Thord D. Hedengren

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Tag: comments

  • Comments for the commenter

    Comments just for the commenter, with Echochamber.js:

    When a user submits a comment, echochamber.js will save the comment to the user’s LocalStorage, so when they return to the page, they can be confident that their voice is being heard, and feel engaged with your very engaging content. It does not make any HTTP requests. Since LocalStorage is only local, you and your database need not be burdened with other people’s opinions.

    Or in layman terms: The comments only live in the commenter’s browser, thus that’s the only place it exists.

  • Recode cans comments

    Recode turns off comments, their biggest change to the site yet.

    The biggest change for some of you, however, will be that we have decided to remove the commenting function from the site. We thought about this decision long and hard, since we do value reader opinion. But we concluded that, as social media has continued its robust growth, the bulk of discussion of our stories is increasingly taking place there, making onsite comments less and less used and less and less useful.

    Here’s why there are no comments on TDH.me.

  • On Removing Comments

    I haven’t had comments enabled on this site for quite some time now. The previous, very light-weight version of TDH.me did away with the comment block. Obviously there are no comments now either, and I’m seriously contemplating taking similar action on other sites I run.

    Removing comments have had these effects, both immediate and long term:

    • The conversation rate has increased, but moved. We’re now talking on Twitter and to some extent on App.net.
    • The tone of the conversation was always pretty decent here, but it has improved nonetheless. Criticism is constructive, praise is just as nice as ever.
    • There is no moderation, and no missed comments, to manage and apologize for.
    • I don’t have to worry about spam, which includes both it spam bots and the occasional trolling.

    This would’ve been the perfect opportunity for a graph of some sort, but I’ve got no numbers to share. Sorry.  (more…)

  • Do we want to use Facebook's comments?

    Facebook (fan me!) will most definitely give Disqus and others a run for their money when they launch their hosted commenting service. I’ve got clients asking me about Facebook’s solution already. Question is, do we really want comments to be Facebook users only? Not due anytime soon it seems.