diff --git a/public/js/main_0.0.3.js b/public/js/main_0.0.3.js
index 2519a4f66d..8db2d2769d 100644
--- a/public/js/main_0.0.3.js
+++ b/public/js/main_0.0.3.js
@@ -277,34 +277,32 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     $('#long-instructions').hide();
   });
 
-  var upvoteHandler = function () {
-    var id = storyId;
-    $('#upvote').unbind('click');
+  function upvoteHandler(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    var upvoteBtn = this;
+    var id = upvoteBtn.id;
+    var upVotes = $(upvoteBtn).data().upVotes;
+    var username = typeof username !== 'undefined' ? username : '';
     var alreadyUpvoted = false;
     for (var i = 0; i < upVotes.length; i++) {
-      if (upVotes[i].upVotedBy === B3BA669EC5C1DD70FB478221E067A7E1B686929C569F5E73561B69C8F42129B) {
+      if (upVotes[i].upVotedBy === username) {
         alreadyUpvoted = true;
         break;
       }
     }
     if (!alreadyUpvoted) {
-      $.post('/stories/upvote',
-        {
-          data: {
-            id: id
-          }
+      $.post('/stories/upvote', { id: id })
+        .fail(function(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+          $(upvoteBtn).bind('click', upvoteHandler);
         })
-        .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-          $('#upvote').bind('click', upvoteHandler);
-        })
-        .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
-          $('#upvote').text('Upvoted!').addClass('disabled');
+        .done(function(data, textStatus, xhr) {
+          $(upvoteBtn).text('Upvoted!').addClass('disabled');
 
           $('#storyRank').text(data.rank + " points");
         });
     }
   };
-  $('#upvote').on('click', upvoteHandler);
+  $('#story-list').on('click', 'button.btn-upvote', upvoteHandler);
 
   var storySubmitButtonHandler = function storySubmitButtonHandler() {
 
@@ -322,7 +320,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
           description: description,
           storyMetaDescription: storyMetaDescription,
           rank: 1,
-          comments: [],
           image: storyImage
         }
       })
@@ -336,29 +333,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
   $('#story-submit').on('click', storySubmitButtonHandler);
 
-  var commentSubmitButtonHandler = function commentSubmitButtonHandler() {
-    $('#comment-button').unbind('click');
-    var data = $('#comment-box').val();
-
-    $('#comment-button').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
-    $.post('/stories/comment/',
-      {
-        data: {
-          associatedPost: storyId,
-          originalStoryLink: originalStoryLink,
-          originalStoryAuthorEmail: originalStoryAuthorEmail,
-          body: data
-        }
-      })
-      .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-        $('#comment-button').attr('disabled', false);
-        $('#comment-button').bind('click', commentSubmitButtonHandler);
-      })
-      .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
-        window.location.reload();
-      });
-  };
-
     //fakeiphone positioning hotfix
     if($('.iphone-position').html() !==undefined || $('.iphone').html() !== undefined){
         var startIphonePosition = parseInt($('.iphone-position').css('top').replace('px', ''));
@@ -405,9 +379,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
             lockTop(initOff);
           });
         }
-   }
-
-  $('#comment-button').on('click', commentSubmitButtonHandler);
+    }
 });
 
 var profileValidation = angular.module('profileValidation',
diff --git a/server/boot/story.js b/server/boot/story.js
index 9b7e40fe15..c90fbff4b1 100755
--- a/server/boot/story.js
+++ b/server/boot/story.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var Rx = require('rx'),
-    nodemailer = require('nodemailer'),
     assign = require('object.assign'),
     sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html'),
     moment = require('moment'),
@@ -19,23 +18,6 @@ var unDasherize = utils.unDasherize;
 var dasherize = utils.dasherize;
 var getURLTitle = utils.getURLTitle;
 
