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Where are the comments on a list? There is no comment section at the bottom of any of my lists, which do have comments enabled. I have looked at over half a dozen lists by others and have seen no where to leave comments on any of those lists. IMDb states the comment section is at the bottom of the list, but I have seen no evidence of any comment section, enabled or disabled.
Posted 7 years ago
Giancarlo Cairella, Official Rep
Emperor, Champion
Emperor, Champion
I wish to acknowledge IMDb for handling this issue. It has been handled as I had wised. Thank you IMDb. This is proof positive that IMDb is paying attention to this forum.
Emperor, Champion
Has something changed? I just had a look but the system seems to be working the same.
Yes, there has been a change. Comments to lists may now be posted on IMDb's website. There is a button to select if one chooses to post to Facebook as well. I don't care about the Facebook connection. All I was looking for in starting this thread was for list comments to be posted at IMDb. That has been done. For me, this issue is closed, and I thanked IMDb for doing this.
You can look at a list and see a comment section at the bottom. Just below that is a box to check if one wishes to post the comment to Facebook.
Emperor, Champion
This is good news but I can't see the option. I had a look at some of your lists and you have made comments there, but within the Facebook social media plugin. There is no option to just post on IMDB.
I just now looked at my list, "Climbing the Himalayas". It shows the comments I made last night. At the top of those comments is a box to add a new comment. Just below the bottom left corner of that box is a button with a label that says "Post to Facebook". If one checks the button, the comment should go to Facebook.
I thought there was a possiblity that this might be different for others, because it was my list. So I went to someone else's list titled "Dave Burgess recpmends". The same options were there, to comment and the button to check if one chooses to post to Facebook.
Now I had't looked at my Facebook page to see if the comments were there. So I just now checked my Facebook page to see if the comments were there. They are not. I did not check the "Post to Facebook" button.
Perhaps you could check one of your own lists to see if it's any different.
I thought there was a possiblity that this might be different for others, because it was my list. So I went to someone else's list titled "Dave Burgess recpmends". The same options were there, to comment and the button to check if one chooses to post to Facebook.
Now I had't looked at my Facebook page to see if the comments were there. So I just now checked my Facebook page to see if the comments were there. They are not. I did not check the "Post to Facebook" button.
Perhaps you could check one of your own lists to see if it's any different.
Emperor, Champion
Yeah that is just the Facebook social plugin that they replaced the IMDB comments with. You are posting using your Facebook account and the "Post to Facebook" option just means that the comment is also added to your FB feeds or timeline or something (I don't have an FB account so am not sure of the specifics). However, the comment is still taking place in a little island of FB embedded in IMDB.
This has been the setup for a few months now, your problem seemed to be that you couldn't see the FB social plugin and, for some reason, this has now appeared for you. It isn't the kind of change I'm after, which would let people use their IMDB account login to post comments on IMDB.
This has been the setup for a few months now, your problem seemed to be that you couldn't see the FB social plugin and, for some reason, this has now appeared for you. It isn't the kind of change I'm after, which would let people use their IMDB account login to post comments on IMDB.
Well, perhaps. But it is the appearance & effect that I'm concerned with. My comments do appear on the lists and they do not appear on my FB page. If IMDb uses the FB social plugin to accomplish this, then fine with me.
Since you don't hae a FB account, it would seem that would disallow you to post comments on lists. Is that the case?
If you can post comments, how could that be possible without a FB account, if indeed IMDb is using the FB social plugin?
If you cannot post comments, then I see your point and I would take this up again with IMDb. If that is the case, it would seem somewhat disingenuous of IMDb to not allow non-FB users to not comment on lists.
Since you don't hae a FB account, it would seem that would disallow you to post comments on lists. Is that the case?
If you can post comments, how could that be possible without a FB account, if indeed IMDb is using the FB social plugin?
If you cannot post comments, then I see your point and I would take this up again with IMDb. If that is the case, it would seem somewhat disingenuous of IMDb to not allow non-FB users to not comment on lists.
Emperor, Champion
Yep, basically I can't post comments on my own lists (or anyone else's, of course), which means I can't reply to people, so have turned off the comments and started a relevant thread on the message board for comments to be posted in. A clunky workaround, prone to linkrot (the threads can be purged if they don't get a reply in a while), but the best one I can manage.
I raised it at the time this happened, as did many other users who either don't have an FB account or don't want to link their accounts on FB and IMDB. I also posted this as a suggestion here:
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...
Which about exhausts my avenues of attack on this problem and I just have to keep on using the workaround.
I raised it at the time this happened, as did many other users who either don't have an FB account or don't want to link their accounts on FB and IMDB. I also posted this as a suggestion here:
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...
Which about exhausts my avenues of attack on this problem and I just have to keep on using the workaround.
Note to Giancarlo Cairella & IMDb - This issue has not been handled. If a non-Facebook user cannot post comments to lists, the issue remains open.
Giancarlo Cairella, Official Rep
Comments on lists are powered by Facebook's social plug-in, so a Facebook account is required to post. This is not a bug -- it's how the system is designed. I understand that this represents a limitation for some users, but there are currently no ways around this restriction or plans to switch to a different comment system, sorry...
Emperor, Champion
Ah but there is a solution:
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...
FB allow a number of other logins, so why not IMDB? They have a large enough user base and have demonstrated they can play nice with FB. Seems like win/win all round.
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...
FB allow a number of other logins, so why not IMDB? They have a large enough user base and have demonstrated they can play nice with FB. Seems like win/win all round.
Emperor's solution sounds good to me. IMDb may plead that it's up to FB to implement, but if IMDb is using FB's plug-in, then it would seem it would be up to IMDb to implement the plug-in, or at least coordinate with FB.
Of course, the ultimate question is why is IMDb using FB's plug-in? IMDb uses it's own login for questions & comments on films. Why not on lists?
Of course, the ultimate question is why is IMDb using FB's plug-in? IMDb uses it's own login for questions & comments on films. Why not on lists?
Dan Dassow, Champion
I am not a FB user. I shall never be a FB user. I use the Yahoo login to FB begrudgingly. I would much prefer an IMDb login to FB to respond to comments to my lists.
