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You can post large-scale photos in your comments. Add photos from your computer, mobile device, Facebook, Instagram, Flickr and several other services. Click the photo icon in the bottom left corner of the comment box to choose your images. (Note: Photos are moderated before publication and may take a moment to show for other users.) When you hover over a comment, you'll see a "share" option that allows you to take the conversation to your social media accounts.

The comments sections on OregonLive.com have a new look today, and with that some new features. Our online community will now be able to share photos easier, use text formatting tools to make comments stand out and share comments easily to social media accounts.

Want to add a photo to your comment? Click the photo button.

Here’s the quick rundown of what the new features will allow you to do:

• Add large-scale photos to your comments. Now you can add photos from your computer, mobile device, Facebook, Instagram, Flickr and several other services. Click the photo icon in the bottom left corner of the comment box to choose your images. (One note: Photos are moderated before publication and may take a moment to show for other users.)

• Use basic text formatting options to customize your comments. This icon is at the left corner of the comment box. Along with bold, italics and underlining, you can create bullet points and add hyperlinks to share other relevant content online.

Use basic text formatting options to customize your comments.

• Flag a comment whether you're signed in or not. There is no longer a sign-in requirement to flag comments. If anyone sees a comment that violates our Community Rules – which you can read here – simply click the "flag" link under that comment to report it.

• Sort comments to show either the newest or oldest first.

• Replies to comments will now include the handle of the person you’re replying to, making it easier to follow the conversation and keep up with replies to your own comments.

• A notification will appear in the lower right corner of your screen when new comments are posted.

• When you hover over a comment, you’ll see a “Share” option. This lets you take the conversation to your social media accounts, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

A notification will appear in the lower right corner of your screen when new comments are posted.

• The new platform provides the option to collapse replies. Look for a minus sign above the first reply to a comment and click on it to hide the replies. To bring them back, simply click on the + sign.

Try it out and let us know what you think. Leave your questions and feedback in the comments below.

-- The Oregonian