transition to the new version of Boing Boing, our old commenter sign-in method will go away. As of that point, we won't want any more commenters to sign in using that method, so we'll shut down access to mt.cgi. However, boingboing.net itself will be accessible the whole time.
The upshot: commenter sign-in will be down for about ten minutes. The weblog itself will stay up and stay readable the whole time.
In the aftermath of the changeover, there'll be a period during which new posts by the editors and new comments by the readers will take longer than usual to show up. Please don't be alarmed. It's a strictly temporary condition.
More to come…
UPDATE: There has obviously been a delay in launching the new features. A few scurrying bugs emerged but our team of intrepid exterminators is on the case. Meanwhile, the original comment sign-in system will remain active. Stay tuned.
