Any chance that coComment support could be added?

February 8, 2006 10:58 AM

[pony] Any chance that coComment support could be added to to ?(ask.|metatalk.|projects.)metafilter.com? RSS feeds of comment responses sure would be spiffy. Instructions are here.
posted by slhack3r to Feature Requests at 10:58 AM (14 comments total)

We have the functionality here, with My Comments, but I could certainly give this a try.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:27 AM on February 8, 2006

Wow, completly missed My Comments. What I'd specifically love is an RSS feed of further responses to thread's I've commented in - which is what coComment specifically provides. And the ablity to republish my snarky mefi comments on my blog would just make my day :)
posted by slhack3r at 11:44 AM on February 8, 2006

It would be nice if coComment was in open public beta first.
posted by smackfu at 11:46 AM on February 8, 2006

I just added the cocomment script to metafilter comment pages, and tried my bookmarklet on one comment I just made. There's nothing in my account yet.

If you need an invite code, just drop your email and about 24 hours later they will send you one. I got mine this morning.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:50 AM on February 8, 2006

Same here - nothing yet. I tried it a little while ago and got a 'this page does not support coComment' error message. That didn't appear this time, so maybe the comments are just slow to appear.
posted by slhack3r at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2006

Thanks for the pony though, hope it ends up working! :)
posted by slhack3r at 11:58 AM on February 8, 2006

If you need an invite code, just drop your email and about 24 hours later they will send you one. I got mine this morning.

Thanks Matt. I assumed it was more closed than that.
posted by smackfu at 12:02 PM on February 8, 2006

I'm trying to get it to work. I just submitted a bug report with them so hopefully it'll work soon.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:09 PM on February 8, 2006

Rounded corners (check)
Blazing bright colours (check)
Big, cute fonts (check)
Use of the word "blogosphere" without irony (check)
Describes comments as "value you create on other's blog" (check)

Jimbob wants no part of this.

(Although he would like just an RSS feed of all the comments he makes on Metafilter for inclusion on his supr.glu page.)
posted by Jimbob at 1:46 PM on February 8, 2006

(Scratch that, I've just found it.)
posted by Jimbob at 1:47 PM on February 8, 2006

(Hang on...no...I haven't)
posted by Jimbob at 1:51 PM on February 8, 2006

Grrrr... I requested an invitation earlier, just got it, and discovered that CoComment doesn't use challenge-response verification of email addresses before activating new accounts. (In other words, rather that allowing you to sign up and then sending you an email you need to act on before your account is active, they just let you enter any ol' email address and assume that it really is yours.) I hate sites that do this -- to me, it shows a lack of planning and a lack of respect for the 'net on the whole (since it allows people to start spamming others by signing them up for unwanted web shit), and I'd have to assume that it permeates other aspects of the site as well.
posted by delfuego at 4:04 PM on February 8, 2006

I'm still awaiting my coComment invite, looks pretty handy (er, assuming every single site I comment on decides to implement the coComment code...)

What I'd specifically love is an RSS feed of further responses to thread's I've commented

MetaRSS does that, pretty much.
posted by jack_mo at 5:18 PM on February 8, 2006

Also, these instructions to make a comment form coComment-compatable are a wee bit easier to follow than the ones posted above, if anyone's interested.
posted by jack_mo at 5:48 PM on February 8, 2006