Getting To New Comments Can Be Difficult
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
June 27, 2017 7:11am CST
I am not quite sure if we are allowed to make suggestions to improve the site in a post but I am going to try anyway. I find that when you have a post with more than say 30 comments, it becomes a real chore to respond to all of them. Only the latest comment stays at the top of the post, the rest fall to the bottom. It takes several tries to get down to where the comments are to respond to them.
Would it be possible to have all comments that have not been liked or responded to remain at the top of the list? This would make it so much easier not to miss a comment and to just go through the ones that remain. If this is a no-no I am sorry and no doubt it will be my first post deleted. What say you @goaskalice
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31 responses
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Yes that is exactly what I think!! Hopefully it will
Come to pass
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jun 17
@BelleStarr You will have to get used to it.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
@Asylum I will never get used to it but I will adjust lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Lol yes that is so true and I am feeling quite desolate!!
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@Marilynda1225 (79571)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Getting to all those comments can be a hassle but I just plug along and do my best
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Me too but we are much more likely to miss a comment with the system the way it is.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Yes and when the conversation continues it is hard to catch those extra commentd
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
27 Jun 17
@BelleStarr true, it does seem to stop the progress of a conversation ever now and again.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Jun 17
Dealing with notifications and comments can become a real grind and time consuming.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Yes it can and the going to the bottom is a pain in the next since it takes 3 or 4 tries.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jun 17
@JohnRoberts , I agree with you, 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
27 Jun 17
I don't think they mind suggestions. However, there may be other factors at work but it seems a lot of people are agreeing with you, including me.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
I hope that perhaps things can be changed easily
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
27 Jun 17
I think everyone from old mylot would like to return to the way discussions used to be organised there...so much easier
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
It just takes so much time and effort to keep going back to the bottom to make sure there are no missed comments,
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@Juliaacv (48251)
• Canada
27 Jun 17
@BelleStarr I know, I am always double checking.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Yes, that surely would make life much easier especially for someone like you who gets large numbers of responses.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Jun 17
I'm in agreement with you... several people who I follow and comment on their posts, regularly have had up to 100 comments on their posts...
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
I rarely get that high but even at 50 it is daunting and I get tired of having to scroll to the bottom.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Jun 17
Yes, I think it would make it easier. I see when I leave a response on a post that did really Well, that it seems to get lost between other responses @BelleStarr
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
Yes the latest one is on the top but other ones sink into oblivion.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
27 Jun 17
I think the latest comment should be on top and the oldest one on the bottom. Would make it much easier to respond. It would also be easier to respond to replies if they were all shown instead of having to press the button to show all the replies.
But as far as responding to all the comments, I think we are tempted to respond to all of them but we shouldn't do that unless we have something to add to the discussion, or we are answering a question posed in the comment. Responding with generic comments or just thanking people for comments does us no good.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
I think when someone takes the time to comment I should at least acknowledge that. But that is just me.
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@lovebuglena (43059)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Jun 17
@BelleStarr Yes, of course. That is a good thing to do. But it has to add to the discussion in some way.... It doesn't look good if we just give generic responses or thank yous in every reply we post on our posts' comments.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
27 Jun 17
I do t have a problem going through the comments on the posts that have alot.. but i guess can understand why others do
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
When I get over 30 I can't just go to the bottom in one try, it takes 3. It is just harder than it needs to be.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
27 Jun 17
That would be nice or for it to be similar to how Facebook handles comments. I would also love am easier way to go through one persons discussions
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
27 Jun 17
I don't have a problem with gettting to others discussions only their comments on my posts
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
27 Jun 17
That would be a good idea! =)
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Jun 17
@BelleStarr I hope it does happen! =)
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
I think so and now Alex is asking about it too so maybe it will happen.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
27 Jun 17
I have had many with 30 or more and really did not find it difficult. Maybe I'm a faster scroller! I also make sure to respond to the comments on my own posts first thing while I still have energy!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
I can get to the bottom of 30 or more in one scroll, it takes 3 attempts. That is what takes all the time.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
28 Jun 17
makes perfect sense to me, hon. particularly those response threads that've somewhat gone awry 'n yer havin' to constantly open previous comments time 'fter time to find the original ya need to address.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
Yes it really does make it awkward to keep a good conversation going.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
28 Jun 17
@BelleStarr nothin' quite like that ol' hunt 'n peck, eh? 
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
That is the issue, some people respond in a couple days and that makes it harder to keep up.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
28 Jun 17
It would make life easier that is for sure.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
29 Jun 17
Hopefully, they can figure out how to make it happen.
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@vsai2008 (11796)
• India
29 Jun 17
@BelleStarr Admins already know about this.
Thankfully they will somehow make this happen :)
