Comments are back!
By Ryan Block 
posted June 7th 2006 12:21PM
posted June 7th 2006 12:21PM
That's right, comments are back everybody! And we didn't leave you hanging for no good reason. We hope that week off of the comments will prevent those silly trolls and spammers from comin' round anymore. But since we know it won't, we have some new anti-spam systems on the backend, and a new feature for you guys to use: comment reporting.
We've also made a couple of changes: no more numbering comments (they just got way too confusing), and no more stars (we never turned 'em on anyway). However, the big news here is that Engadget is getting an entirely new comment system in a few weeks, so be on the lookout. We're expecting to finally provide persistent user profiles, advanced moderation, and other neat stuff we should have had, like, forever years ago. Thanks for your patience everybody, and happy commenting!
[Big ups to Gavin in our tech team!]
Yay for comments!
yowza.
Digg(.com) it.
To "Paul Miller":
God, are you just a comments-fanboy? I hate comments-fanboys, HOLY WAR!
PS: Thanks Engadget for bring back comments.
Good job. It was kinda dead without the comments.
Welcome back!
Nice! Great to see the comments back online.
i am so glad to have this portion back! I agree with controlling all the expletives and abuse of the forms. Lets hope that people will respect the forums. i hope that i am one of the first guys to get my post in!
Great Job! I was kinda bored not seeing comments. One suggestion i have is maybe make the line between comments more visible? I can see it, but barely.
Yay!!! Comments are back!!!
I know, I always looked forward to reading the comments and the inevitable "I for one welcome our new ______ overlords" snowclone.
Good now if only joystiq would follow suit.
And there was much rejoicing.
i love reading comments :)
Some people contribute witty comments -- glad I can start seeing them again.
glad to see them back!
Hey I know numbering was confusing because the numbers didn't stay the same for particular messages, but you should show some kind of unique ID for posts so that people responding to a specific post can have something at the top of the message like "Response to Post 15463". The unique ID should be unique only within the current topic so you don't have to have excessively long post ID's.
Snowclones for everyone!!
yay. the comments were always a great time-killer. my favorite part of the site (almost). i hope the new comment system is going to be like slashdots, i like being able to see the ratings of comments.
Here's to the new comments system! Hopefully no more going to my email everytime I comment.
having comments again is like going back to a game or movie vs watching it alone at home. Same content, more social interaction.
Woot woot! Comments, ye are much welcome. :-)
Woohoo! Finally, I can comment on all those old stories!
Thank God! Something to read at work...
I personally liked no user profiles. I don't comment very often and liked the fact that I didn't have to create a user account on this site.
Also, I noticed that the comment system doesn't allow for email addresses such as: user+engadget@gmail.com (which is a valid email address)
Does that mean the next podcast is around the corner too?
Great to have the comments back!
w00t w00t for comments!!!! now the public can hear me speak my mind..
was getting kinda boring..
Hopefully this won't turn the trolls/spammers into mass exclamation mark clickers that fill up your inboxes!
Good times, comments!
finally
Like everyone said its great to have comments back, but as Phil mentioned numbers were helpful in responding to someone else's comments, so I hope you guys figure out an easy way to still do that.
I've got a lot of comments to do since last week lol.
No this isnt spam, but you've been doug!
http://digg.com/technology/engadget_comments_finally_working.
as long as the comments are not made invite only like another group of gadget and gaming blog sites *cough gizmodo, kotaku cough*
it would be nice to have a profile and a way to track responses to posts without digging through the archives
Thanks Gavin! You rock.
.....but I liked stars...they are...shiny...and...stuff
P.S. Nice to have you back Engadget...comments are where the heart is...
The Raikage
Sweet, I had been going crazy without the comments to read, sometimes you find some really interesting stuff in here.
engadget really isn't the same without comments....feels naked.....glad they're back
I don't know.
So if I comment about the comments and someone comments on my comment, I can comment on him commenting my commenting on you enabling commenting again.
Bit too confusing...
So: no comment.
Yes! Thanks guys!
Excellent! And I'm happy there are no more numbers. It would always be confusing when someone would say "to #4", and then someone who posted before #4 but took longer to confirm their post would confirm and think the person was replying to them.
It was all too confusing, like my explanation.
And hooray for persistent user profiles. Great job you guys and I look forward to the NEW new system.
SIGH! just when i was enjoying the zealot free engadget. ah well!
Actually, I LIKED the numbers... I just wished that the comments would list in the order that they were confirmed - not in the order they were submitted. We've still got that problem, but no way to reference specific comments without "quoting them".
cool. i missed being able to put in my 2 cents, and read others. good work gentlemen (and ladies if any.. haha)
Am I the only one who discovered that Engadget is far less useful without the comments? The comments tap into the collective knowledge, correcting errors or elaborating, or even allowing the connection to related avenues. A blog without the comments is much weaker, no? I noticed myself visiting Engadget far less often while also doubting the validity of articles after the comments were turned off because they essentially removed a form of bio-error checking.
I am not sure but it sounds like people like the comments. Glad they are back too!
Dave
Nice job! I never liked the star system, especially if you ever had a star removed because the blogger didn't agree with your comment. I always thought that was a bit harsh and not conducive to maintaining happy customers and good karma. Instead, I've always thought Yahoo had the best system, where end users can 'recommend' replies if they thought you made a great comment. The idea of moderators rating replies on their stories, just seemed a bit odd to me, especially if you happened to disagree with the article.
But anyway, I'm really glad to see comments back on, and I hope the new features work out so we don't have to loose comments again. Also, hopefully, this'll spread to other weblog sites.
A new comments system... I'm intrigued.
I've always hated having to confirm a comment! What's up with that silliness?
And I hope you update Engadget Mobile as well!
Confirming sucks it!
p.s. - I liked the numbers too.