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August 26, 2007 3:42 PM

A small pony request: When I am interested in ongoing threads or participating in a discussion, I will frequently check back to see if there are new comments after the one I just posted. However, there is a time limit or something on how often the "new comment" message updates. Would it be possible / productive / desirable to add "last comment by [username]" after the "number of comments" text?
posted by lazaruslong to Feature Requests at 3:42 PM (14 comments total)

Perhaps the language could be something other than "last comment", maybe "most recent comment by [username]" so it looks less like "the last word had by [username]".
posted by lazaruslong at 3:43 PM on August 26, 2007

Is there a reason you don't just use the recent activity feature to do this? It's not perfect if you're just following a thread, but if you're posting in it, it works great.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 3:49 PM on August 26, 2007

Have you used the "Recent Activity" link? It's a good way of keeping track of threads you've personally participated in. The new comments counter only updates every 20 minutes or so, IIRC.
posted by bonaldi at 3:50 PM on August 26, 2007

The reason I don't use the "recent activity" feature if because I never noticed it's use. Specifically that it pops up the comments like that for you.


Color me embarrassed. That totally solves my problem.
posted by lazaruslong at 3:53 PM on August 26, 2007

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thanks guys. as a tiny little off-topic addendum: Matt needs to write more articles over at Fortuitous. They are fabulous.

I can't believe I never noticed the recent activity function.


posted by lazaruslong at 3:55 PM on August 26, 2007

I wish Matv would get round to adding a perview buttno.
posted by Abiezer at 3:59 PM on August 26, 2007

It's not perfect if you're just following a thread

If My Little Pony were added then it would be.
posted by grouse at 4:18 PM on August 26, 2007

That totally solves my problem.

Hurray!

Was that "pervo button" Abiezer?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 4:25 PM on August 26, 2007

I supply my own there, jessamyn. Can't ask Matt to do everything.
posted by Abiezer at 4:39 PM on August 26, 2007

However, there is a time limit or something on how often the "new comment" message updates

This is true though, and I wish it could somehow update to when you last looked at a thread. I read somewhere else on MeTa that the "new comment" indicator works on Big Magic^TM and we're lucky that it even allows us mere mortals to know about any new comments, but a real-ish time update would be nice.

just sayin'
posted by niles at 7:04 PM on August 26, 2007

yes you can have a pony
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:39 PM on August 26, 2007

"Wendelled by [username]"
posted by Poolio at 12:32 AM on August 27, 2007

I really wish that you could add a posting to the Recent Activity page without having made a comment in the thread. Sometimes I just like following the conversation while it's going on without chipping in, and I don't want to favorite it.
posted by i_am_a_Jedi at 6:57 AM on August 27, 2007

i_am_a_Jedi: That is what keep asking for. Well, I proposed that it should be done via favoriting, but I really don't care.
posted by grouse at 6:59 AM on August 27, 2007