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A Quick Update On Commenting

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Happy Opening Day of Baseball to all who celebrate, but especially the guy who wore a throwback Mike Piazza Marlins jersey to Yankees opening day. You’re a hero. As you may have noticed, we introduced a new commenting system yesterday. Things seem to be operating fairly well so far, but there are a couple of issues and one (good) change we’re immediately employing.

1. Email Notifications Are Turned Off By Default Now

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We had the site setup so that anyone who commented would receive information via email pretty much any time someone replied to a comment. I liked this feature, but if you comment a lot it can result in a lot of emails. We’ve turned this off, but you can still get replies via email by clicking the subscribe button above the comment bar:

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Unfortunately, the side effect of this seems to be that the little orange reply notifications aren’t working? For now, we’re going to keep email notifications off so we don’t overwhelm anyone’s inbox. We’ll try to get this feature separated so it works without the auto-emails. Though, if you like the emails, let me know.

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2. We’re Reducing Spam Moderation And Turning On Approved Comments

The spammers (they don’t appear to be bots) who show up from time-to-time kept adapting what they said to bypass our spam filter. As their phrases evolved, it ended up causing more people who were not spammers to get caught up in moderation. We’ve since changed our site moderation policy to: only those with approved comments can reply. This means that, if you’ve never commented before, you may have to wait. At the same time, we dialed our filter down, so fewer of you should be caught in moderation. This should be a net improvement.

3. Appearance Weirdness

We are getting reports of comments sometimes not appearing. We’re looking into them.

Thanks!

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Ecsta C3PO
Ecsta C3PO
1 year ago

Testing, let’s see how this goes

Stephen Bierce
Stephen Bierce
1 year ago
Reply to  Ecsta C3PO

Your ping is pong.

PatBateman
PatBateman
1 year ago
Reply to  Ecsta C3PO

You crashed the servers. Great job.

What me?
What me?
1 year ago

I never knew about the skyliner, now I want one.
Unfortunately cheapest one for sale is about €60.000

Mike Harrell
Mike Harrell
1 year ago
Reply to  What me?

I’ve got a ’59 that I’m happy to let go for substantially less than that if you’re willing to make the profoundly misguided mistake of taking on someone else’s disassembled project, which is the same mistake I made when I got it. It’s not a good idea.

Last edited 1 year ago by Mike Harrell
Austin Vail
Austin Vail
1 year ago

Yeah I dunno about y’all, but I haven’t gotten any notifications about replies to my comments at all, despite going back later and finding that there were in fact replies to my comments which I was simply not notified of.

The only notifications I’ve gotten via email were about my comments being approved, which I guess is good since that means you know I’m not spamming you.

davesaddiction - Long Live OPPO!
davesaddiction - Long Live OPPO!
1 year ago
Reply to  Austin Vail

Yep – same here, except I did get a few emails early on.

PatBateman
PatBateman
1 year ago

Test? Test.

...getstoneyII
...getstoneyII
1 year ago

Are the orange notifications supposed to be for anyone that comments (newly) on a story? Because that’s what I’m getting instead of notifications for replies to my comment, which I thought was the idea…I dunno, just asking 🙂

Austin Vail
Austin Vail
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

Yep, I just got an orange notification for a new reply to a comment that wasn’t mine! Those orange notifications are a nice and unusual feature, though I’d still like to see notifications on replies to comments when I’m not in the post itself, like when I’m looking at the homepage.

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

Ja, that’s what’s happening to me now. It’s not replies to my last post (regardless of page), but any/all new replies to the article that’s on the page.

PatBateman
PatBateman
1 year ago
Reply to  Stef Schrader

Test test test. No Mayo. Test.

CSRoad
CSRoad
1 year ago

Big improvements, thanks.
It’s like 2010 all over again, it’s a pleasure to experience the technical advancements again. (-;

Vetatur Fumare
Vetatur Fumare
1 year ago

What’s cool is that I can now find all of my old comments, which made me check on my first one – in which I ordered you guys to poach Mercedes from that other site. Good job.

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago
Reply to  Vetatur Fumare

I started off with a remark about good cotomer sevis, apparently.

…which is also oddly checking out so far.

Captain Woof
Captain Woof
1 year ago
Reply to  Vetatur Fumare

I can’t seem to find it! Where can you see your old comments? 😛

Just Jeepin’
Just Jeepin’
1 year ago
Reply to  Captain Woof

Agreed, I’m unable to find anything.

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago
Reply to  Captain Woof

Right under the input box, and right next to the “[##] COMMENTS” heading, there’s a little person-outline with a gear. It should pop over with “My content and settings” if you hover over it. Click that, hit the Activity tab, which brings up all of your comments. Then hit the >> at the bottom to navigate to the oldest page of your comments. It should be there.

...getstoneyII
...getstoneyII
1 year ago
Reply to  Stef Schrader

This was my first post that wasn’t “test”. My how much has changed and some not at all in a year, lol…

“The best part of the whole vid was at the very end with how hard DT was eyeing those garbage chairs on the sidewalk. “They’re perfectly good…” Ha!”

