I prefer the new way.

How many more complaints do you need to realize you fixed what wasn't broken? Admit to a mistake, and correct it please. [Editor's note: Thanks for all your feedback. We wanted to wait a few more days before rushing into any change. Interestingly, we made this change to two other sister web sites and haven't received any negative comments. Loved Plume de Norm's comment below. We are listening.]

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I think this works fine. It's similar to most comment posting sites, youtube, CNN.com...

I hate to be a troll, but I liked the old way better, too. Reading down makes more intuitive sense than reading up. And scrolling down to start at the beginning is a pain.
I don't even think this is an improvement for those who come here more than once to check the latest comments. They still have to start somewhere vaguely in the middle and search up or down to find the new comments they haven't read yet.
I can't see any advantage to this new format.

Really dislike this new format, since it is now much more difficult to follow the sequence of commentary. Much prefer the original format and I hope you will consider reverting to it.

This is like reading a magazine backwards...not the last page first. I prefer the old format.

Dear WTF,

Thanks for your contributions. We believe the comment you refer to has now been posted.

A couple of points about comments: While we strive to monitor comments as frequently as possible, sometimes events and schedules delay monitoring and posting. Also, sometimes we like to meter out the comments over time rather than posting them all at once, which we hope encourages repeat visits.

Also, we don't automatically publish all comments. Many are deleted. We vet comments for the usual things: libel, hate speech. There is also a huge grey area when comments get personal. Sometimes they are fair comment, sometimes they are downright nasty. We try our best to weed out the downright nasty while leaving in the fair comment. No doubt we make mistakes.

We also tend not to post comments that contain factual information that we a) know to be untrue, or b) cannot verify.

Sometimes we may edit a comment, for example delete any nastiness, while keeping what we feel is fair and valid commentary.

We are most interested in comments that add value to a story, offer constructive criticism, or bring a perspective that may be missing. We are least interested in comments that contain personal attacks, slander, rudeness or really bad puns.

We'd be interested to hear comments and thoughts about best practices. We sometimes look at newspaper comment policy for guidance. We appreciate the community of correspondents who comment on Masthead stories.

�The Editors

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