21 January 2012

Goodbye to "@ anon 10:14 AM"

This blog is a bit atypical in that comments by readers often contain as much relevant content as the original post.  I was particularly pleased when one reader said he/she read every comment on every post.

Most posts here don't get a lot of comments, but when one does (conspiracy theory, religion, education, politics), it can get confusing trying to sort out who is responding to which comment.

For that reason, today I've implemented a feature just made available by the Blogger host - threaded commenting.  It should now be possible when writing a comment to make a choice between a) commenting on the post in general or b) replying to a previous post.f

It should be an improvement for all involved; we'll see how it goes.

(And the rest of you who have .blogspot.com blogs might want to consider checking the instructions on how to set up this feature).

17 comments:

  1. No comments yet, as of the time of my writing this? I hate to be a "FIRST!" who comes in second (or later).

    We should definitely be testing out this new feature. :)

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    1. Agreed; and done.

      The goodbye to anon had me slightly scared that there would be no anonymous or login-less comments any more, but phew ;)

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    2. Yeah, I didn't catch that the point was the "@" part of the title, not the anonymous.

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  2. And btw, this is different from "ranked comments" where people upvote and downvote comments. There's not enought commenting on this blog to warrant that kind or sorting.

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    1. "enough" and "of" (still can't edit posted comments...)

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    2. I enjoy the comments (edited or not)and am so glad you turned on this feature. It will be much easier to follow the conversations that spring up. (Just FYI Wordpress does allow editing comments.)

      I am attempting to post this for the third time. It is redirecting me when I attempt to post with the 'Reply as'drop-down, choosing my Wordpress ID. I tried in the 'nest'(as I'm doing now) and as a new comment at the end of the comment stream. I'll now try the drop down for 'name & URL'.

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    3. Guess that's the way to go.

      I would probably comment more often here if it weren't such a multi-step process, but that probably saves you from reading banal exclamations.

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  3. It was about time for Google to start improving the comment tools. I wonder if the lack of options in this area is or not a factor that keeps people for commenting.

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  4. It's " Is or is not" so you missed an is and I'm going to end up on that page for people who always correct people and never talk about the content.
    It should be black letters on a black page; or white on white actually as they think they are so pure. Hee hee.
    Actually I'm just seeing if this stuff works or will it get even more complicated than it was.
    In the beginning darkness covered the land. Then God created words; and said "Let there be light!".
    Then she said "Hmm. Not sure. I think I'll try darkness again.It's hard to tell in this light"

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  5. Sorry, I'm not fond of the change. It's very 'busy' -- it was easier to read the old comments.

    =^/

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  6. When I click on "Comments," it takes me to the new comment window, and I have to scroll all the way up to read the comments. I'd much rather start at the top and read the comments, then add mine, if I have one that isn't a reply, when I get down to the bottom. Any way you can fix this? Or does everyone else like it?

    --Swift Loris

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    1. I don't know any way to change it, Swift; it came as a standard upgrade from the bloghost.

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  7. After testing this for a few days, it seems to me that it is only possible to comment on the post or to comment on a reply to the post.

    I haven't found a way to reply to a reply (a second-level embed). If someone knows how, let me know.

    tx.

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