Have you ever come across a post that's received quite a few comments, but you can't quite tell who's talking to whom?
Isn't it a bit like being in a big room of people where everyone is involved in their own small conversations... but for some odd reason, aren't necessarily looking at the person they're talking to? For all you know, they could be talking to themselves, the person directly behind them, or someone on the other side of the room.
To apply this metaphor to Multiply, for example, the latest reply at the bottom of the page -- say, the fifteenth -- that simply reads "Cool!" could potentially be posted in reference to the original posting, or something insightful in any of the previous fourteen comments.
How can this sort of thing be avoided? Thanks for asking! There are two major ways around this:
When replying to a specific comment already left on a posting, be sure to use the dedicated "reply" link that you'll find next to the particular comment. (Note the blue links in the screenshot to the right.)
Then, be sure to quote an appropriate portion of the comment to give people an idea of the comment to which you intend to reply. This is polite to do, but not usually necessary when you...
Use "Threaded" comment view! When you do so, you'll see comments arranged in a logical order, showing you specifically which comments were left in reply to which! You can clearly see that each indented comment is a reply to the next left-most one, often the one above it.
If you've never used it before, it looks a little like this:
This is a great way to keep track of conversations, but comments will only appear in this manner if those involved in the conversation used the dedicated reply links mentioned above when posting their replies.
(Additionally, Threaded mode doesn't support Live RepliesTM just yet.)
So there you have it. If you have trouble making sense of a conversation, you may want to switch your comment view to "Threaded," at least temporarily. And remember to use those "reply" links when responding to existing comments!
hi, i can't see the send message option here so i just posted a reply... I just like to comment and request something regarding the ad "sexy / hottest girls" which appear on every window of multiply account. Can you please remove it? Or change it with a better and nice ads?
I think it doesn't suit the theme / environment of multiply and it doesn't look good on my personal account either. I hope you'll grant my request.
narathon wrote on Mar 29, '07, edited on Mar 29, '07
Hi..!!!
I am " NARATHORN " .................................................................. """ Photogragher in thailand """ .................................................................. and .................................................................. """ Architect in thailand """ ..................................................................
Could we possible be able to close this "Add a Comment" slot for our own blog entries etcetera on a per blog basis?
It's no good asking people to thread and giving them an unthreaded default; it's like sticking your arm out left and pointing while saying "right": people are going to follow the arm, not the words.
I do appreciate this feature immensely, and use it all the time. I do have two requests to make, however:
1.) Could the dedicated reply links please show up in the emailed copy of the replies. I prefer to reply on the fly at times, and when doing so through the email client, only the "open" (non-dedicated) reply link exists.
2.) For some reason, I also noticed that lengthy replies seem to fail consistently, when being sent via the email client. Is this intentional or just something that needed to be brought to your attention?
Thanks again for developing one of the most robust, useful and QUALITY blogging and networking platforms on the Net! LOVE YOU GUYS!!
How can this sort of thing be avoided? Thanks for asking! 
Feedburner