I'm gonna call them "tickys" as I ramble, based on the fact that "ticky" is a more LJ/DW-common-use scenario; many user-created polls contain a "ticky" button to allow people to mark their attention even if they don't have a comment on the substance of a poll.
Awesome scenario #1: This would be implemented as a hybrid, parallel form of metadata and comments, where you could a. name it whatever you want on a per-post basis, and b. disable it globally or on a per-post basis, or choose not to have comments emailed, or limit it to registered users or circle members only. Banning a user from your journal would also ban them from leaving tickys. But ticky settings should be independent of comments, so you could leave comments on but disable tickys, or turn comments off and enable tickys.
Awesome scenario #2: Forget custom naming (although maybe people could rename it in custom styles, just not sitescheme?), it's optional, but keep the rest, and allow tickys on comments as well. Tickys on comments to be determined by owner of the journal having the conversation, please; yes, you might go to a ticky-user's journal and be forced to have your comment tickyed, but their journal, their preferences.
I am in favor of tickys because it is a form of communication and helps engender community and relationships, in a way that can enhance comments rather than replacing them or taking away from them. When someone isn't commenting, it's impossible to know if it's because they're lost for words, aren't on a platform suitable for lengthy comments (how many users read the site from smartphones now?), don't have a lot of spoons, have to conserve typing time... or aren't reading and don't care. Seeing people's names crop up repeatedly in tickys helps us discover who out there is giving us their time and attention, and can be a greatly-appreciated form of support, even or especially in times when hearing, and feeling obliged to respond to, many individual comments can feel overwhelming.
In addition, it can help clear out the signal-to-noise ratio of having several commenters saying "+1" or "IAWTC", a situation most prone to occurring in 50+ comment entries where paid users must expand threads one at a time and unpaid users must click on each individual thread and back-button to see if they're missing any of the conversation.
I'm pretty sure I've had DW relationships atrophy not because the other user and I weren't reading, but because we didn't know where to start, or how to begin a conversation. With tickys, there's a separate, parallel way to keep in touch. It doesn't replace comments in times I would ordinarily comment. What it replaces is NOT commenting. I am highly in favor of a ticky feature!
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I'm gonna call them "tickys" as I ramble, based on the fact that "ticky" is a more LJ/DW-common-use scenario; many user-created polls contain a "ticky" button to allow people to mark their attention even if they don't have a comment on the substance of a poll.
Awesome scenario #1: This would be implemented as a hybrid, parallel form of metadata and comments, where you could a. name it whatever you want on a per-post basis, and b. disable it globally or on a per-post basis, or choose not to have comments emailed, or limit it to registered users or circle members only. Banning a user from your journal would also ban them from leaving tickys. But ticky settings should be independent of comments, so you could leave comments on but disable tickys, or turn comments off and enable tickys.
Awesome scenario #2: Forget custom naming (although maybe people could rename it in custom styles, just not sitescheme?), it's optional, but keep the rest, and allow tickys on comments as well. Tickys on comments to be determined by owner of the journal having the conversation, please; yes, you might go to a ticky-user's journal and be forced to have your comment tickyed, but their journal, their preferences.
I am in favor of tickys because it is a form of communication and helps engender community and relationships, in a way that can enhance comments rather than replacing them or taking away from them. When someone isn't commenting, it's impossible to know if it's because they're lost for words, aren't on a platform suitable for lengthy comments (how many users read the site from smartphones now?), don't have a lot of spoons, have to conserve typing time... or aren't reading and don't care. Seeing people's names crop up repeatedly in tickys helps us discover who out there is giving us their time and attention, and can be a greatly-appreciated form of support, even or especially in times when hearing, and feeling obliged to respond to, many individual comments can feel overwhelming.
In addition, it can help clear out the signal-to-noise ratio of having several commenters saying "+1" or "IAWTC", a situation most prone to occurring in 50+ comment entries where paid users must expand threads one at a time and unpaid users must click on each individual thread and back-button to see if they're missing any of the conversation.
I'm pretty sure I've had DW relationships atrophy not because the other user and I weren't reading, but because we didn't know where to start, or how to begin a conversation. With tickys, there's a separate, parallel way to keep in touch. It doesn't replace comments in times I would ordinarily comment. What it replaces is NOT commenting. I am highly in favor of a ticky feature!