Those of you that have commented on this site before… do the threaded comments drive you crazy? I’m thinking about unthreading Transadvocate comments. Your thoughts? Please vote in the poll in the left sidebar.
Those of you that have commented on this site before… do the threaded comments drive you crazy? I’m thinking about unthreading Transadvocate comments. Your thoughts? Please vote in the poll in the left sidebar.
20 Comments, Comment or Ping
Felix
Hmmm . . . does “threaded” mean the way readers can comment under individual posts? The way this jumps about rather than stuff appearing in simple chronological order was a bit difficult to follow at first. I’m used to it now, though and use the “Recent Comments” sidebar to catch up.
Feb 2nd, 2008
Monica Helms
Or, like on Pam’s House Blend, an indication of which posts are new in a bright red.
Feb 2nd, 2008
Marti Abernathey
yes, that’s exactly what it means.
Feb 2nd, 2008
leigh
I prefer threaded, but then so do all “real” transsexuals… only transgender types prefer to disjoin conversation
Feb 2nd, 2008
Marti Abernathey
*snort*
Your humor gives me hope.
Feb 2nd, 2008
leigh
seems to bring up the “yes” count too !!! lol
Feb 2nd, 2008
Felix
You’ve ALL started threading again!!!
Feb 2nd, 2008
Kara Harkins
On one BB I use they allow for either option … that way individual users can decide what option they like. If it is one-or-the-other though, I prefer unthreaded so I can find new comments without having to jump around. Maybe number the comments so people can still reply to a specific one if they want?
Feb 2nd, 2008
Sue
I have to agree.
Sue
Feb 2nd, 2008
Sue
You have to understand this is Freeware and the options are limited.
Sue
Feb 2nd, 2008
Kara Harkins
Actually, that BB is using freeware.
Either way though, a common convention in posts in many places is to start them with @name in order to at least say who you are responding to and that is just a convention people use in their posts. In some cases I have seen people use @post-number too where comments are numbered.
Feb 2nd, 2008
nexy
i prefer the comments to be listed in chronological order. if someone wants to respond to a specific comment or idea, then they can quote it using block quotes.
Feb 2nd, 2008
BEAR A-M Rodgers
I also like chronological order. It is a mindset thing (like taking witness statements). For me, improving the quote option is my concern. If one is not familiar with code, or they are using certain ISPs, then they cannot do the quote blocks. There other times even hitting the right buttons will not allow me to see the current responses, just the last one I read or posted, unless I dump my cache every time or direct link from my email notices.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Curtis E. Hinkle
I prefer individual comments in chronological order.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Stellewriter
It is a matter of either responding directly to the Blog content, or the responses to the content. Niether works very well if the intent is to drive open discussion. Are there other options, or moderation possibilities?
Feb 3rd, 2008
Autumn Sandeen
I generally prefer threaded comments, but then again I don’t like the way your current page format threads the comments.
Because of that, I’d vote for chronological here.
Feb 3rd, 2008
Monica Helms
So Marti. Are you ever going to reveal your stage name when you were younger? If I’m not mistaken, you were a rock star called Hanna Indiana. (grin)
Feb 4th, 2008
Felix
I see we have 81 posts in the HBS topic but I can only find 72 when I click on the “latest posts” thingy on the right.
One of them has my name in it, too!!
Feb 4th, 2008
Felix
I meant “Recent Comments” - doh. I can see them now, the next morning - weird.
Feb 5th, 2008
Jayna
it doesn’t bother me as is but playing with the format can potentially be good
Feb 5th, 2008