Keeping watch on comments

Jahanshah Javid
by Jahanshah Javid
10-Feb-2010
 

Take a look at the bottom of any blog, article or other pages on iranian.com. You will see a blue circle with an eye in the middle and this sentence: "You are not following this post, click to start following."

When you click on that sentence, it will turn green and say: "You are following this post, click to stop following". That means every time there's a new comment on that page, you will immediately get notified by email.

This eliminates the need to keep checking if your favorite blog or... has a new comment.

Also, if you write a blog, for instance, and weeks and months later someone leaves a comment, you will know about it, IF you turn on the Watch service.

We've tested it in the past week and detected no problems. Try it out and give us your feedback.

Thank you Foaad for this great addition to iranian.com!

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Anonymouse

The answer to my question is you can follow w/out commenting

by Anonymouse on

I think this means you can click and follow a blog you have not commented on, unlike i.com's tracking tools which only follows what you've commented.

However, since I don't want my email inbox to be clogged by blogs I have not commented on, I recommend linking this tool to your i.com tracking and if it gets to be too much, we can go back and unclick the blog we've not commented on. 

Everything is sacred.


Latina

Actually.....

by Latina on

KS,

JJ, has given us the option to do things as you described or to click to follow a certain blog.

We now have the best of both worlds. Freedom of choice is such a wonderful thing.

Best,


default

More enaging

by KouroshS on

It'd be in my opinion more engaging if users kept up with blog's progress or their favorite commenters, on their own rather than relying on an automated service doing it for them...that is the excitement of getting involved and something that motivates one to make a counter comment or add to the discussion.

This is no facebook after all.

Let's preserve our ICulture:))

 


The Phantom Of The Opera

Bite of bytes

by The Phantom Of The Opera on

I dare say, I am not the only one who follows his favorite commentators rather than being interested in any progress in a favorite blog. So, I wish Foaad could have come up with an appropriate "stalking tool" for some of us.

The Pahlavis, all mullahs, and all public figures associated with the Green Movement  must disclose the source and the amount of their wealth/income.


Orang Gholikhani

Very useful feature

by Orang Gholikhani on

Thank you.

It would be very usefull, we cannot enough time to check if there is a comment.

Orang


Darius Kadivar

Thank You JJ, Foad and IC Staff for the Hard Work

by Darius Kadivar on

Appreciated.

DK


zanboor_ghavi_mannyslawyer

TOO LATE JJ, D_DAY HAS APPROACHED

by zanboor_ghavi_mannyslawyer on

that is it folks,

22 bahman----the date that JJ placed all bets on.........................

will iranian.com survive the lose of credibility or will it emerge as the mouthpirce of the new era. .......

WE WILL KNOW BY FRIDAY/SATURDAY...........................

Expect JJ to make some major decisions on Saturday.....

Will the regime fall and iranian.com become the voice of all iranians?

or will the regime stay, JJ gives up day to day managment to a circle of friends and decides to start a new career as a on the field journalist from hot and dangerous zones?

only time will tell and it ain't that fat away


Monda

It sounds like a very nice addition

by Monda on

Thank you JJ, Foaad and Kayvan for improving our site. 


Latina

Wow!

by Latina on

How cool!

Muchas gracias!


Souri

Like Anonymouse, I don't understand ........

by Souri on

I thank you guys for offering this new feather and appreciate your efforts. Just, I think this only reduce the number of the clicks! Isn't it?

People will get lazier and they will only look at their emails to see if they are feeling likely to click on an old blog or not. It doesn't sound so commercial in my head !! But maybe I can't see all the sides of the point ?

Thanks anyway.


Anahid Hojjati

Dear yolanda, you crack me up sometimes

by Anahid Hojjati on

 

I think we writers have to be careful not to become overly conerned  with knowing all comments that our readers have.  However,  not only for blogs that I have written but also for the ones that I like, I am always interested to know each and every comment.


yolanda

......

by yolanda on

It seems to me that this feature is for the IC addicts! :O)

My prediction is that in the near future IC can add a feature notifying bloggers the new comments thru I-phone.....


Anonymouse

What's the difference between this and tracking option?

by Anonymouse on

When I log in I already see the new comments in blogs or articles that I've commented.  Why would I want to clog my email Inbox too? Maybe I'm missing something.

Everything is sacred.


ponderous pontification

There is a serious bug in the IC

by ponderous pontification on

 

It seems after a while some accounts tend to be deleted?

I think it has to do with “un-kosher” comments which tend to trigger the delete subsystem overload …

Don’t know but thought you will be interested ..


David ET

Great Feature

by David ET on

Thanks. It just keeps getting better.

This also helps unnecessary clicks that will reflect slightly better stats of # of readers of each blog. Hopefully soon blogs do not count the same reader again and again.


bajenaghe naghi

Foaad jan

by bajenaghe naghi on

Thanks for this great feature. Iranian.com is getting better and better every day. Thanks to you too JJ jan.


admin

actually,

by admin on

thanks to Kayvan for making it a high priority.


Anahid Hojjati

Very nice feature JJ, thanks.

by Anahid Hojjati on

 

 

Dear JJ, I don't know if IC readers appreciate what nice features we have on this site.  On many Iranian sites, you cannot even post in Farsi!!.  Also on Iranian.com, there are many cool features and you just added one.  I noticed it when I posted my blog an hour ago. I like how it tells the writer about readers' comments even after many months.  Again I thanks you and Foad.


Princess

God bless you guys

by Princess on

for this feature! Thank you, thank you, thank you JJ, Foad, Keyvan & the rest of the team!!! :)