Easter egg comments from site changes

[Actingup]

For what it's worth... the current dramas with the 'Home page' notifications mean that some comments from readers have slipped through the notification cracks - ie they don't appear on the archived list of notifications or the new list of notifications. I've found two of these for different stories.

And that means that there's a glorious opportunity to hunt through your stories to see whether you missed anything! Picture a world where we don't get all the comments spoon fed to us in our feed, but instead have the joy of stumbling across them during an Easter Egg hunt....

 

[NuclearFairy]

But comments are so rare that if I were to check my stories specifically for those then it would quickly get disheartening. Just like a little kid wandering into the part of the Easter egg hunt that the bigger kids had already swept through. Yeah sure they still might find something, but more likely they're going to sit down and cry that the Easter bunny doesn't love them.

 

[Djmac1031]

For what it's worth... the current dramas with the 'Home page' notifications mean that some comments from readers have slipped through the notification cracks - ie they don't appear on the archived list of notifications or the new list of notifications. I've found two of these for different stories.

And that means that there's a glorious opportunity to hunt through your stories to see whether you missed anything! Picture a world where we don't get all the comments spoon fed to us in our feed, but instead have the joy of stumbling across them during an Easter Egg hunt....

I've already had that happen before this new "update."

I've stumbled across several comments on old stories I am 100% sure I had never received a notification for.

 

[Actingup]

But comments are so rare that if I were to check my stories specifically for those then it would quickly get disheartening. Just like a little kid wandering into the part of the Easter egg hunt that the bigger kids had already swept through. Yeah sure they still might find something, but more likely they're going to sit down and cry that the Easter bunny doesn't love them.

Fair enough, but you might meet somebody else wandering the deserted fields and offer each other a hug, and then have a glorious romance.....

 

[MindsMirror]

This is why we've repeatedly advocated for a different color icon for comments. Even better would be a separate tab to view only recent comments. They are easily missed.
-MM

 

[WCSGarland]

For what it's worth... the current dramas with the 'Home page' notifications mean that some comments from readers have slipped through the notification cracks - ie they don't appear on the archived list of notifications or the new list of notifications. I've found two of these for different stories.

And that means that there's a glorious opportunity to hunt through your stories to see whether you missed anything! Picture a world where we don't get all the comments spoon fed to us in our feed, but instead have the joy of stumbling across them during an Easter Egg hunt....

It all makes it tempting to send a DM instead of a Comment, or perhaps use the contact the author button to send them an email outside of Lit. Once the anonymous commenters figure it out, they'll probably quit commenting altogether.

 

[WCSGarland]

And for what it's worth, I think we should all start calling the venomous anonymous commenting - vommenting.

 

[m_and_em_stories]

Can you set it it so comments are always off by default?

Would be handy. Forums give much better feedback so far for me.

 

[WCSGarland]

Can you set it it so comments are always off by default?

Would be handy. Forums give much better feedback so far for me.

Yes, you have that option for every story whether published or just submitting for publishing.

 

[WCSGarland]

Click on the gear at the far right of your story tab and you'll get a pop up:

 

[Actingup]

It all makes it tempting to send a DM instead of a Comment, or perhaps use the contact the author button to send them an email outside of Lit. Once the anonymous commenters figure it out, they'll probably quit commenting altogether.

I always enjoy seeing what people have written on stories that I'm reading (and thank you for your comment on my recent story by the way) - quite often there's a different take on things, or even just a validation of perspective. Sometimes the anonymous comments are the most interesting as well!

 

[m_and_em_stories]

Click on the gear at the far right of your story tab and you'll get a pop up:
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Thanks. I meant as a global setting for all new stories by default.

 

[WCSGarland]

Thanks. I meant as a global setting for all new stories by default.

Ah, on the author's home page, select options, when that pops up select the tab for options at the top and you'll see this:


That's the best you can do... Turn Off All Feedback.