Current.com Blog | February 01, 2010 | 261 comments

Feature release: Commenting upgrade [UPDATED]

Hello Currenteers!

 

 

In case you haven't noticed, today's feature release is serving up some major upgrades to our commenting system. Discussions on Current.com are extremely important to us, and we've come up with a few updates to existing functionality as well as some new enhancements that will help pave the way for the months to come.

 

Let's take a quick tour:

 

Comment Voting: That's right, comment voting is now officially implemented on Current.com.

 

 

Each comment will have an individual score based on the aggregate count of votes, so for example: If a comment has 51 votes up, and 52 votes down, a "-1" will display. So, what are you waiting for? Reward some discussion-driving folks by giving them a coveted vote up. Find someone detracting from the discussion at hand? Give 'em a vote down.

 

Sorting Options: Why not offer some alternative ways to sort comments? 

 

 

We're changing the default sort on all threads to "Newest" first, this way you'll always see the latest discussions on the main landing page. But, for those of you who prefer to read threads in the order in which they developed, you can always sort by "Oldest" as well. And since we implemented comment voting, it would be a travesty not to offer a sort by "Popular" option. We think this will be an interesting way to find new and insightful commentary on Current.com threads as our discussions develop. Try it out!

 

[UPDATE] There has been some concerns about the switch from "Oldest" to "Newest" sorting, and I thought it would be best to clarify. For this iteration we are setting our sort to "Newest" for all threads, but we are investigating ways to store your preferred sort in a cookie. This means if you prefer one sort over the others, you will be able to make these stick across the site.

 

Replies and Pagination: We've made a couple important changes to the way that replies and pagination works on Current.com. 

 

 

All reply threads are now "open" as a default, you are no longer restricted to replying only to the original commenter, and we've changed some of the design aspects for replies as well. In our older system, any time you reply to someone on a thread you were automatically replying to the first comment on the thread. Now you can elect a person to reply to, and their name will appear at the beginning of your comment. You'll also notice that replies longer indent on discussion threads -- instead, the avatars in reply comments are slightly smaller in size.

 

These decisions were largely made to help facilitate the ability to sort by popular. For example, a reply to a thread could be more popular than all of the comments on the entire thread. This allows us to display each comment ranked on popularity, while still retaining it's reply status.

 

Additionally, we've done away with pagination. That's right, each comment now loads by default, which means your scrolling finger will now be ready for a workout.

 

[UPDATE] How do I edit and reply to comments? Our admin controls for commenting are now hidden when reading through threads. When you mouse over a comment, you should see the vote buttons light up, as well as a "reply" button below the posted comment. If you happen to be the comment author, you should see both "edit" and "delete" functionality in this mouse over state.

 

[UPDATE] There seems to be some confusion around our decision to default to open threads without pagination, so let me clear a few things up. First, going this route actually fixes one of the bigger issues we've had since introducing threaded commenting -- broken email links. Now when you receive a comment notification email, the link you receive will actually direct you to the comment in line. Giving you the preference to hide replies on threads is something we are investigating, but there are some hurdles involved in accomplishing this without re-breaking our email notifications.

 

[UPDATE] Questions about the comments that have been removed from commenting threads have been popping up. We're now displaying wherever a comment is removed, and this includes comments removed as violations of community guidelines as well as comments removed by the original poster. Why? Well, whenever a comment needs to be removed, the replies to that comment often have to be pulled as well. By showing that a comment was removed, the replies can stay live as long as they meet our community guidelines. Eventually we would like to add additional clarification between removals for abuse purposes, and removals by the original comment author.

 

 

Like the changes? Have some feedback? Please be sure to share your reactions in the comments below, and if you notice any bugs or have any recommendations visit our Get Satisfaction support page and leave us some feedback.

 

Thanks!

mario

 

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261 comments // Feature release: Commenting upgrade [UPDATED]

  • Davidod
    • 0
      Davidod  

    • Wow, what a huge waste of bandwidth voting up and down is. Worse: posting "I agree!" or "I disagree!" posts. Offering conclusions without a supporting argument/evidence contribute to the dummying down of America, IMO.

      Marginally-acceptable are sites which offer a poll, and then demonstrate the polling results in a graph. However, few such sites do this in lieu of a discussion thread, where users can DISCUSS and EXPLAIN their logic.

