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Facebook: editing comments

Sherrilynne Starkie

Did you know that you can edit comments you’ve made on Facebook after you’ve published them? Just click in the top right corner of your comment, then go down to ‘Edit’ Change your mind again? Just hit escape and the original comment will stand. This is a boon to Facebookers who comment without their reading glasses on (like me). Facebook Will Allow You To Edit Comments – It’s About Time [Updates].

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Thinking About Disabling Blog Comments

Ari Herzog

I remember when commenting was a feature at the bottom of every newspaper and media website article. Initially, anyone could add a comment without a profile. Readers grew frustrated with the lag between the time they posted their comments and the time the comments were approved.

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Reddit Adds Dedicated Search within Post Comments

Social Media Today

Reddit continues to build out its search tools

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How Can I Find My Facebook Likes, Comments, And Reactions?

SocMed Sean

Ever wanted to go back and find an old comment, like, or reaction on a Facebook post? The post How Can I Find My Facebook Likes, Comments, And Reactions? Don’t know where to start to find that kind of old data? Here are our tips on researching and finding older Facebook content.

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Hello 2015, Goodbye Comments

Ari Herzog

I am disabling blog commenting on this post and into the future. My reason is simple: You’re reading but you’re not commenting. It is a time management task to ensure comments are real and not spam and I’m seeing lots of spam comments try to get published. Commenting is not that place anymore. My time otherwise spent reviewing pending comments and deleting the bulk of them will be relegated to tasks that matter.

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4 Ways Brands Can Use Instagram’s Pinned Comments

Later

Hello Instagram pinned comments, goodbye trolls. Aimed at tackling negative or offensive interactions on the platform, Instagram’s pinned comments feature helps you moderate posts and combat misinformation or bullying. What is the Instagram Pinned Comments Feature?

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How To Turn Off Comments on Facebook Post (New Version)

BeingOptimist

Here is a straight forward guide to finding out how to turn off comments on Facebook post. Here, I have explained a clear procedure to disable or turn off comments on Facebook posts on several platforms. Method To Block or Turn off Comments on Facebook Post on PC or Browser.

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Facebook Looks to Prompt More Comments with New Comment Engagement Stats

Social Media Today

Facebook is looking to prompt more comments by highlighting the increased engagement your posts see when you comment on them

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Twitter Allows Retweets with Comments

The Social Media Incubator

It is now easier for users to retweet others and add their comments along with the retweet. Now, after hitting the retweet button, you are prompted to enter in your comments. After entering comments and retweeting, your tweet shows up with the retweeted message in an embedded box below your comment. Monday, April 6, Twitter revamped its retweet feature. Before, it had been a strenuous process to add commentary, stay within characters, etc.

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Rethinking Blog Comments Again

Ari Herzog

If you look at every blog post I wrote in 2014 in reverse chronological order from yesterday’s post rationalizing why I tweet to my first post on branding , the above numeric series indicates how many comments people wrote on each post. This includes my comments, too. Why do I allow people to comment if few do? If you start at the beginning of the series (on the left) and skip over the 3, 0, and 1, the next three posts have zero comments. Musings comments

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YouTube Adds Shorts as Comment Replies, New Data Stories Cards

Social Media Today

Shorts has become a key focus for YouTube

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Delurk and Add a Comment in 2017

Ari Herzog

Beginning in 2009 and several more times over the years, I invited my blog readers to delurk and add a comment. Jeff commented for the first time. If you choose to delurk and add a comment below, don’t think of it as a favor to me but as a favor to everyone else. See, as much as I enjoy reading a comment, I can assure you many comments are added as a direct result of other comments preceding them. Comments I delurked!

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Here’s Why Brands Are Taking Over Your Instagram Comments

Later

Have you spotted Instagram comments from huge brands or celebrities popping up in your feed as you scroll through the latest posts? . It used to be that brands wanted to receive Instagram comments from followers to grow their account. using witty comments to optimize their exposure on Instagram and gain more followers! . Here’s how you can use Instagram comments to fuel your growth: Why Instagram Comments Are More Important Than Ever If You Want More Followers.

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TikTok Rolls Out Comment Downvotes to All Users

Social Media Today

Now, all users will be able to flag inappropriate comments with a 'thumbs down' response

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YouTube Adds New Option to Locate Comment Responses, Updates for Comments in Shorts

Social Media Today

Some new engagement options for your YouTube channel

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How Can Brands Manage Facebook Comment Overload

Mindjumpers

Tweet Recent comment count on Facebook brand pages is going up, just proving that now, people accept social media as an effective method of communicating with their brand and entering a conversation. These comments can obviously be both positive and negative and can suddenly spring up in quantities if your update has a viral potential. Most importantly it is crucial not to hit the panic button and do the easy thing of deleting all the negative comments or even the entire thread.

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Facebook Adds New Option to Slow Down Comments Within Groups

Social Media Today

Facebook's added a new option which enables group admins to slow down comments in a group. which could help to ease tension and angst

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Commenting Etiquette 101

Jason Yormark

One of the things I’ve loved about blogging is getting to see the growth of comments on my blog over the years. However with more comments comes more questionable responses. I’ve gotten my fair share, and it got me thinking about comment etiquette. I suppose there are no hard fast rules per say when it comes to commenting on blogs, but I do believe there are at least some unwritten ones that I believe in. Don’t comment just to comment.

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YouTube comments: A complete guide

Sprout Social

Businesses can expand their reach and build brand loyalty on the platform—but they need to actively monitor and manage their comments to get the best results. In this post, we’ll explain everything you need to know about moderating and editing your YouTube comments.

