I took the demo portion from yesterday’s panel and uploaded it to YouTube as a separate 6-minute video clip. This shows the new replies curation and reply text box features.

John Brayton

It’s a great feature. BTW I really enjoyed yesterday’s events. I wish I could have stuck around for the happy hour.

Manton Reece

@johnbrayton Thanks!

Denny Henke

Love the new replies features, thanks for adding those!

Manton Reece

@Denny Glad to hear it!

Aeryn

that’s excellent. Both features work on my blog already :)

Manton Reece

@pratik Nope, what browser? It’s not opening a new window for me.

Manton Reece

@aeryn Great, thanks!

Jason Becker

@pratik I don’t necessarily agree (though no idea about Arc). In Firefox, it basically just did a fast page reload with no pop up/under/tab stuff and was very easy to add a comment. If I’m on your site already, it’s significantly less disruptive than the Reply on Micro.blog button.

Jason Becker

@pratik I made the previous reply from your site without typing your name.

Jason Becker

@pratik ah. This gets at exactly what I think Manton was getting at about not doing threaded comments. I very rarely comment on comments, and even this response makes more sense from the app because how else would I know you replied? Comments here are “nerfed” in a way that makes sense given resources and goals (i.e. disincentivizes other people having long back and forth on your own site)

Jade van Dörsten

Great feature, thank you. I’m looking forward to implementing it on my own site.

Brad Enslen

Thank you for the new commenting form. Not having commenting is something that has been really bothering me for a long time. I think it is an elegant first step for addressing the issue. So, thanks again.

Also, nice explanation in your video.

Simone

I’m excited for this!! Does it have to be a particular protocol for sign in? Curious about the criteria there. Sign in with Gmail / Instagram (for example) to verify could be useful for typical* social media folk, eg my friends! 😅 (*My tone here is not at all condescending!!)

Manton Reece

@sim0ne Thanks! We could add more services, although it will work best for identities that have a profile on the web. Instagram (via Threads) might be possible later.

Manton Reece @manton
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