      If Current.com is biasing to a poll format, then I'm out: God knows there's plenty of places on the web (e.g. Foxnews.com) where idiots confuse voicing their opinion with a fair 'give and take' discussion....

      PS someone inevitably posts "I agree!" after this comment: go for it, as you know you WANT to....

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
  • remanns
  • csmonut
    • 0
      csmonut  

    • I will still use the vote system as before. I never voted people down, I simply did not vote them anything if I wasn't particularly amused or agreed with the comment.
      I voted a - comment up the other day, which negated the - which gave the person a 0. Don't care for it....but change is the only constant and one must adapt, I suppose.

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
    • 0
      xiola  

    • You know what's funny? I reached level three the day after they took recommendations away! Pfft. Wouldn't you just know it? :)

    • 2 years ago
  • jahbini
    • +1
      jahbini  
    • xiola:

      Yes, I valued that ability: To be able to award is the power to judge, and it gave me the impression that my views and judgement were worthy.

      Maybe I should be happy with the reality check that my judgement sux.

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
  • jahbini
  • remanns
  • EdJoyProductions
  • KSirys
  • xiola
    • 0
      xiola  
    • mario_a:

      Ah, well. I'm sure I'll survive. It just figures, After all that waiting, the very next morning I get the email. It's funny, really. :) No worries. Thanks for your response.

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
  • MotherForTruth
  • xiola
  • Davidod
    • 0
      Davidod  
    • Image
    • jahbini:

      Your judgment doesn't suck: it's just that it would be nice if you could add something more than an unsubstantiated opinion (remembering the old saying about opinions and keisters).

      Fact is, popularity polls mean little, except there's more people who think the same as you (and isn't it comforting to be part of the group?). Maybe I am biased by watching too many Marx Bros movies as a kid, but I always think of the words of Groucho Marx, when he explained why he didn't want to join an 'exclusive' country club: "I don't want to join any group that would allow the likes of me as a member." Simply because people agree with you doesn't imply you're right (just look at elections; 'nuff said).

      Remember, the 'common knowledge' of Galileo's day was completely wrong (but that didn't stop the authorities of his day from throwing him in prison). I dare say any poll conducted in Nazi Germany would've found that most Germans supported Hitler's popularist message, when it clearly was the wrong direction for Germany.

      Hell, even Saturday Night Live spoofed the trend of bowing to 'common knowledge' and popular opinion, with this game-show spoof with Steve Martin:

      http://www.hulu.com/watch/4115/saturday-night-live-common-knowledge

    • 2 years ago
  • jahbini
    • 0
      jahbini  
    • Davidod:

      Wow somebody really has your knickers in a twist. you seem to have done a huge amount of homework for a 17 year old contestant on this program. Sorry to have rained on your parade. Take some meds, guy

    • 2 years ago
  • artemis6
    • +6
      artemis6  

    • To me the voting thing seems more of a chore , in fact the disjointed quality is tiresome to me as well . I think it is the impersonal-ness of it . No fun . No connection . Just blank comments judged by faceless masses . I'll check back in a month . Like shouting into a void . When does that get fun ? I have notice a huge drop in viewer participation over the last few months too . When I first started paying attention to current , any story worth knowing got posted her so fast , it seemed to me that other news outlets had to keep up . Now I find myself going elsewhere more and more . A few of the changes were good . I have complained enough already . Good luck all .

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • KSirys
  • EthicalVegan
  • MotherForTruth
  • JanforGore
    • +5
      JanforGore  
    • artemis6:

      Recommended by JanforGore as well, who refuses to use this cliquish comment rating system for anything but up votes if at all. I actually voted a couple people down, and then went back and took it off. I just did not feel right doing it and do not like that this is what people will be focused on when going in a thread instead of the content of the comments.

      So since I am one member here out of those still left here who have been here from the beginning and who has attained recommendation status and all the other statuses here due to my loyalty and prolific participation here that has now been seemingly stripped as if all of the time I put into this site doesn't even matter, I will only use the up button as a recommendation button as it was before if I find the comment helpful. If I do not like something you have commented for whatever reason I will either:

