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MacGregor Thomson is former UGC Editor at The Huffington Post, and now is product manager for interactive tools and community technology.

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Community Playlist: Share Your Favorite Music

(274) Comments | Posted June 22, 2012 | 12:42 PM

Longtime HuffPost users may remember some threads in the past where they enjoyed sharing music clips that they found on YouTube and posted in the comment section. Not Long ago enigma2 suggested that HuffPost make a space where it's easy for community members to share their...

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You Tell Us: When Did The Spirit Of The '60s End?

(1418) Comments | Posted May 16, 2012 | 11:37 AM

Last week James Franco wrote an anecdotal piece on his experience watching "Gimme Shelter," a film by the Maysles Brothers that involved coverage of the violent incidents that occured at the Altamont concert in 1969. The film, according to Franco, ended up sounding like "the death knell for...

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Commenter Sings About Obama (VIDEO)

(39) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 1:28 PM

Last week HuffPost user VotingThisTime shared his original song showing support for President Obama. I applaud his creativity, and want to highlight his music to make sure it doesn't go unseen.

I also want to open up the opportunity for all to share their creativity with the HuffPost...

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Mother's Day 2012: What Do You Thank Your Mom For? (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

(1) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 3:11 PM

It's here -- the one day of the year to reward mom for every sleepless night she spent with you, any teenage shenanigans you may have subjected her to and a lifetime of her unconditional love. If you haven't found the perfect gift yet, or even written a creative card,...

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DEBATE: Obama Same-Sex Marriage Stance Risks His Chances For Reelection

(116) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 11:18 AM

As we heard yesterday, President Obama affirmed his support for same-sex marriage. The announcement stirred up a whirlwind of opinions, and many HuffPost commenters had opposing views as to how this will affect the upcoming presidential election.

Below are some arguments from HuffPost Pundit users on whether the...

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New Site Feature: Notifications

(209) Comments | Posted May 8, 2012 | 11:14 AM

I'm excited to announce a brand new tool to help you quickly and easily stay up to date with the latest in your HuffPost network.

The new social notifications toolbar will instantly alert you when articles by authors you're a fan of are published, you get a reply to...

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Respect For "Unique Lens"

(14) Comments | Posted December 16, 2011 | 8:06 AM

It's a rarity to see a constructive exchange between two people who have completely different points of view. I wanted to share this one between HuffPost users metallicdiva9009 and Catdog101 found in the comments of Janet Mock's piece on HuffPost Gay Voices:


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Should Bernie Sanders Run For President?

(263) Comments | Posted December 12, 2011 | 8:34 AM

On Senator Bernie Sander's latest post, HuffPost user aflevine had an interesting suggestion:

...now that he has brought forward this critical Amendment, Bernie is perfectly positioned to announce his candidacy for President. This issue would immediatel­y gain huge traction. As President, he could then use the...
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Why Is OWS Being Ignored by Lawmakers?

(247) Comments | Posted November 23, 2011 | 2:42 PM

We're seeing a lot of great comments on the site right now. One of my co-workers found this one by HuffPost user Ponderus written in response to Arianna's latest post. We started chatting about it and I wanted to broaden the discussion...

...why are the actions...
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Introducing the HuffPost Status Page

(25) Comments | Posted November 21, 2011 | 10:31 AM

Very often it's you, the members of the community, who bring our attention to issues and possible bugs, so I'm pleased to announce that we're launching a "HuffPost Status" page to keep you updated, in real-time, on all that's happening backstage. The page will allow us to directly communicate our...

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What's Missing in Washington?

(62) Comments | Posted November 17, 2011 | 10:38 AM

I'm an avid reader of comments, so I know that it's not uncommon to find really intriguing and thought-provoking discussion on HuffPost. Here's a nice discussion starter from HuffPost user Diablo Canyon from Alec Baldwin's latest post that I wanted to highlight:

'The greediest generation­.' I...
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Staff Picks From This Week's Comments

(150) Comments | Posted November 3, 2011 | 5:00 PM

The Huffington Post Community team is identifying new ways to highlight our community members' experiences and contributions to the site. We're developing features both from an editorial and tech perspective that will bring your thoughts into focus on the site.

As a first step toward our goals of promoting your...

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Introducing Collections

(20) Comments | Posted September 15, 2011 | 1:35 PM

I want to introduce a new addition to the social tools at Huffington Post: the Collections feature. Now available to all HuffPost users, it allows you to save your favorite articles and blog entries to easily find them later, share them with your friends and follow what others are collecting....

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A Special Project for 9/11

(0) Comments | Posted September 10, 2011 | 1:01 PM

There's a great project going on over at the New York section. With the anniversary of September 11th, we want to hear your story. You can do more than post a comment, head over there and send photos and show us where you were impacted. An interactive map...

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Comment Wait Time

(98) Comments | Posted September 2, 2011 | 12:02 PM

Over the past couple of weeks, the waiting time for comments to be posted has been abnormally high because of a backend issue we are working on. We've received messages from many of you with your concerns. I want to let you all know that we are working hard to...

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Gift Badges

(508) Comments | Posted August 16, 2011 | 11:12 AM

It's nice to let a fellow community member know when one of their comments is outstanding, which is why we have the favorite button. But what if you find a post to be particularly noteworthy and you'd like to do more than "fav" the comment?

Well, here's your chance to...

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New Community Guidelines!

(63) Comments | Posted May 27, 2011 | 10:30 AM

I'm happy to announce today our new community guidelines. They've been updated to more accurately reflect the main goal for the community, which is to promote a civil, positive and constructive commenting environment.

You may notice that the new guidelines have moved away from outlining...

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New Community Feature: Micro-Bios for Commenters

(15) Comments | Posted April 27, 2011 | 2:36 PM

Dear community, it's been a while since you've heard from us, but we've been hard at work developing new features that will greatly enhance user experience.

First up is a small but powerful feature available to users with badges that allows you to post a brief description of yourself right...

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