Comments on: cocomment

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:42:09 +0000

Cock on as we say in Yorkshire. Does the bizzo and then some. The interesting thing is why they might need you Hugh when the buzza round this is already reaching fever pitch?

By: botanik

botanik — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 06:52:48 +0000

i wonder why someone said it doesn’t work on this blog, for me it is working with no problems, and I agree is more like a dialogue than just scattered posts, which means that we are entering to a new level of communication here..so i think.
/b

By: Paul Farnell

Paul Farnell — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:21:27 +0000

Jacob B

By: Todd Tweedy

Todd Tweedy — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:32:19 +0000

I like coComment because it’s part aggregator and part organizer: it allows me to create my own community of interest based on the content and posts I create and the feedback generated by others. I’ve anchored the presentation layer on my business site and will add it to my blog later. Very kewl… NOTE: I just wish I could coComment this page.
NOTE TO COCOMMENT DEVELOPERS: Use pop up window error messaging when “can’t cocomment on this page” to introduce a generic upload bin so that users archive comments, core post, title, and page.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:34:26 +0000

Thanks for the feedback people! To work around the pop-up comment issue you might want to try the Firefox extension: http://www.cocomment.com/teamblog/?p=19

By: Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:26:35 +0000

Thank you for introducing us to coComment, Hugh. One glitch

By: john

john — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:08:46 +0000

For me, the ability to be informed that a comment has been responded to is the killer app for the very reason that it facilitates the conversation. The other elements are to me less obviously attractive but then I guess they’re things for which I’ve not been pining.
As for the hierarchy debate I’m indifferent, but I do recall many people espousing blogging as democratic and in some sense equalising so i think you’ll find a lot of bloggers who do want a flat earth. And the cynic in me visualises that some “pet toys” would take great delight in seeing themselves at the top of some commenters league table.

By: Barry Dorrans

Barry Dorrans — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:16:01 +0000

The thing is they already said they don’t crawl (which is why comment RSS isn’t used by them, a really bad decision I feel, it would increase their scope greatly).
That’s not much good to me then, as if they don’t crawl how do I know if I have responses? (not that I’ve found anywhere I comment on that supports it yet)
Of course once they start crawling they end up in the same boat as technorati, they get out of date between the crawls.

By: AGRADA

AGRADA — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:46:30 +0000

Hi there..is there any invitations left ? Throw one, thx in advance

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:40:56 +0000

Steve, since when did bloggers despise hierachies? News to me.

By: Alan Gutierrez

Alan Gutierrez — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:33:37 +0000

Hey, there. Yes comment tracking is a killer app. There is a need to have people magange their own conversations. There is also an important krewe of contributors that works the comments of thier favorite blogs.
I’ve met met people right here, in the comments of gapingvoid.com. There are blogs like annarborisoverrated.com where the reason to be there is pretty much the commentators, not the blog entires by themselves. The blogger herself, AAIO, is a master at moderation.
Hugh is a mix. His cartoons are fun, some of his posts are jems, but he always leaves room for comemnts by not saying it all. He leaves a lot on the table for discussion.
Okay, so now I get to test coComment. Thanks for the invite Tom!
Blast! coComment is not supported at gapingvoid! (Sorry if this is a double post Hugh.)

By: Tom Reynolds

Tom Reynolds — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:11:38 +0000

Once they get Haloscan working it’ll have a lot more utility. I’m really interested in how far they take this.
Could be 06’s ‘killer app’.

By: Steve Griffiths

Steve Griffiths — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:47:50 +0000

And so a new hierarchy is created by the people who despised the old one.
“Meet the new boss: same as the old boss” I think Rodge said

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:15:35 +0000

I’ve been playing around with it off and on today. So far I’ve run into a couple of glitchy things, but overall I think it’s going to rock once they get all the bugs worked out. Boo-ya to the developers, I think it will be a hit.
(it doesn’t much like the gapingvoid comments page)

By: Alan Gutierrez

Alan Gutierrez — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:07:18 +0000

Invite me! alan@blogometer.com Invite me!
Beg, grovel, etc.