      1. Ignore you

      2. Flag you if it goes against community guidelines (which I really try to not do)
      or

      3. Tell you in a comment you can actually read to your face so you know where I stand.

      I cannot stand cliquish, immature, nameless, arrogant comment point systems like this. It breeds gangs, vendettas, distracts from the topic at hand, and basically impedes enjoyment of the site. Another reason I disapprove of this comment rating system is because it may actually impede discussion and will make people not want to comment on specific topics because psychologically they don't want to see minuses next to their comments. And really, why should we when we should have the capacity to at least string two sentences together to type a response and have a system to deal with comments that go against community standards? This is a lazy totally one sided 'MTV' type function that does not reflect the quality I expect to see on Current.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • eternal_springs
    • +2
      eternal_springs  

    • Whoa.....I'm getting really dizzy. I'm looking at the times of posting and thinking I'm going crazy.....I left this in the newest position to see the comments after mine. As I'm going through them I notice the times are jumbled. Then I finally realize that the reason is because the comment below the 20 minutes ago that was written 12 minutes ago really is newer, but looks as though it's older because its BELOW the 20 minute ago comment.

      At the very least the sub-comments ought to be indented....but I think, like many others have mentioned, don't have the them open by default.

      I think it would be much easier, cleaner, and more logical to be able to tell by a quick glance what is an original comment and what is a sub-comment.

    • 2 years ago
  • EthicalVegan
    • +2
      EthicalVegan  
    • eternal_springs:

      Aw, jeez.... I'll make it simple for you, okay?.....

      The times are not jumbled. They're randomly mixed-up.

      The comment below the 33 minutes ago was written exactly 17-1/2 minutes ago, and is older than the ones written at 64 minutes or more, but no greater than 410 minutes (at which point they become sub-categorized as timeless pieces), and any replies written within the last 15 minutes (unless the writer takes a 20-minute break mid-writing) then get put into a special slot, just to save time, and that's why you'll be seeing comments that are no older than 43 minutes, but younger than 12 minutes. Of course, this is only for Pacific Standard Time zones.

      It doesn't look older. It looks less new.

    • 2 years ago
  • eternal_springs
  • flyingkick
    • +3
      flyingkick  

    • The sum of the votes is shown, but it should display both + and - votes.

      Consider this:
      The whole point of the voting system is to show approval or disapproval. But there is a third option, which is not voting. So, you can either approve, disapprove, or ignore a comment.
      If a comment got +10 but -10 for a displayed total of 0, it would appear as if no one voted for it at all. Instead of reflecting the approval and disapproval the comment received, the system would erroneously show that the comment was simply ignored. I'm sure everyone would want to know if their comment was voted on 20 times instead of wondering if it was ignored altogether.

      Also, I really don't think adding an extra little +1 to the -1 will look cluttered at all. The Craigslist forums have a similar system and it's been working well for years.

    • 2 years ago
  • EthicalVegan
  • eternal_springs
  • remanns
  • remanns
    • 0
      remanns  
    • flyingkick:

      I agree. But if people will just take the time to ALWAYS message '+^d', or '-vd', with ANY vote, if that is all you have to communicate at the moment,......a natural tally can be kept. Oh,...and anonymous 'hit n run' voters should be mocked and spat upon at every opportunity. All it takes is a person commitment to transparency and some integrity.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • EthicalVegan
    • +1
      EthicalVegan  

    • Quick, NEW question...

      What happened to "Flag?" Since I don't support censorship, I am uncomfortable even asking this question, but when it comes to the late-night and overnight advertisements shoved in our faces, I sure like the option of being able to bring to your attention THOSE types of submissions.

    • 2 years ago
  • cztheday
    • +2
      cztheday  

    • OK, Mario, if one train is traveling Eastbound at 120 mph, and another train is traveling Westbound on the same track at 80 mph, and they are 200 miles apart at Time-1...

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
    • +2
      EdJoyProductions  
    • cztheday:

      And I have my tootsie pop, how many licks will it take to get to the center and at what time will that occur and will it be before or after the eastbound and westbound collide like a Gomez Addams train set?

    • 2 years ago
  • hack26
    • +2
      hack26  
    • cztheday:

      I believe the trains collide 1 hour after Time-1, assuming they're traveling towards each other. Now I'll answer the tootsie pop question if the price is right, Mario.

    • 2 years ago
  • EdJoyProductions
  • Weepowopo
    • +1
      Weepowopo  

    • What I want to know is, Was there a beta test for these updates? Did you guys invite some members to check out the update before you dookied it over everyone? And from what I have read it seems that this dookie isn't even finished yet. Why release unfinished dookie? There are some accounts of mario suggesting that he knows things that are comming still, like a replacement for the user levels under our pictures, then why didn't you guys wait til then to release the update?