-var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
-  service: 'Mandrill',
-  auth: {
-    user: secrets.mandrill.user,
-    pass: secrets.mandrill.password
-  }
-});
-
-function sendMailWhillyNilly(mailOptions) {
-  transporter.sendMail(mailOptions, function(err) {
-    if (err) {
-      console.log('err sending mail whilly nilly', err);
-      console.log('logging err but not carring');
-    }
-  });
-}
-
 function hotRank(timeValue, rank) {
   /*
   * Hotness ranking algorithm: http://amix.dk/blog/post/19588
@@ -69,7 +51,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
   var router = app.loopback.Router();
   var User = app.models.User;
   var findUserById = observeMethod(User, 'findById');
-  var findOneUser = observeMethod(User, 'findOne');
 
   var Story = app.models.Story;
   var findStory = observeMethod(Story, 'find');
@@ -77,14 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
   var findStoryById = observeMethod(Story, 'findById');
   var countStories = observeMethod(Story, 'count');
 
-  var Comment = app.models.Comment;
-  var findCommentById = observeMethod(Comment, 'findById');
-
-  router.get('/stories/hotStories', hotJSON);
-  router.get('/stories/comments/:id', comments);
-  router.post('/stories/comment/', commentSubmit);
-  router.post('/stories/comment/:id/comment', commentOnCommentSubmit);
-  router.put('/stories/comment/:id/edit', commentEdit);
+  router.get('/news/hot', hotJSON);
   router.get('/stories/submit', submitNew);
   router.get('/stories/submit/new-story', preSubmit);
   router.post('/stories/preliminary', newStory);
@@ -194,7 +168,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
           description: story.description,
           rank: story.upVotes.length,
           upVotes: story.upVotes,
-          comments: story.comments,
           id: story.id,
           timeAgo: moment(story.timePosted).fromNow(),
           image: story.image,
@@ -224,7 +197,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
         rank: 1,
         upVotes: 1,
         author: 1,
-        comments: 1,
         image: 1,
         storyLink: 1,
         metaDescription: 1,
@@ -250,7 +222,7 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
   }
 
   function upvote(req, res, next) {
-    var id = req.body.data.id;
+    const { id } = req.body;
     var story$ = findStoryById(id).shareReplay();
 
     story$.flatMap(function(story) {
@@ -284,16 +256,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
       );
   }
 
