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03 December 2008

Recent Comments - a Rant (plz 2 ad yrs) [More:]Recent Comments, I still haven't quite determined how I feel about you. Sometimes, if commenting in multiple threads, I adore you, because I can keep up with them all in once place.

Sometimes though, you tempt me, and draw me into threads I might not have otherwise found, laughing with my bunnied brethren and sistern. And for this, I love you.

But occasionaly, Recent Comments, you annoy, nay, anger me. You sit there for minutes, and I refresh and you tell me nothing!

And I find myself drawn to your artistry at times, like a Burroughs/Gysin collaboration gone mad, read all at once and yet beautifully coherent.

And often I long for more from you - an auto-refresh, SMS updates from favorited threads, multiple skins. You have such potential, such a future.

What would you like to rant about, Recent Comments, you randy devil?
I long to subscribe to you, Recent Comments, so that I don't miss another comment again.
posted by jonathanstrange 03 December | 20:10
Y'know I've never actually used the recent comments feature. Huh.
posted by CitrusFreak12 03 December | 20:23
Recent Comments really is a fickle friend. She's talking a mile a minute long about 10 a.m., but then after lunch, when you East Coasters are getting off work, she shuts up like an angry oyster. She is a tease, yes.
posted by mudpuppie 03 December | 21:01
Does anyone remember when someone (was it Doohickie?) finangled a comment thread so that in the Recent Comment page it told a little story?
posted by muddgirl 03 December | 21:05
How long has "Recent Comments" been there? I never noticed it before.
posted by octothorpe 03 December | 21:41
I go to recent comments first. Always have.
posted by gaspode 03 December | 21:57
Ditto.
posted by box 03 December | 21:58
I've often considered replacing my MetaChat bookmark with a Recent Comments bookmark, I visit it so often.
posted by BoringPostcards 03 December | 22:22
Recent Comments is my bestest friend. Plus, that's the most effective way I have of keeping an eye out for misbehaviour. Recent Comments sees all, in one mod-friendly page that I can refresh at will.
posted by dg 04 December | 02:48
I've never looked at it. Hm.
posted by Stewriffic 04 December | 05:18
I'm always surprised to find out how many people use Recent Comment features, both here and elsewhere. I prefer to track things by thread.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 December | 10:06
See - this is why I love Recent Comments:

"In response to: Oh dear. This was never going to wendell.
king of prontopia: That is pretty awesome. The middle cat looked not happy at the beginning and proceeded to really not happy.
12/07/08 | 18:53
In response to: This goddamn economy.
guinness416: Yes, I had the same reaction. Well, no tears but just really sad. Barry Ritholtz (big visible economics blogger in NYC) posted about him a little while back, so maybe that might help."

I love it when I catch myself reading comments in different threads and think they're talking about the same thing!
posted by jonathanstrange 07 December | 19:06
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