Cool New Comments Feature

The much maligned Disqus system has produced a cool new feature for our comments threads — highlighted comments. I can now highlight a good comment under an individual threat. That pushes it to the top of the thread and provides a screen background to attract attention. I’ve just highlighted four comments. BTW, Disqus also changed the down-arrow function somewhat. You no longer can see how many people have clicked the down arrow. It simply turns red when someone does. Disqus says it made the change to keep things positive in the blogosphere.

Question: What do you think of the 2 changes Disqus has made to the commenting system?