optional information users can provide, especially in response to an element of content such as a news article or another user's article or statement.
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Enter to submit comments on Facebook and StackExchange
Facebook and StackExchange have both recently changed how comments are handled.
Users enter text in what appears to be a textarea. When they press enter the comment is now submitted. Using shift-enter will insert a carriage return.
Previously…
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Transitioning from flat comments to threaded comments
I'm transitioning a basic oldest -> newest comment system to a threaded system. The new system will allow for a single level of depth and the threads will be sorted by newest -> oldest. Under each parent comment will be a list of replies from…
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Limited threaded system for comments?
What do you think about offering on a general news website a reply functionality on comments only for the first level? Post comments will be shown in chronological order (descending) while replies will be possible only for first level and threaded…
Toddy Log
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Is there any good reason to enforce a maximum length for comments?
This is sort of the antithesis to this question.
A lot of websites - including the Stack Exchanges - will only allow commenting up to a certain length. It tends to sit between 300 and 600 characters from what I've seen, but I've been wondering why…
Kai
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When does it make sense to collapse threads in discussion?
When you have a threaded comment system, how do you decide whether you collapse replies to top level comments or no?
E.g.
Comment 1
Comment 1.1
Comment 1.2
Comment 1.3
Comment 2
vs some kind of collapsed threads (sometimes they show 1…
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Ideal way to design single textfield input for a minimal viable product?
I'm part of a small team of developers without a single graphic/ux/ui designer, and we're trying our hands at building a small website.
We want to get end users input on what's happening in the environment, even if the site already exists, we…
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How a comment service should work in a CMS or CRM like online application?
We are just finalizing the comment service in our new CRM/CMS application and arrived to a point, where we have to decide how exactly the comment service should work?
Facebook style - Fresh comment on the bottom, top comments collapse
Forum style -…
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Utility of linking to "recent comments" from a blog's front page?
Quite a few blogs have a section in the right sidebar on the front page which links to the most recent comments, typically citing them by each commenter's name and the title of the post they commented on.
When I comment on other people's blogs, I…
user127511
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What are the pros and cons of referring to a user's "response" rather than a user's "comment"?
Users' replies to posts on a blog-type site, or replies to replies and so on, are usually called "comments". And so long as the invitation to respond is not as cutesy as "Have your say" or "Join the conversation", it usually takes the form of "Leave…
user127511
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When to hide comments under the “show comments” button?
I’m designing a comment system for a magazine site. What is the best solution for showing comment section for newspaper / magazine?
My current structure of the article is like this:
Header
Content
Share post
Author
Comments
Related
Current…
Runnick
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