-  function comments(req, res, next) {
-    var id = req.params.id;
-    findCommentById(id).subscribe(
-      function(comment) {
-        res.send(comment);
-      },
-      next
-    );
-  }
-
   function newStory(req, res, next) {
     if (!req.user) {
       return next(new Error('Must be logged in'));
@@ -407,7 +369,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
             username: req.user.username,
             email: req.user.email
           },
-          comments: [],
           image: data.image,
           storyLink: storyLink,
           metaDescription: data.storyMetaDescription,
@@ -428,174 +389,4 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
         next
       );
   }
-
-  function commentSubmit(req, res, next) {
-    var data = req.body.data;
-    if (!req.user) {
-      return next(new Error('Not authorized'));
-    }
-    var sanitizedBody = cleanData(data.body);
-
-    if (data.body !== sanitizedBody) {
-      req.flash('errors', {
-        msg: 'HTML is not allowed'
-      });
-      return res.send(true);
-    }
-    var comment = new Comment({
-      associatedPost: data.associatedPost,
-      originalStoryLink: data.originalStoryLink,
-      originalStoryAuthorEmail: data.originalStoryAuthorEmail,
-      body: sanitizedBody,
-      rank: 0,
-      upvotes: 0,
-      author: {
-        picture: req.user.picture,
-        userId: req.user.id,
-        username: req.user.username,
-        email: req.user.email
-      },
-      comments: [],
-      topLevel: true,
-      commentOn: Date.now()
-    });
-
-    commentSave(comment, findStoryById).subscribe(
-      function() {},
-      next,
-      function() {
-        res.send(true);
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  function commentOnCommentSubmit(req, res, next) {
-    var data = req.body.data;
-    if (!req.user) {
-      return next(new Error('Not authorized'));
-    }
-
-    var sanitizedBody = cleanData(data.body);
-
-    if (data.body !== sanitizedBody) {
-      req.flash('errors', {
-        msg: 'HTML is not allowed'
-      });
-      return res.send(true);
-    }
-
-    var comment = new Comment({
-      associatedPost: data.associatedPost,
-      body: sanitizedBody,
-      rank: 0,
-      upvotes: 0,
-      originalStoryLink: data.originalStoryLink,
-      originalStoryAuthorEmail: data.originalStoryAuthorEmail,
-      author: {
-        picture: req.user.picture,
-        userId: req.user.id,
-        username: req.user.username,
-        email: req.user.email
-      },
-      comments: [],
-      topLevel: false,
-      commentOn: Date.now()
-    });
-    commentSave(comment, findCommentById).subscribe(
-      function() {},
-      next,
-      function() {
-        res.send(true);
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  function commentEdit(req, res, next) {
-    findCommentById(req.params.id)
-      .doOnNext(function(comment) {
-        if (!req.user && comment.author.userId !== req.user.id) {
-          throw new Error('Not authorized');
-        }
-      })
-      .flatMap(function(comment) {
-        var sanitizedBody = cleanData(req.body.body);
-        if (req.body.body !== sanitizedBody) {
-          req.flash('errors', {
-            msg: 'HTML is not allowed'
-          });
-        }
-        comment.body = sanitizedBody;
-        comment.commentOn = Date.now();
-        return saveInstance(comment);
-      })
-      .subscribe(
-        function() {
-          res.send(true);
-        },
-        next
-      );
-  }
-
-  function commentSave(comment, findContextById) {
-    return saveInstance(comment)
-      .flatMap(function(comment) {
-        // Based on the context retrieve the parent
-        // object of the comment (Story/Comment)
-        return findContextById(comment.associatedPost);
-      })
-      .flatMap(function(associatedContext) {
-        if (associatedContext) {
-          associatedContext.comments.push(comment.id);
-        }
-        // NOTE(berks): saveInstance is safe
-        // it will automatically call onNext with null and onCompleted if
-        // argument is falsey or has no method save
-        return saveInstance(associatedContext);
-      })
-      .flatMap(function(associatedContext) {
-        // Find the author of the parent object
-        // if no username
-        var username = associatedContext && associatedContext.author ?
-          associatedContext.author.username :
-          null;
-
-        var query = { where: { username: username } };
-        return findOneUser(query);
-      })
-      // if no user is found we don't want to hit the doOnNext
-      // filter here will call onCompleted without running through the following
-      // steps
-      .filter(function(user) {
-        return !!user;
-      })
-      // if this is called user is guarenteed to exits
-      // this is a side effect, hence we use do/tap observable methods
-      .doOnNext(function(user) {
-        // If the emails of both authors differ,
-        // only then proceed with email notification
-        if (
-          comment.author &&
-          comment.author.email &&
-          user.email &&
-          (comment.author.email !== user.email)
-        ) {
-          sendMailWhillyNilly({
-            to: user.email,
-            from: 'Team@freecodecamp.com',
-            subject: comment.author.username +
-            ' replied to your post on Camper News',
-            text: [
-              'Just a quick heads-up: ',
-              comment.author.username,
-              ' replied to you on Camper News.',
-              'You can keep this conversation going.',
-              'Just head back to the discussion here: ',
-              'http://freecodecamp.com/stories/',
-              comment.originalStoryLink,
-              '- the Free Code Camp Volunteer Team'
-            ].join('\n')
-          });
-        }
-      });
-  }
 };
