New Comments System!
September 24th, 2009
We’ve put up a new comment system that will hopefully make comments more ‘reader-friendly’. For a while now, some comments were starting to get on people’s nerves, myself included. I know readers here are intelligent, funny, and passionate about the neighborhood, so I thank everyone here who participates and contributes to the discussions. (And all your emails too!). Commenting should be fun and informative. But when comments start to turn people away from commenting themselves, the site stops becoming an open forum and turns into a soap box for a handful.
The new commenting system allows you to do the following:
- Flag an inapprorpriate comment – If a comment is flagged multiple times, the comment becomes dark or not displayed. This allows the community to decide what’s inappropriate and displayed.
- Sort comments by rating, popularity, or newest/oldest.
- User registration for verified identities/profiles. This prevents commenting using someone else’s online identity. You can still register anonymously, but your comments will be consistent with your online name or handle.
- Real-time discussions: View the chatter with real-time posting and updating. With rich interactive features such as threaded replies and comment replies, your discussions never feel dull. (Ok, this one is a marketing point from Disqus.
Currently, anyone can comment without registering, allowing for easier discussions. But registering allows you to do things such as click on “like”, which increases the comment visibility by making it popular or use your Twitter account for posting. Registering also gives you a persona and as you accumulate points, your comments are more influential to the site. Eventually, we will be able to see the top commenters and can become a better online community.
As I’ve stated in the past, I’m counting on everyone to stick to comment etiquette, like a civil conversation in a person’s home:
- stay on topic
- contribute new information to the discussion
- don’t comment for the sake of commenting
- remember that nobody likes a know-it-all
- cite your sources
- be courteous
- do not feed the trolls
We’re still tweaking the site with the comments (and there are probably some bugs), so you’ll see some quirks, but for the most part, the comment system is working as far as I know, and over time, we hope this brings out better discussions for the Dumbo community. Please let me know how this is working. If you have any feedback, I’m always open to ideas. Thank you for your patience on this.
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September 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am
The 'recent comment' list to the right of the website is not listing correctly. The comment import messed up the order, so they're not the most recent ones.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thank you for the efforts on updating the comments feature! Hip Hip Horray!
September 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Thanks Hide, the new system looks good.
September 24th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
heynow
September 24th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Lost its appeal…too sterile, bye dumbonyc—–BKLYN WE GO HARD!!!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Very disappointing this censorship
September 25th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Every decent blog out there is moving in this direction, JBrooks. It has been written all over the web that, just like in real life, if you allow a handful of screamers to take over, there can be no reasonable discourse. And I bet you will still check out Hide's excellent work on a daily basis anyway.
September 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
it is only censorship to the extent the clowd censored you… the community is the one to flag and dislike comments…
September 25th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Excellent! Good job.
I suspect almost everything Loose Stool posts will be flagged. Mwah hahahaha! Yeah!
September 25th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
i am dead
September 26th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I'm hoping to get enough flags to decorate my new Schwinn this Christmas. Jesus, I hope Santa knows I've been good!
Oh, wondering if points earned on Dumbonyc can be used with my Chase Account. I need 50,359 to get the polyester baseball cap, one size fits all, “I'm an ARTIST, what's your Excuse??
Cordially,
loose stool
September 26th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I'm hoping to get enough flags to decorate my new Schwinn this Christmas. Jesus, I hope Santa knows I've been good!
Oh, wondering if points earned on Dumbonyc can be used with my Chase Account. I need 50,359 to get the polyester baseball cap, one size fits all, “I'm an ARTIST, what's your Excuse??
Cordially,
loose stool
September 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
crisco,
I agree, but I'm going to wear my flags proudly.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Sorry I forgot to close,
loose stool of course
September 26th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I'm hoping to get enough flags to decorate my new Schwinn this Christmas. Jesus, I hope Santa knows I've been good!
Oh, wondering if points earned on Dumbonyc can be used with my Chase Account. I need 50,359 to get the polyester baseball cap, one size fits all, “I'm an ARTIST, what's your Excuse??
Cordially,
loose stool
September 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
crisco,
I agree, but I'm going to wear my flags proudly.
September 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Sorry I forgot to close,
loose stool of course
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