One of the most requested (or most complained about depending on your view) is the need for the ability to preview and/or edit comments. I have asked for this feature time and again of the operators of wordpress.com where WUWT is hosted, but they don’t allow this feature.
Since I cannot install plugins on blogs hosted at wordpress.com, I am unable to use one of the standard plugins that allow this feature.
But wordpress.com has asked for input from both blog operators and readers, so here is your chance to ask for this feature. Given that WUWT is almost always in the top 5 blogs on wordpress.com, your input will have weight.
See below for the link to the survey:
Follow this link:
The 2013 WordPress.com Survey: We Welcome Your Feedback!
Please note:
Question 26: What’s the most frustrating thing about WordPress.com?
…is the one to fill in with the lack of a preview/edit feature for comments.
Note also (h/t JohnWho)
It is question #36 if you answer the first question that you read blogs on WordPress.
Some people wonder why I don’t self-host WUWT such as Lucia does for her blog.
The reasons are simple.
- Traffic – running a single machine wouldn’t handle peak loads, Climategate and Climate Audit’s meltdown proved that.
- Maintenance – I have none, wordpress.com handles it all. No worrying about updates.
- Reliability – As you may have noted, self operated blogs like Lucia’s and Jo Nova’s go down from time to time, wordpress.com gives me 24/7 reliability, and the horsepower to ward off attacks from people that would surely like to see it taken offline.
So, please take a few moments and take the survey and ask for the comment preview/edit feature and/or features you want
Thanks for your consideration – Anthony
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any thoughts about hosting the site using WordPress on Amazons AWS cloud hosting service? You get the same distributed cloud hosting benefits, control over what modules are used, and 100% of the revenue from the ads you run. Only issue is if the 100% would cover the hosting costs. Its only a thought.
Editing would be nice, maybe limited to 15 minutes or so after you post.
It is question #36 if you answer the first question that you read blogs on WordPress.
REPLY: thanks, I’ll make that note. – Anthony
Your wisdom at staying with WordPress is well placed. Their handling the technical aspects allows you to communicate, which is the essence of one’s rationale for hosting a great (WorldClass) site as yours has become!!!
Short survey.
4 questions.
Done. Thanks for alerting us to this, Anthony. Here’s hoping WP listens and takes action 🙂
Hoo neads t4e erit feetoor? Ho igue$$ its yoosffoughL.
(I’m headed for the survey right now.)
Of course, posters could just re-read their own material before clicking on “submit” – – – – – and we’d all be saved from the scores of “oops, pardon my late-night typing” re-posts.
Is that asking too much of WUWT posters?
“Teh horror”
geologyjim says:
July 20, 2013 at 5:48 pm
I would think that WUWT is the top 5 blogs on wordpress.
Mr. Jim of Geology whose excellence in proofreading leads him to conclude that EVERYONE is as self-disciplined as he…… YES! We’re human. We mess up sometimes. I do appreciate your high confidence in our proofreading abilities, however. #[:)] Personally, I find the typos often amusing and a great source of fun. HOWEVER, when the typo must be corrected to prevent misunderstanding, no editing is a pain.
Certainly, the edit function is not necessary, as you correctly point out, but it would be helpful. Why not? ….. to separate the super-achievers from the rest of us?…… hm? LOL, don’t worry, there will still be some of us (me, I’m sure) who will still not cach all ther mistaks. You will, even with the edit option, yet shine, Mr. Jij.
Also, Mr. Jim, and I know you would agree, we must bear in mind that some people who post on WUWT are sight-challenged, e.g., macular degeneration, or battling other brain or body disorders; an editing feature would make life a bit easier for them.
done.
Should this comment be considered as an insult to us with dyslexia? “Re-reading” (aka proofreading) doesn’t always help! It may take a number of “re-reads” before the comment “feels” ok, but still …
I compleded the survey with the comment that preview/edit is a valuable tool to us dyslexics.
Marco: AWS is not cheap once you get into the multi-server load balanced configurations. WordPress uses MySQL, and replicated instances of MySQL which can withstand random crashes are non-trivial. Building the system would not be cheap, running the system would be expensive (especially when compared to free).
I have been working on moving some commercial applications to AWS. Unless you are talking about stateless webservers, it is a lot more complex than people think.
Sasja L., so GLAD that you post even though you are (I take it) almost certain that you will make a mistake, here and there. You have character. Way to go!
Whta’s the bep; deal aboiut typos anyeayh?!!!1 lololololooolo
geologyjim says:
July 20, 2013 at 5:48 pm “……………”
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Yes, I do other things in my life besides comment on WUWT. I might make a mistake,
Yeah, it took me twenty minutes to complete my previous comment and just now I discover the lack of some words …
Macro — if A-th-y goes to a cloud situation — I am out of here. I find those servers waaay too creepy v. a v. potential government surveillance.
But, I want to be able to edit the comments of others….
: )
REPLY: Then become a moderator at Skeptical Science. – Anthony
Tnx Janice! Add that english is not my native language.
I like Likes.
I know that Likes were tried briefly, and discarded. Perhaps disable “Dislike” if you don’t want to hurt any feelings. It often really gives you a sense of the quality your comment and it’s arguments, and that can help you decide whether to replay or refine that comment for use elsewhere. Plus it gratifying, to see that your comment is liked!
Geran said at 6:26, “I love peppermint ice cream and that is why I am a scientist.”
Heh, heh, yeah, editing would be fun!! LOL #[:)]
Agree! The security in the “cloud” are somewhat cloudy and quite an illusion, more like a mirage.
Fine with me the way it is. Is it really secure to allow subsequent editing of one’s own comments? Doesn’t that open the door to hackers? Beats me.