Well, no-one writes in the shoutbox, but maybe someone will comment on the news. Or maybe not . At least now you have the option, just click the 'comment!' or 'comments [ n ]' links at the top of the news item you wish to comment to get to the comment page for that news.

Edit: Brand new graphics on the poll-meters, for now its kind of mac-style, might do something else later, was just testing how to do it.