diff --git a/server/views/stories/comments.jade b/server/views/stories/comments.jade
deleted file mode 100755
index e8f1372df0..0000000000
--- a/server/views/stories/comments.jade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-.text-left
-    div#comment-list
-
-        script(src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ramda/0.10.0/ramda.min.js")
-        script(src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.9.0/moment.min.js")
-        script.
-            var sentinel = 0;
-            var renderComments = function renderComments(comments, containerSelector, level) {
-                var commentDetails;
-                R.forEach(function displayComments(comment) {
-
-                    $.ajax({
-                        type: 'GET',
-                        url: '/stories/comments/' + comment,
-                        error: function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-                            commentDetails = {
-                                error: true,
-                                body: 'There seems to be a problem fetching this comment.'
-                            }
-                        },
-                        success: function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
-                            commentDetails = data;
-                            var div = document.createElement('div');
-                            var editButton = "";
-                          // todo
-                            if (commentDetails.author.username === DF105CFA89562196E702912B3818C6A5B46E80D262442FDF29976621E5AF0D23) {
-                              if ((Date.now() - commentDetails.commentOn) < 600000){
-                               editButton = "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost edit-btn' id='" + commentDetails.id + "'>Edit</a> · ";
-                              }
-                            }
-                            $(div)
-                                    .html(
-                                        '<div class="media media-news">' +
-                                            '<div class="media-left">' +
-                                                "<a href='/" + commentDetails.author.username + "'>" +
-                                                    '<img class="media-object img-news" src="' + commentDetails.author.picture +'" alt="' + commentDetails.author.username + '">' +
-                                                '</a>' +
-                                            '</div>' +
-                                            '<div class="media-body comment_' + commentDetails.id + '">' +
-                                                '<div class="media-body-wrapper">' +
-                                                    '<p>' + commentDetails.body + '</p>' +
-                                                        '<h6>' +
-                                                            '<div class="clearfix comment-a-comment negative-15">' +
-                                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' id='" + commentDetails.id + "'>Reply</a> · " +
-                                                                editButton +
-                                                                "commented " + moment(commentDetails.commentOn).fromNow() + " by " +
-                                                                "<a href='/" + commentDetails.author.username + "'>@" + commentDetails.author.username + "</a>" +
-                                                            '</div>' +
-                                                        '</h6>' +
-                                                '</div>' +
-                                            '</div>' +
-                                        '</div>'
-                                    )
-                                    .addClass('comment-wrapper positive-10')
-                                    .appendTo($(containerSelector));
-
-                            sentinel += commentDetails.comments.length;
-
-                            renderComments(commentDetails.comments, '.comment_' + commentDetails.id, ++level);
-
-                        },
-                        complete: function () {
-                            sentinel--;
-                            if (!sentinel) {
-                                $('.comment-a-comment').on('click', 'a', function() {
-                                    var editOrComment = 'comment';
-                                    if ($(this).hasClass("edit-btn")){
-                                        editOrComment = 'edit';
-                                    }
-                                    if (!isLoggedIn) {
-                                        window.location.href = '/signin';
-                                        return;
-                                    }
-                                    $(this).unbind('click');
-                                    $('.comment-to-comment-formgroup').empty();
-                                    $('#initial-comment-submit').addClass('hidden-element');
-                                    var div = document.createElement('div');
-                                    var commentId = $(this).attr('id');
-                                    $(div).html(
-                                        "<div class='formgroup comment-to-comment-formgroup control-label-story-submission'>" +
-                                            '<div class="col-xs-12">' +
-                                                "<div class='input-group'>" +
-                                                    "<input class='form-control big-text-field field-responsive' id='comment-to-comment-textinput' type='text' maxlength='140' autofocus />" +
-                                                    "<span class='input-group-btn'>" +