    • 2 years ago
  • EthicalVegan
  • Gravity_Man
    • +1
      Gravity_Man  

    • What time does old Mario boy split for the day [so we can start writing what we really think about the changes these Nazis arbitrarily put in place without our approval]? What? Mario hasn't left yet? Rats.

    • 2 years ago
  • Weepowopo
    • +1
      Weepowopo  

    • I really dislike that sub comments are open by default.
      It's bad enough that I have to sift through the crappy main comments to find the good ones but now I have to sift through the crappy sub comments aswell? Plus now the pages can become uber long due to open sub comments making it take a long time to read through all the comments you want to read ( the good ones).

      I also dislike that it now shows comments newest to oldest by default instead of the oldest to newest set up that was there before.

      It is in my experience that the futher the post (newer) is from the original thread date the more likely it is to repeat what someone said when the thread was new, be non-informative, or be off topic. So this set up negates the whole purpose I read the comments at all.

      And I understand that some users enjoy the new system but it would be nice if a prefrence setting for the old system was avaliable. You know, so the Vets of the site don't feel forgotten and unconsiderd.

      Also if you guys are doing updates then where in the hell is the "News Robot" telling us the top stories of the day? You know the one you guys took away and said would be back? Well it has been more than a year. What the French Toast!

      I fricken loved the News Robot.

    • 2 years ago
  • cztheday
    • +1
      cztheday  
    • Weepowopo:

      Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought mario was saying earlier that we will shortly have the ability to set our own default as to whether we want to see the oldest or the newest posts first -- so that once we set our own default, we will always see either oldest to newest or newest to oldest on any thread we access, depending on which default we choose.

      The reason I like seeing all the reply threads opened up is that I would often see a reply post on my cell to which I wanted to respond, jump onto Current, and then drive myself crazy opening up reply threads trying to find the one I saw on my cell. My understanding from mario is that this problem will also be fixed shortly so I can jump from my e-mail directly to that comment as it appears on Current. With that capability, my desire to see all of the reply threads diminishes a good deal.

    • 2 years ago
  • Weepowopo
  • eternal_springs
    • +1
      eternal_springs  

    • Go away for a couple days and wow, things change. I don't like to be negative, but I have to agree with all the statements I've read here regarding the recommendations, voting, and replying to a particular post.

      I'm fairly new here, so I was no where near getting to the point of being able to make recommendations. I used those as a jumping off point for seeing the articles someone posted or commented on. Sort of a way to find like-minded individuals.

      The voting is problematic. I've seen that on other sites, and it so often turns into cliques and "I'm voting you down because I don't like you." That is a concern and I can see it becoming quite distracting.

      When I read the description in the article I expected to see indentations, but there are none to see.

      It's sometimes difficult to adapt to change, but we must. I'm looking forward to seeing the next roll-out, as it sounds as if it may address some concerns people expressed.

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
    • +1
      xiola  

    • I don't think we'll be able to put too much stock in the votes, MotherForTruth. :) Your example proves that.

    • 2 years ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • MotherForTruth
  • xiola
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • MotherForTruth:

      All that this voting behavior means is that the "Thanks" comment is seen as less important to the discussion at hand than other comments.

      Now, in the case where the same people choose to vote a certain way on every comment an individual makes...well...

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • MotherForTruth
    • 0
      MotherForTruth  
    • mario_a:

      Mario,

      The "Thanks" was posted to indicate Agreement. The point is that Vote Up and Down is used as a childish tool lacking the substance :(

      Thanks for your patience and listening to the comments.

      P.S. I absolutely love how link from the e-mail takes me right to the comment :)

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • remanns
    • 0
      remanns  

    • It has now become less than advantageous to change your icon/avatar; without your lil bar code on the side, your image will have to remind folk of your longevity at current all by itself. Just a side thought,...not saying it is necessarily a big deal.

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
  • PressCore
    • 0
      PressCore  
    • remanns:

      Amen to that. My lil bar code had 3 out of 4 bars colored in blue, but that's only a grade of my activity level, not my intelligence level or, hopefuly, my wisdom. Though I realy do like the coolness of the color blue, I couldn't give a rats ass thrown in the trash, if it were a negative 3 bars. I don't do the ATT thing anymore, so more bars in more places is still tantamount to 0 + 0 = 0. Besides your avatar is much more def with it magnified to 1 x 10th power, Remanns. Someday, I will pluck some immage out of the cosmos to be my avatar. But my red kryptonite hasn't manifested itself to me yet.

