Improvement Suggestion: Add a reply button
Hi, it would be a great idea to add a reply button. When there are many comments, I have to click on ‘view more comments’ before I can add my own. It would be much easier if there were a reply button directly available.
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When we click on a comment to reply, the reply box currently appears at the bottom of the comments section. We can adjust this so the reply box appears above all comments instead.
Example: here is another screenshot.
Manoj Sharma not so good idea! it is essential to read existing (other people’s) comments before you add your own…for community engagement.
Debo Ogunrinde, That's one way to look at it! If someone likes my idea, they can simply reply directly to my post without scrolling through all 20 comments. But if they're interested in reading the conversation, they can always click on the comments to dive in.
It can save community time, which we have very very limited.
Manoj Sharma, I do understand your point but I wouldn’t want that for my “community”…part of it is to encourage all in my community to interact, comment on and like each other’s posts, leader boards, etc…just clicking to expand the comments may let you see other opinions you haven’t considered and possibly interact more. Anyway, my 2cents
Debo Ogunrinde, if this features gets implemented you can use a nice little css trick display: none to hide the reply button. That way your community will have no other option but to scroll through all the messages. I personally think "reply" button does add a lot of value to the community. OR we can put the comments area before the comment starts that way there is no need to put a reply button.
Manoj Sharma, got it and thanks for the tip