Today we are introducing enhancements to our comment system to improve the community experience across NYTimes.com.

The first thing you’ll probably notice is an entirely new design, which for the first time brings our readers’ comments onto the same page as the article or blog post. This improves the old system, which relegated them to a separate page.

We are also adding new functions. Comments are now threaded, giving readers the ability to respond to one another. In addition, we’ve added tie-ins to social media: comments, both yours and others', can now be shared to Twitter and Facebook.

And finally, we are introducing a program for “trusted” commenters -- those who have maintained a history of posting outstanding comments on the site. Submissions from these members of our community will not be moderated in advance. Trusted commenter status is offered by invitation only. (Read more about this program.)