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go_manly
June 13, 2010, 10:33 AM posted in General Discussion
I notice we are now seeing full messages on the Conversations Page, instead of just a snippet. Not sure yet whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
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changye
June 13, 2010, 11:12 AM

I just wish it were a glitch, or a bad joke.

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bodawei

Microsoft would call it a 'feature'.

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changye

Perhaps this change implies that long comments are not welcome here.

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JasonSch

How would that be? I think it actually makes people's comments more visible to the community, no?

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JasonSch

Ah, right. You mean it might make people less inclined to post a long comment for fear of overloading the conversations page, right? Hmm... If that ends up being the case, maybe we could look into limited them to a certain word count. (albeit, longer than before)

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changye

Hi Jason

Comments without line breaks are not so visible, anyway. I think that just showing three (or five?) lines would be enough to see if a certain comment is worth reading for you. Otherwise, it takes "a very long time" to scroll down to glance over all the twenty comments on the conversation page.

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changye

PS. Line breaks would make long comments even longer........

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JasonSch

Yeah, I can see your point. We're out of the office for a few days, so I guess let's just see how it goes for now, keep an eye on people's feedback, then maybe tweak it later. Thanks!

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changye

Hi Jason

Have a nice holiday!

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zhenlijiang

I sort of like this, seeing the entire comment without having to click to open the thread. However I don't mind at all if things went back to the way they were before. That was fine.

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zhenlijiang
June 13, 2010, 03:13 PM

Is the latest News and Features thread showing up on the Conversations Page for everyone? It isn't for me. What happened?