In the past couple of days I've left about 100 comments or so. I don't really care whether people find them helpful or not, but I would like to know if they've seen them. I hate for the comments to sit out there, unnoticed, in the ether, with no one ever the wiser.
So (and yes I know it's a freakin' dead horse) is there any way to get a "read receipt" or some such? It would probably have to be triggered by the user viewing their own picture again after you've made a comment, or viewing their comments received listing*. I do not want to make them check a box if I don't have to. I just want to know if they've viewed the comment, or at least the photo I left it on or the page of comments received.
* - for those that may not know, you can go to your profile page, and in the box on the upper left, you see your stats - average vote received, comments given, etc? If you click on the blue number of Comments received, lo and behold you get a list of your comments received. You can further manipulate that to see the most recent, any not marked as helpful, etc. Try it, you'll like it!
Deb, Thank you for the comment on my pic. I had already marked it as helpful but I always enjoy getting good / bad comments. It helps me to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
I generally tick the box to acknowledge that a comment was read and appreciated. About the only time I don't is the rare occasion I find a comment rude or offensive. Last comment I got from you was on Flickr, that corndogs for breakfast was "yuck".
Just checked again, and I did get one from you on my twisted entry. You saw the same thing in the shot that I did. Thanks.
Did not receive one. (I check every time I log in...it's like the stinkin' update button!) I like getting comments, especially helpful ones and they do get acknowledged when I get them.
I generally tick the box to acknowledge that a comment was read and appreciated. About the only time I don't is the rare occasion I find a comment rude or offensive. Last comment I got from you was on Flickr, that corndogs for breakfast was "yuck".
Just checked again, and I did get one from you on my twisted entry. You saw the same thing in the shot that I did. Thanks.
Well corndogs for breakfast IS yuck! That's merely a statement of fact. :-)
I have not yet voted very far in Twisted... after I get done, I will make the same offer there I did for the Straight folks. Heh. That struck me as funny for some reason. Not that the twisted folks aren't straight, or vice versa for that matter.
I haven't gotten any lately Deb...but I will say that I am obsessive with cking my comments (because I am still amazed anyone would like my pictures well enough to comment on them) and I will say that when you do leave a comment for me...they are wonderful...you give such a detailed positive opinion with constructive critique, ...I currently have made 6,903 comments, but only have 5,810 marked as helpful...so I guess I'm not as "helpful" as I would like to be...
You people are just sick, that's all there is to it. Yuck!!
If I'm to have anything for breakfast other than a nice hearty mocha, I'll head to a lovely little place in Wiesbaden that serves a cooked egg, a croissant, a brotchen, butter and preserves. Quite civilized. Served in a tall basket much like English tea...
I mark the comments helpful when they are. But it's hard to mark a comment as helpful when it is something like this "oh is this Colorado Springs" how in any shape is that helpful?
You people are just sick, that's all there is to it. Yuck!!
It's one of my finer traits. As far as leftover cold cuisine, my fave is fried chicken.
Originally posted by Melethia:
If I'm to have anything for breakfast other than a nice hearty mocha, I'll head to a lovely little place in Wiesbaden that serves a cooked egg, a croissant, a brotchen, butter and preserves. Quite civilized. Served in a tall basket much like English tea...
I used to love the little sandwiches on brotchen that the German canteen made. You also now have me missing the paprika Schnitzel that the Rhein-Main canteen would sell. I have not found any German restaurants in my area that make it.
I mark the comments helpful when they are. But it's hard to mark a comment as helpful when it is something like this "oh is this Colorado Springs" how in any shape is that helpful?
I use the box just to indicate the comment was read and appreciated. I do realize others use it more literally to indicate helpfulness. Still, if I look over my recent comments and don't see it was checked, that tells me my comment was either not read or not appreciated.
Another site I have been playing on lately has an interesting way of handling this. You need 30 "points" to enter a contest. You earn points by voting. 1 point per vote cast. If you leave a comment, the recipient can mark it as "insightful". If you mark a comment as insightful, you are giving the commenter 5 points, taken from your own points stash. It rewards the commenters, but keeps people from just checking every comment that way.
I mark the comments helpful when they are. But it's hard to mark a comment as helpful when it is something like this "oh is this Colorado Springs" how in any shape is that helpful?
IMO, all comments are helpful because if someone left a comment is because he liked your photo anyway. And if someone liked my photo shows that you are doing a good work.
I don't mark helpful only if the comment is rude or offensive, but anyway, this kind of comment shows that someone didn't like your work or is in a bad day :)
I generally tick the box to acknowledge that a comment was read and appreciated. About the only time I don't is the rare occasion I find a comment rude or offensive.
this is pretty much what i do also.
i rarely leave a comment unchecked, out of all the comments i've recieved, i think i only left 2 or 3 unchecked.
IMO, all comments are helpful because if someone left a comment is because he liked your photo anyway. And if someone liked my photo shows that you are doing a good work.
I don't mark helpful only if the comment is rude or offensive, but anyway, this kind of comment shows that someone didn't like your work or is in a bad day :)
I often leave comments on photos that I don't like. More often than not if I vote a 3 or below I will leave a comment. I will also sometimes leave a comment on a photo that I don't 'like' but that has a profound effect on me.
I guess we are all different in what we get from comments received, as another thread that is ongoing at the moment shows. Some people don't appreciate anything other than a pat on the back, others only want detailed technical critiques, and so on. Me, I may not like all the comments I receive, but (with very, very few exceptions) they are all appreciated.
Hey Deb, I've had a whole bunch of comments from you recently, and not just in the main challenges, but the side ones too. Marked them all as helpful but wanted to say thanks here too, really appreciated!
Thanks, folks - good to know some of 'em are being read. As I said, I'd hate for them to sit out there unnoticed. I'd feel bad for setting them out there in the first place!
But mostly this is a plea to the Powers That Be to implement some way to automagically know that comments have indeed at least been viewed, if not completely read, agreed to, wanted, or appreciated.