-                                                        "<button id='submit-comment-to-" + editOrComment + "' class='btn btn-big btn-primary btn-responsive'>Send</button>" +
-                                                    "</span>" +
-                                                "</div>" +
-                                            "</div>" +
-                                            "<div id='textarea-comment-feedback'></div>" +
-                                        "</div>"
-                                    )
-                                            .addClass('row')
-                                            .appendTo($(this).closest('.media-body-wrapper'));
-                                    var text_max = 140;
-                                    $('#textarea-comment-feedback').html(text_max + ' characters remaining');
-                                    $('#comment-to-comment-textinput').keyup(function (e) {
-                                        if (e.which === 13 || e === 13) {
-                                            $('#submit-comment-to-comment').click();
-                                            $('#submit-comment-to-edit').click();
-                                        }
-                                        var text_length = $('#comment-to-comment-textinput').val().length;
-                                        var text_remaining = text_max - text_length;
-                                        $('#textarea-comment-feedback').html(text_remaining + ' characters remaining');
-                                    });
-                                    var submitCommentToCommentHandler = function submitCommentToCommentHandler() {
-                                        $('#submit-comment-to-comment').unbind('click');
-                                        $.post('/stories/comment/' + commentId + '/comment',
-                                        {
-                                            data: {
-                                                associatedPost: commentId,
-                                                originalStoryLink: originalStoryLink,
-                                                originalStoryAuthorEmail: originalStoryAuthorEmail,
-                                                body: $('#comment-to-comment-textinput').val(),
-                                            }
-                                        })
-                                        .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-                                            $('#submit-comment-to-comment').bind('click', submitCommentToCommentHandler);
-                                        })
-                                        .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
-                                            window.location.reload();
-                                        });
-
-                                    };
-                                  // todo
-                                    var submitCommentForEditToCommentHandler = function submitCommentForEditToCommentHandler() {
-                                        $('#submit-comment-to-edit').unbind('click');
-
-                                        $.ajax({
-                                            type: "PUT",
-                                            url: '/stories/comment/' + commentId + '/edit',
-                                            data: {
-                                                associatedPost: commentId,
-                                                originalStoryLink: originalStoryLink,
-                                                body: $('#comment-to-comment-textinput').val()
-                                            },
-                                            dataType: "json",
-                                            success: function (msg) {
-                                                window.location.reload();
-                                            },
-                                            error: function (err){
-                                                $('#submit-comment-to-edit').bind('click', submitCommentForEditToCommentHandler);
-                                            }
-                                        });
-                                    };
-
-                                    $('#submit-comment-to-edit').on('click', submitCommentForEditToCommentHandler)
-                                    $('#submit-comment-to-comment').on('click', submitCommentToCommentHandler);
-                                });
-                            }
-                        }
-                    })
-
-
-                }, comments);
-            }
-            sentinel += comments.length;
-
-
-            renderComments(comments, $('#comment-list'), 0);
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/server/views/stories/hot-stories.jade b/server/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
index 425588dd05..0fe150ec54 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/hot-stories.jade
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             return name.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-');
         }
         $.ajax({
-            url: '/stories/hotStories',
+            url: '/news/hot',
             type: 'GET'
         })
                 .success(
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
                         var div  = document.createElement('div');
                         var linkedName = getLinkedName(data[i].storyLink);
                         var rank = data[i].rank;
+                        var alreadyUpvoted = false;
+                        if (typeof username !== 'undefined') {
+                          alreadyUpvoted = data[i].upVotes.some(function(vote) {
+                            return vote.upVotedByUsername === username
+                          });
+                        }
 