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Facebook Looks to Prompt More Comments with New Comment Engagament Stats

Social Media Today

Facebook is looking to prompt more comments by highlighting the increased engagement your posts see when you comment on them

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Facebook Tests Updated Up and Downvoting for Comments in Groups

Social Media Today

Facebook is testing out another addition to its up and downvote option for group comments

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Reddit Updates Search Tools, Adds Capacity to Search User Comments

Social Media Today

The capacity to search Reddit comments will significantly enhance the platform's value as a research tool

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YouTube's Moving the Placement of Video Comments on Desktop

Social Media Today

The updated format will bring the YouTube desktop experience more into line with the mobile app

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You May Be Missing Critical LinkedIn Comments

The Social Media Hat

One of the most important metrics and actions that can result from social media activity is engagement - primarily comments. But what if you're getting comments and you don't know it

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YouTube Tests New Warnings on Potentially Harmful Comments, Auto-Deletion of 'Held for Review' Comments

Social Media Today

YouTube is testing some new ways to reduce the impact of potentially harmful comments

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4 Tips for Handling Negative Comments in Social Media

Ignite Social Media

Here are four tips to always keep in mind when addressing negative comments from your customers. So, as a Community Manager , comments can feel like a personal attack. Always remember you’re representing the brand and not to let comments affect your personal feelings or cause you to react from a personal level. If a comment upsets you, step away from it for a few minutes, go vent to a trusted coworker, and then go back and respond.

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Managing Negative Comments in Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

If you work as a social media manager or online community manager you see these all the time … negative comments. Here are 6 more tips on how to manage negative comments: Listen to what is being said. Don’t let negative comments linger. The longer a negative comment goes without a response, the more credibility the comment acquires. If the comment is from a turd, your community will see them for what they are, and they will lose their credibility.

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Instagram Gives All Users the Option to Pin Post Comments

Social Media Today

After testing it out over the last few months, Instagram will now enable all users to pin up to three comments on their posts

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The Importance of Comments

Small Business Mavericks

How many of the blogs that you read do you comment on? How different do you think the blogs you read would be if there were no comments? Or if people did comment? If you can have a business blog that people read and comment on, you have a real-time focus group. If you answer the comments quickly, a conversation happens. If nobody is commenting on your blog, maybe it’s time to figure out why. Blogging for Small Business blogging comments marketing

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Facebook Tests Public Comments Display on Facebook Stories

Social Media Today

This could be a new way to spark a different kind of engagement with the format

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New! Schedule a First Comment on Instagram with Later

Later

The ability to schedule your first comment on Instagram has been one of our most requested features from the Later community, so we’re thrilled to officially launch it today! But the first comment on Instagram isn’t limited to adding hashtags — you can add whatever text you like. .

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Facebook’s New Comment System: All You Wanted to Know

The Marketing Blog

The latest comes in the form of Facebook’s newly launched comments plug-in, a powerful system that is bound to re-define how users comment on Blogs and other social media sites. Let’s look at this all new plug-in and what makes it vastly different from already available commenting systems like Disqus, Intense Debate etc. The comments box can be installed on any third party website where an interaction like comments is functional.

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Reddit Adds Images in Comments for Selected Communities

Social Media Today

Another way to interact and engage within Reddit communities

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Twitter Officially Launches New 'Retweets with Comments' Listings on iOS

Social Media Today

After testing the option over the past few weeks, Twitter is now officially releasing its new, integrated retweet display, which includes a separate list for 'Retweets with Comments'

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…and Blog Comment Spam Continues

Ari Herzog

With names such as SEO Forum, SEO Outsourcing, and Herbalife, it is pathetic that despite clear instructions that real names are required when adding comments, people continue to leave comments with their company names or other search engine optimized keywords. I wonder if these people are following a manual when commenting. I also muse if human beings are commenting at all or if sophisticated robotic scripts are doing the work. Reintroducing Blog Comment Moderation.

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment! As engagement and sharing on Twitter, Facebook and other social tools continues to increase, many bloggers are noticing a sharp decrease in comments on their blogs. Thomas I like comments.

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Reintroducing Blog Comment Moderation

Ari Herzog

It is common for companies (who don’t comprehend a blog comment is akin to having a conversation) to hire people to write manual comments on blogs all over the place in the hope an unsuspecting reader will click to learn more about the company product. Despite my replacing Akismet with the Growmap Anti-Spam Plugin two months ago that requires commenters to check a box before submitting a comment , the plugin only prevents automatic comments and not manual comments.

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Real and Spam Blog Comments

Ari Herzog

Heed the advice of social media consultants and promote your blog by commenting on other blogs. Comments that tell a story help your brand and help me understand what you’re trying to convey. Commenting that anyone or her mother could write has zero value and is universally known as spam. Meet spam comments on my blog. Moreover, none of these writers abide by my comment policy of a first name last name convention. Meet real comments on my blog.

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LinkedIn Rolls Out Option to Pin Comments in Reply Chains

Social Media Today

A new way to encourage engagement with your LinkedIn updates

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YouTube Expands Comment Translations and Smart Replies to More Users

Social Media Today

New ways to engage with your YouTube viewers

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Ask Buffer: Should I Reply to Every Social Media Comment?

Buffer Social

But I’m starting to get a lot of comments and customer questions, and I’m finding it hard to reply to every single one. That said, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel with every comment. Now, to answer your specific questions: Do I Have to Respond to Every Comment?

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Like, Comment, or Share This

Ari Herzog

For every item posted on Facebook, there are three choices for you to do: like, comment, or share. I am creating a social experiment and starting a new Facebook page called Like, Comment, or Share This. You will see articles, videos, songs, anything that I think you might be inspired to like, comment, or share. It will be a stream of unfiltered things I discover online. Curious? Click here and be a fan.

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YouTube Tests New Channel Guidelines to Provide More Comment Management Options

Social Media Today

The process will enable Channel managers to set rules around posted comments on clips