    • 2 years ago
  • DJverboten
  • idealist
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • idealist:

      With the ability to sort, you have three ways to be seen:

      Newest -- immediate gratification for the person posting, and an easy way for people to catch the latest additions to the discussion.

      Oldest -- for archivists, this is basically the old flavor. Find out who got "firsties," etc.

      Popular -- get enough positive votes, see your comment rank higher on the popular list.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • ii386
    • 0
      ii386  

    • I like everything except:

      1- i would like the level by the icon
      2. a profile preference for font size
      3. replies under the original comment (nevermind)
      4. maybe a profile preference for compact threading?

    • 2 years ago
  • yepyep
    • 0
      yepyep  

    • So how do I comment on someone that has left a comment? Like in the example above what If I wanted to reply to a reply; sarah said something interesting to Jeff. I don't really care what jeff said just think sarah said something cool....So do I still have to do the old "@sarah: ya said blah blah cool blah blah interesting blah blah your pretty"?
      It would be cool if the little swooping arrow and the name gave me the options to swoop and leave the name of the person that I actually wanted to comment to

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • yepyep:

      All you need to do is hit the "swooping arrow" reply button on the person's comment you wish to reply to. For example:

      Comment 1: Soup is so tasty!

      Comment 2: Meh, soup is weak.

      Comment 3: Pho is the best noodle soup in town.

      So let's say you wish to reply to Comment 2, hit the swooping reply arrow on that comment, and you will reply to Commenter #2 instead of #1 or #3.

      Incidentally, you can tell the following from my example:

      1. I'm hungry.

      2. I'm hungry for soup.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • Waspjock
  • PressCore
    • +1
      PressCore  

    • Thanks, Current.com for the upgrade. I've only been here for 1, 1/2 years, but the old way got stale long ago. This new flexibility affords more freedom. Besides, when people read others' minds here,it's easier to see what of other's thoughts supported their opinions by placing the most recent first. I don't mind scrolling down to the first commentor's thoughts to see what sparked the discussion further. Also I'd realy like to see the mindlessly ignorant negativity discouraging discussion voted down.That's long overdue too. "Read, think, then write.These are the founding principles of Democracy" John Adams. "In the marketplace of truely free ideas, it's not the loudest, and most forceful that will prevail, but rather the quietest, and ostensibly the most true that will be valued" That's a paraphrase from Justice Learned Hand. Right over might.

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
  • kid_amy
  • nkeg87
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • nkeg87:

      Thanks. As for the "rip off" thing, this is actually basic "friending" functionality based on 2-way connection models. I'm drafting a post to go over this change for later this afternoon.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • nkeg87
    • 0
      nkeg87  
    • mario_a:

      I get that. I meant rip off because it seems necessary to have changed the name. and I need to retract my approval of the commenting stuff. Its rather annoying. The page is now ridiculously long with all the comments that have been posted. I prefer the old version where you had to click to see all of the replies, it kept the pages from becoming this long. I think it was a good theory but in practice it isnt working out. Is it a test or is this stuff permanent?

    • 2 years ago
  • jahbini
  • slarabee
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • slarabee:

      Sort the thread by oldest and you are left with only a design change. We opened threads by default and removed pagination to ensure that all comment emails land you directly on the comment referenced in the email (even replies). The existing system was broken in that regard.

      Soon you will be able to store your preference, so if you prefer the "oldest" sort you will be able to retain that sort across all threads. We couldn't fit it into this release, but it's coming soon.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • slarabee
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • slarabee:

      Going that route was actually more taxing on the system. I know it's an adjustment, but I think you'll find that this is an improvement as we roll out more updates. Remember, change is never easy.

      Keep the feedback coming.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • slarabee
  • Nettle
  • DJverboten
  • PressCore
    • -1
      PressCore  
    • slarabee:

      The only constant thing in life is change. I'm sure this irony is not unknown to
      you. You appear to be old enough to have witnessed many changes in our
      evolving universe. What's current is what's running now. I was born in 1949,
      and I look forward to change. It's far less stressful to have an open minded
      attitude, and to look forward to the new and improved versions of what was,
      than to react to them. In my 60 years so far, I've found that looking forward to
      newer ways to do the same thing generaly involves a refinement of the original
      goal for doing the old, familiar thing. To be one with it is to live in harmony with it.
      Take it from a guy who walks faster than people 1/3 his age, it's worth it to stay modern. As the Lime TV channel from Australia explains it in their series:
      "Body, Mind, and Spirit" : The term life is derived from a root word meaning to move forward. Just a thought.