                         $(div)
                         .html(
@@ -38,7 +44,11 @@
                                     " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +
                                 "</div>" +
                                 "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
-                                    "<br><a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a>" +
+                                  "<br>" +
+                                  (typeof username !== 'undefined' ?
+                                    "<button id='" + data[i].id + "' class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost btn-upvote'>upvote</button>" :
+                                    "<a href='/signup' class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost btn-upvote'>upvote</a>") +
+                                    "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>more info...</a>" +
                                 "</div>" +
                             "</div>" +
                             "<div class='hidden-xs row media-stories'>" +
@@ -56,7 +66,10 @@
                                                 "</a>" +
                                             "</div>" +
                                             "<div class='story-byline col-xs-12 wrappable'>" +
-                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a> · " +
+                                                (typeof username !== 'undefined' ?
+                                                  "<button id='" + data[i].id + "' class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost btn-upvote'>upvote</button>" :
+                                                  "<a href='/signin' class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost'>upvote</a>") +
+                                                " · <a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>more info...</a> · " +
                                                 rank + (rank > 1 ? " points" : " point") + " · posted " +
                                                 moment(data[i].timePosted).fromNow() +
                                                 " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +
@@ -68,5 +81,13 @@
                         );
                         $(div).addClass('story-list news-box')
                         $(div).appendTo($('#story-list'));
+                        $(div).find('.btn-upvote').each(function(idx, btn) {
+                          var $btn = $(btn);
+                          if (alreadyUpvoted) {
+                            $btn.addClass('disabled');
+                            $btn.text('upvoted!');
+                          }
+                          $btn.data('upVotes', data[i].upVotes);
+                        });
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/server/views/stories/index.jade b/server/views/stories/index.jade
index 0204840763..196c1bcd3d 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/index.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/index.jade
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ block content
     if (user)
       script.
         var isLoggedIn = true;
-        var B3BA669EC5C1DD70FB478221E067A7E1B686929C569F5E73561B69C8F42129B = !{JSON.stringify(user.id)};
-        var DF105CFA89562196E702912B3818C6A5B46E80D262442FDF29976621E5AF0D23 = !{JSON.stringify(user.username)};
+        var userId = !{JSON.stringify(user.id)};
+        var username = !{JSON.stringify(user.username)};
     else
       script.
         var isLoggedIn = false;
diff --git a/server/views/stories/new-stories.jade b/server/views/stories/new-stories.jade
deleted file mode 100644
index 97a6aa02d6..0000000000
--- a/server/views/stories/new-stories.jade
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-.spacer
-.col-xs-12
-    #story-list.story-list
-
-        script(src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/ramda/0.10.0/ramda.min.js")
-        script.
-
-            var getLinkedName = function getLinkedName(name) {
-                return name.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-');
-            }
-            $.ajax({
-                url: '/stories/recentStories',
-                type: 'GET'
-            })
-                    .success(
-                    function(data) {
-                        for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
-                            var div  = document.createElement('div');
-                            var linkedName = getLinkedName(data[i].storyLink);
-                            var rank = data[i].rank;
-
-                            $(div)
-                            .html(
-                                "<div class='col-xs-12 text-left'>" +
-                                    "<h2 class='col-xs-1 col-sm-1 positive-5'>" +
-                                        (i + 1) +
-                                    "</h2>" +
-                                    "<div class='col-xs-2 col-sm-1'>" +
-                                        "<a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>" +
-                                            "<img src='" + data[i].author.picture + "' class='img-news'/>" +
-                                        "</a>" +
-                                    "</div>" +
-                                    "<div class='col-xs-9 col-sm-10'>" +
-                                        "<div class='row'>" +
-                                            "<div class='story-headline col-xs-12'>" +
-                                                "<a href='" + data[i].link + "' target='_blank'>" +
-                                                    data[i].headline +
-                                                "</a>" +
-                                            "</div>" +
-                                            "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
-                                                "<span>" +
-                                                    "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a> · " +
-                                                    rank + (rank > 1 ? " points" : " point") + " · posted " +
-                                                    moment(data[i].timePosted).fromNow() +
-                                                    " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +"</a> " +
-                                                "</span>" +
-                                            "</div>" +
-                                        "</div>" +
-                                    "</div>" +
-                                "</div>"
-                            );
-                            $(div).addClass('story-list')
-                            $(div).appendTo($('#story-list'));
-                        }
-                    });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/views/stories/news-nav.jade b/server/views/stories/news-nav.jade
index 52ddf6c9f5..f28f1788f1 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/news-nav.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/news-nav.jade
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ script.
                                     "</div>" +
                                     "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
                                         "<br>" +
-                                        "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a>" +
+                                        "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-block btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>more info...</a>" +
                                     "</div>" +
                                 "</div>" +
                             "</div>" +
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ script.
                                                 "</a>" +
                                             "</div>" +
                                             "<div class='story-byline col-xs-12 wrappable'>" +
-                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>discuss</a> · " +
+                                                "<a class='btn btn-no-shadow btn-primary btn-xs btn-primary-ghost' href='/news/" + linkedName + "'>more info.more info...</a> · " +
                                                     rank + (rank > 1 ? " points" : " point") + " · posted " +
                                                     moment(data[i].timePosted).fromNow() +
                                                     " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username +
diff --git a/server/views/stories/search-stories.jade b/server/views/stories/search-stories.jade
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/server/views/stories/show.jade b/server/views/stories/show.jade
index b96559b264..7d9ddbeb7f 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/show.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/show.jade
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ script.
     var storyId = !{JSON.stringify(id)};
     var originalStoryLink = !{JSON.stringify(originalStoryLink)};
     var originalStoryAuthorEmail = !{JSON.stringify(originalStoryAuthorEmail)};
-    var comments = !{JSON.stringify(comments)};
     var upVotes = !{JSON.stringify(upVotes)};
     var image = !{JSON.stringify(image)};
     var hasUserVoted = !{JSON.stringify(hasUserVoted)};
@@ -26,52 +25,19 @@ h3.row
             .col-xs-12
                 h4= description
                 .negative-5
-                    if !user
-                        a#upvote.btn.signup-btn.btn-xs(href='/signin') Sign in to reply or upvote
+                    if !hasUserVoted
+                        a#upvote.btn.btn-no-shadow.btn-primary.btn-xs.btn-primary-ghost Upvote
                         |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;
                     else
-                        a#reply-to-main-post.btn.btn-no-shadow.btn-primary.btn-xs.btn-primary-ghost Reply
-                        |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;&thinsp;
-                        if !hasUserVoted
-                            a#upvote.btn.btn-no-shadow.btn-primary.btn-xs.btn-primary-ghost Upvote
-                            |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;
-                        else
-                            a#upvote.btn.disabled.btn-no-shadow.btn-primary.btn-xs.btn-primary-ghost Upvoted!
-                            |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;
+                        a#upvote.btn.disabled.btn-no-shadow.btn-primary.btn-xs.btn-primary-ghost Upvoted!
+                        |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;
                     span#storyRank= rank + (rank > 1 ? " points" : " point")
                     |  &thinsp;·&thinsp;
                     span Posted #{timeAgo}
                     span &thinsp;by&thinsp;
                         a(href="/" + author.username) @#{author.username}
 
