Comments on: Commentations Theory

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:07:25 +0000

Great idea. But … the implementation would be a bitch.

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:08:35 +0000

@Lehq, yes, these note convos are frequently seen in regular comment sections. Maybe these highlight areas could be called Discussion Focuses, which then partition the topics, rather than having comments full of mixed conversations.

By: Lehq

Lehq — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:54:36 +0000

Being on flickr myself, this is quite a good way… until you get too many comments, sometimes resulting in what my friends term the “note convo” — and that can get quite messy.

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:47:28 +0000

Ah, that may be a good start. I don’t plan on implementing but I think it would better organize the comment-forum effect, though threaded comments are supposed to address it.

Anyway, as for being a distraction, the benefit of javascript is the dynamic ability to turn these things on/off. So a way to avoid distraction could be having a button at the bottom which you must click after reading to see the comments.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:28:21 +0000

There’s a plugin which lets you do blockquotes on parts of the article you’re addressing in the comments. I’m not sure which one but I’ve seen it on various sites.

Personally, I’d rather read the article and then get the secondary opinion later. With text, I don’t want things popping up, flashing, or otherwise distracting me. I don’t read with my finger underlining each word, so it’s not natural for me to read with my pointer under each word, waiting for a popup. With images, it’s more natural. You see a face and you want to know who it is.