Welcome to Polygon’s new comment system!
A lot can change in a decade. Back in May 2012, Lucasfilm was an independent company and had released only six live-action Star Wars films; there was just one video game named Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2; and the debuts of the “next-gen” PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were still 18 months away.
Oh, and Polygon didn’t exist (or at least, this website didn’t).
When we launched Polygon, one of our goals was to create and sustain a vibrant community of gaming aficionados — people who could bring their passion to our comments sections and forums, but in a way that was friendly and inclusive rather than unwelcoming and off-putting. It’s a work in progress, and as part of our ongoing efforts on this front, we’re thrilled to announce that Polygon is moving to a new commenting system Wednesday afternoon!
The new commenting platform is called Coral, and you’ll be familiar with it if you read our sister site SB Nation or any of its hundreds of team blogs, which have all been upgraded with this system over the past couple of years. The primary mission for the team behind Coral is to produce better conversations by encouraging productive dialogue and discouraging abuse. In other words, it’s a perfect fit for our mission at Polygon.
We know that change is scary, but we hope that once this transition is complete, you’ll appreciate the new system as much as we do. We ask for your patience as we work to iron out any issues that may come up. And if you have any ideas for how we can make the new commenting platform better, we’re all ears — please send your thoughts to coralsupport@voxmedia.com.
You can find an FAQ about the Coral changeover below; please let us know if you have any other questions. In addition, we’ve just published an
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