-if (user !== null)
-    .col-xs-12#reply-area
-    .hidden-element#initial-comment-submit
-        form.form-horizontal.control-label-story-submission
-            .col-xs-12
-                .input-group
-                    input#comment-box.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(type='text', placeholder='Enter your reply', autofocus)
-                    span.input-group-btn
-                        button#comment-button.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='button') Send
-                span.spacer.pull-left#textarea_feedback
-
 script.
     if (image) {
         $('#image-display').removeClass('hidden-element')
     }
-    $('#reply-to-main-post').on('click', function() {
-        $('#initial-comment-submit').removeClass('hidden-element');
-        $(this).unbind('click');
-        $('.comment-to-comment-formgroup').empty();
-    });
-    var text_max = 140;
-    $('#textarea_feedback').html(text_max + ' characters remaining');
-    $('#comment-box').keyup(function (e) {
-        if (e.which === 13 || e === 13) {
-            $('#comment-button').click();
-        }
-        var text_length = $('#comment-box').val().length;
-        var text_remaining = text_max - text_length;
-        $('#textarea_feedback').html(text_remaining + ' characters remaining');
-    });
-include comments
diff --git a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index dbe42dd1e7..dda1aa63ea 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
                     alert(type='danger')
                         span.ion-close-circled
                         |  A headline is required to submit.
-            .form-group
-                .col-xs-12.col-md-1
-                    label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Comment
-                .col-xs-12.col-md-11
-                    input#description-box.form-control(name="comment-box", placeholder="Kick off the discussion with an optional comment about this link" maxlength='140')
             .form-group
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-offset-1
                     span.pull-left#textarea_feedback