    • 2 years ago
  • cztheday
  • Nettle
  • ras_menelik
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • ras_menelik:

      That's not a bug, you're not allowed to post stories that exceed our character limit in the description. Shorten your description and you should be good to go.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
    • +3
      xiola  

    • Positive: I am receiving e-mail notifications, and when I click on a comment, the pages opens at that comment. I don't have to scroll down and search for it. That's cool. :)

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
  • EdJoyProductions
  • xiola
  • EdJoyProductions
  • ras_menelik
  • MotherForTruth
    • +5
      MotherForTruth  

    • Dear Mario,

      The more I think about it the more I miss recommendation that would show a name. It appears that the anonymity of the vote may in fact discourage debate. Open and healthy debate as well as ability to correct or remove my own comment/response are the few of the top reasons that attracted me to Current.

      Please help bring back these features.
      Thank you.

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • MotherForTruth:

      We have further updates that will be rolling out, and have some ideas regarding ways to incorporate the "who recommended" aspect that people liked about the recommend functionality.

      The issue is, recommendations didn't work well. This new system will be supported by a reputation system that will roll out later this year.

      Thanks for the feedback!

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • JosephJinx
  • mario_a
    • 0
      mario_a  
    • JosephJinx:

      It wasn't entirely an issue of "malfunctioning" per se. We had been dealing some problematic functionality (people unable to recommend, recommendations not surfacing on the comment). But it was more than merely the functionality aspects that led to this decision.

      Recommendations were built for two reasons:

      1. To be achievable. People earn level 3, they earn the ability to recommend. This worked well.

      2. To help surface better comment discussions. This was a part of the old Current:News system. Recommendations were sent to our Current:News editors for consideration in Current:News clips.

      This latter goal was where recommendations on comments ultimately failed. Most of the recommendation activity taking place on comments was actually in support or defense of heated off-topic arguments and favoritism. We're working on a new system that will incorporate the aspects that worked, while factoring a community members reputation based on their activity on Current.com. Look for that in the latter part of 2010.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • JosephJinx
    • 0
      JosephJinx  
    • mario_a:

      Gotcha! That totally makes sense, thank you!
      Until that time (considering latter part of 2010 is a bit away), is there any sort of temporary set-up that could be achieved that would allow the same function, even if it's just bringing back the flawed recommendation system? That way, at least some of the viable-for-television content could be picked up on, instead of none at all, or most popular (which will likely suffer from the same problems as recommendations)?

      Thanks for your time!

    • 2 years ago
  • mario_a
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      mario_a  
    • JosephJinx:

      There is definitely a plan for both the reputation platform and the Picked for TV content, but both of these fall into our second half of the year. Trust me, there will be plenty of site enhancements in the coming months that well help lay the groundwork for what is to come.

      Going forward, comment recommendations will no longer be available.

      mario
      online community

    • 2 years ago
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  
    • mario_a:

      That is interesting about the recommend function . I used it to use it to cut back on my typing , which , I am very slow at . I was always easier to recommend a comment , that would have been identical or similar to one I would like to write .

    • 2 years ago
  • JosephJinx
  • thewarnerla
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      thewarnerla  

    • the kudos is not for the joiners--we already have our point system.. wait no we don't, they took it away! oh well. The kudos are for the viewers that don't create current.com profiles. It's a way to track what they are doing when they are not being a critic or a creator. Very good for increasing the price of your web ads.

    • 2 years ago
  • thewarnerla
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      thewarnerla  

    • Check out current.com handle and manage its groundswell. I like I like... I've hadn't thought of how to change the comment reply system, but ya'll handled it nicely.

    • 2 years ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • LarzNero
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      LarzNero  
    • MotherForTruth:

      A good question - I think it's generally so visitors understand the deleted comment was not deleted by the site hosts, but by the user, to make it clear the site isn't censorsing (or at least didn't censor that particular comment.)

      That's why it's usually much clearer when it says "Comment has been deleted by user." P.S. I could be totally off base.

    • 2 years ago
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