Comments on: Do You Prefer To Read The Latest Comments First Or Last?

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:23:40 +0000

I agree, I like the older comments first followed by the newer.

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:23:00 +0000

I agree, I like the older comments first followed by the newer.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:24:28 +0000

I usually prefer oldest to newest so I can follow the conversation in order. But if there is a large amount of comments, I tend to skip to the newest ones.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:24:00 +0000

I usually prefer oldest to newest so I can follow the conversation in order. But if there is a large amount of comments, I tend to skip to the newest ones.

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:48:03 +0000

@Dave

The posts are coming soon. Chris is just writing up his notes while we wait for the theme updates to finish, then he’s going to start work on the theme. We’ve decided to rebuild the theme as the code is such a mess, rather than tweak it – a preview can be seen here. It’s early days so far, but it’s going to look a lot better

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:48:00 +0000

@Dave

By: nishv@live.com

nishv@live.com — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:33:26 +0000

Latest coment does make sense…

By: nishv@live.com

nishv@live.com — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:33:00 +0000

Latest coment does make sense…

By: Dave Starr

Dave Starr — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:23:25 +0000

Oldest to newest is certainly my preference … but actually you hit upon something here … since, by fortuitous circmstance Chris found a way to show the comments in either order, why not a button that lets each reader select the order s/he wants?

BTW, it’s time for an updates on Chris’ optimisation efforts … I’ve been waiitng to fin dout more about those great server load reduction results you ‘teased’ on .

Thanks, Everton.

By: Dave Starr

Dave Starr — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:23:00 +0000

BTW, it’s time for an updates on Chris’ optimisation efforts … I’ve been waiitng to fin dout more about those great server load reduction results you ‘teased’ on .

Thanks, Everton.

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:24:28 +0000

I read the first and the last one.

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:24:00 +0000

I read the first and the last one.

By: Joseph Plazo

Joseph Plazo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:39:07 +0000

I rarely look at when a comment is posted- just which ever shows up on my viewscreen first.

If there are over 15 comments….I skip em altogether

By: Joseph Plazo

Joseph Plazo — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:39:00 +0000

I rarely look at when a comment is posted- just which ever shows up on my viewscreen first.

If there are over 15 comments….I skip em altogether

By: mobilejgames

mobilejgames — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:56:32 +0000

my vote is for recent posts on top…

By: mobilejgames

mobilejgames — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:56:00 +0000

my vote is for recent posts on top…

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:20:10 +0000

I agree with “Sevierville Real Estate”. I would prefer to see the oldest to the newest. It’s confusing when you catch the end of a conversation. Look into the “Threaded Comments” WP plugin. That offers a good way for authors and readers respond to each other without muddling up the page.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:20:00 +0000

By: Shashank

Shashank — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:22:56 +0000

Oldest to newest is the best but for some posts its good to read reversly.

By: Shashank

Shashank — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:22:00 +0000

Oldest to newest is the best but for some posts its good to read reversly.

By: Sevierville Real Estate

Sevierville Real Estate — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:59:53 +0000

I personaly would rather read comments from oldest to newest. The natural flow of the page as you scroll down will allow you to read comments in order and in response to each other. The other way would suggest that you scroll to the bottom of the screen and read up. Just doesn’t seem right.

By: Sevierville Real Estate

Sevierville Real Estate — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:59:00 +0000

By: Chris at LG

Chris at LG — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:38:09 +0000

Newest first makes more sense – as blogs are newest post first, so it makes sense to be consistent. That said nearly all blogs display oldest first (including ours). Hmm, interesting – worth a think about

By: Chris at LG

Chris at LG — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:38:00 +0000

By: The Masked Millionaire

The Masked Millionaire — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:34:50 +0000

Newest comments first.

By: The Masked Millionaire

The Masked Millionaire — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:34:00 +0000

Newest comments first.

By: Zath

Zath — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:12:08 +0000

For me, they have to be in chronological order, otherwise I tend to never read more than the first couple since they are out of a follow-able order.

By: Zath

Zath — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:12:00 +0000

For me, they have to be in chronological order, otherwise I tend to never read more than the first couple since they are out of a follow-able order.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:57:41 +0000

Oldest comment should be first. Chronological order is the way to do it!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:57:00 +0000

Oldest comment should be first. Chronological order is the way to do it!

By: mlankton

mlankton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:14:54 +0000

yeah I had a small stroke when I posted my initial reply

comments should be displayed in chronological order

By: Michael Lankton

Michael Lankton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:14:00 +0000

yeah I had a small stroke when I posted my initial reply

comments should be displayed in chronological order

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:11:58 +0000

@Everton : Ah ok, I somehow made the association that the change was part of a tweak. I understand now, it was just truly inadvertent

I think oldest comment first is probably best? Like Adam said, we can read them chronologically. On http://ww2db.com I had newest-on-top at first, but have since changed to oldest-on-top for readability.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:11:00 +0000

@Everton : Ah ok, I somehow made the association that the change was part of a tweak. I understand now, it was just truly inadvertent

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:02:49 +0000

I’d prefer older first as I read left to right, top to bottom it makes senses to read the article and then keep on reading down…

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:02:00 +0000

I’d prefer older first as I read left to right, top to bottom it makes senses to read the article and then keep on reading down…

By: Everton

Everton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:48:06 +0000

@Pete

It doesn’t! He updated the plugin that creates the paged comments, and didn’t change the config settings.

By: Everton

Everton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:48:00 +0000

@Pete

It doesn’t! He updated the plugin that creates the paged comments, and didn’t change the config settings.

By: Adam Dempsey

Adam Dempsey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:25:07 +0000

I prefer the read the older comments first, so I can read them chronalogically.

By: Adam Dempsey

Adam Dempsey — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:25:00 +0000

I prefer the read the older comments first, so I can read them chronalogically.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:19:49 +0000

From a technical perspective, how does listing oldest comment first make the site run faster?

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:19:00 +0000

From a technical perspective, how does listing oldest comment first make the site run faster?

By: mlankton

mlankton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:11:51 +0000

first

By: Michael Lankton

Michael Lankton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:11:00 +0000

first