Just Jeepin’
Just Jeepin’
1 year ago
Reply to  Stef Schrader

That is ridiculously obscure.

Captain Woof
Captain Woof
1 year ago
Reply to  Stef Schrader

Thank you! That works! 🙂

Vetatur Fumare
Vetatur Fumare
1 year ago
Reply to  Captain Woof

There was a mysterious little button somewhere that did it, but I don’t know where I found it any longer.

Dead Elvis, Inc.
Dead Elvis, Inc.
1 year ago
Reply to  Captain Woof

I can’t seem to find it! Where can you see your old comments?

I’m not sure you can see a comment history other than your own.

(It’s also entirely possible that I’ve misinterpreted, and you’re looking for your own old comments, not those of mr.choppers or anyone else.)

Tiki Bunny
Tiki Bunny
1 year ago

Waiting?! But I need my spur-of-the-moment hot take validated by strangers on the internet immediately!

Dodd Lives
Dodd Lives
1 year ago

Man, I got so excited by that Skyliner that I didn’t even read the tagline – then got disappointed. I spent a lot of time as an 80s kid riding to car shows in my dad’s ’59, thinking it was the coolest thing.

Nsane In The MembraNe
Nsane In The MembraNe
1 year ago

Hooray! I’m excited to not get caught up in the spam filter as often lol

SYKO Simmons
SYKO Simmons
1 year ago

I’m down for whatever….I like this place, even if there is A LOT of EV crap being blasted into my face daily…

Scone Muncher
Scone Muncher
1 year ago
Reply to  SYKO Simmons

Ironic, as it’s ICEs that mostly spew crap into my face…

Austin Vail
Austin Vail
1 year ago
Reply to  Scone Muncher

No, you’re thinking of animals. ICEs spew gases. If your ICE is emitting solid waste, that is abnormal and you should consult your mechanic immediately.

Greg Franklin
Greg Franklin
1 year ago

Really consistent article with the no nonsense approach Autopian takes. Love to see it flourish. (For those camera nerds out there, lets help website DPReview survive, same ethos.)

10001010
10001010
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

I’m seeing the orange notification come up for new comments coming in since I loaded the page.

BolognaBurrito
BolognaBurrito
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

Where should they be appearing?

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

Dadgummit, I knew I shouldn’t have unsubscribed to all of my posts. Where am I lookin’ for these? Not seeing them on Firefox.

Mike Harrell
Mike Harrell
1 year ago

I assume the Ford retractable hardtop was chosen as emblematic of what it takes to overcome a host of technical difficulties and to establish long-term viabili… Well, one out of two, anyway.

InWayOverMyHead
InWayOverMyHead
1 year ago

Testy McTestface

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
1 year ago

Heh heh, you said “testy.”

(Testes.)

Last edited 1 year ago by Stef Schrader
Dalton
Dalton
1 year ago

First comment on the new system, lets see how it works out!

Crank Shaft
Crank Shaft
1 year ago

Thanks again for the upgrades. We know it’s a process.

2cv8
2cv8
1 year ago

Wrote too soon. Refreshed again and now they are gone again.

2cv8
2cv8
1 year ago

It seems (for me at least) that if the comments don’t appear initially, refreshing the page can make them show up.

JDE
JDE
1 year ago

I mean I see Matt’s comment, and Catman, but it says 8 comments were made

CatMan
CatMan
1 year ago

Whenever I can’t see any comments, or the number of them does not match the count, I just hit refresh and they all appear

Last edited 1 year ago by CatMan
Arrest-me Red
Arrest-me Red
1 year ago

Overall this is working great and it is a learning curve to get to the activity center. I can see the comment when in a post but that may be limited to that article. I have stumbled into the full list of my comments, just can’t do it every time.

10001010
10001010
1 year ago

tap tap tap

Canopysaurus
Canopysaurus
1 year ago

Thanks for the update. Aside from unwanted emails, the only thing I’ve noticed ( and it doesn’t happen all the time) is that no comments appear when it’s indicated there are some. If I’ve commented, I can press on the icon that shows a list of my comments and then all comments on that article, including mine, appear. But really, pretty smooth rollout, I’d say.

TOSSABL
TOSSABL
1 year ago
Reply to  Canopysaurus

This is also happening to me. Annoying, but I’ll take a few glitches for the ability to EDIT!

Swedish Jeep
Swedish Jeep
1 year ago

Are all members automatically not spam, or is there a chance we end up back in the “grays”?

davesaddiction - Long Live OPPO!
davesaddiction - Long Live OPPO!
1 year ago
Reply to  Matt Hardigree

Thanks for working on this – hope on-site notifications start working properly soon!

Edit – I’m seeing the orange circle now, but related to your reply to Swedish Jeep above (which was highlighted). It may now be showing up for ALL unread comments on a article? Yes – I’m seeing it pop up now with each new comment on this article. I didn’t see it at all yesterday or this morning, FYI.

Last edited 1 year ago by davesaddiction - Long Live OPPO!
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