In order to make things work more easily, we recently switched the site’s summary email management over to FeedBlitz. It seems the broadcasts have been going out daily. We just tweaked some settings and you should now receive such notices only one time per week, on Mondays. Please let us know if you observe otherwise.

This site has a poll feature that I’m learning how to use (see left sidebar).

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We’ve updated/moved several listings in the directory on this site (e.g., updated Vernon John’s name to reflect that it is now a Jr. High school), and we’ve added a new section: Studies, reports, plans. This new section offers access to such documents without having to noodle in the archives.

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Comments around here have been a mixed bag. They have allowed folks to share info on, e.g., where recycling bins are located, or how the new Fuelperks program works, and they have allowed folks interested in, say, gardening to find each other to discuss their common interest offline. But they have also provided a space for people to vent, or worse, to hide behind anonymity to launch snarky remarks.

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The host behind the site offers different ways for commenting to be managed, some of which make sense as described, some of which… well, the description leaves me scratching my head a bit. Anyhow, we’re going to experiment with these settings. We’re aiming to check out a world in which folks register to be able to comment. Right now it looks like older threads’ comment sections are open, and the latest thread’s commenting is closed, which is not quite the intent. Sooo, please hang tight while we mess with the settings over the next couple of days.

Hey folks, a few no-no’s are worth mentioning, given a few recent comments (some of which have not gone live): posting as someone else in town, posting totally anonymously (using a pseudoname and also giving a fake email address). Anonymity is a privilege — don’t abuse it. ‘Nuf said.

At this time, we’re deciding against an ‘edit’ button whereby folks could modify their own comments. While such a feature would allow folks to fix their typos, it also would come with some downside potential, per the experience of other site moderators I’ve talked with regarding such a feature. Sooo, if you would like to try to avoid entering typos, I would suggest a quick proofread before hitting send. Or maybe compose what may be a lengthy comment in Word or some other text editor that is easier to see lots of text in and that offers some sort of spellcheck functionality, and then copy/paste into the comments box. At any rate, most typos don’t keep one’s point from coming through, and if there’s any question, folks can always ask for clarification.

Curious about which threads have the most comments on this site? John M has hooked us up with a new tool: 50 most commented. A link to this little tool can also be found down near the site’s footer material. Thanks John!

We did another upgrade recently. So far, it looks like in the right column, searching by category gets one a whole lot of nada. The other search fields work. I will comment when this has been resolved. Please let us know if you find any other functionality that doesn’t seem to be doing what it should.