I prefer the previous method of submitting comments.  This new way is just more of a burden and worse yet could actually be a ploy on behalf of the Ste advertiser to get people to read a news article they have no interest in just so they can check if they like someone else's comment or not.  Additionally although some comments may not be civil it does reflect what people in the community are thinking and isn't that the purpose of reading the comments in the first place.