At#nbsp;the heart of TechCrunch is#nbsp;our community. We#nbsp;want TechCrunch.com to#nbsp;feel like a#nbsp;home base for founders, investors and anyone who comes to#nbsp;us#nbsp;for breaking news and analysis of#nbsp;major tech giants and startups. That includes engaging with our community. We’re excited to#nbsp;introduce TechCrunch readers to#nbsp;our new commenting system, which is#nbsp;powered by Spot.IM.
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Publishers must be#nbsp;bold in#nbsp;adopting user-centric models to#nbsp;win the web’s war for attention. Spot.IM founder and CEO Nadav Shoval joined TechCrunch’s Travis Bernard for a#nbsp;discussion on#nbsp;why publishers must be#nbsp;community-centric.