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| - | Users can comment on a web page; comments are displayed linearly in chronological order (either most recent first, or oldest first). | + | Users can comment on a web page; comments are displayed linearly in chronological order (either most recent first, or oldest first). |
=== What Problem Does This Solve === | === What Problem Does This Solve === | ||
| - | + | You want to elicit user feedback, opinion or knowledge without encouraging user-to-user interaction (and potentially arguments). | |
=== When to Use This Pattern === | === When to Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | + | Use chronological comments when the date of comments is relevant (e.g. reviews for a hotel or restaurant, where changes might occur over time), or where users are likely to begin value-less arguments, either because the original content is controversial, or the audience is highly-charged and divided in opinion. | |
=== What's The Solution? === | === What's The Solution? === | ||
| - | + | Disable the comment threading/nesting feature in your web platform. | |
=== Why Use This Pattern === | === Why Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | + | Benefits of chronological comments include: | |
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| + | *A clear order for readers to browse. | ||
| + | *Fewer value-less arguments, disagreements, and "I agree" or "Me too" comments. | ||
=== Examples Gallery === | === Examples Gallery === | ||
| - | + | [[Image:Boing-boing-linear-comments.png|thumb|left|Boing Boing adopts a linear (non-nested) comment system.]] | |
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| + | === Categories === | ||
| - | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comments]] [[Category:Social]] |
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