Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5961377-20150302014210/@comment-4423426-20150315214154

Cinnamon Cakes wrote:

For example, let's say Person A started a conversation on the Darwin page, saying that Anais is better. Person B comes in and argues with Person A, creating a war. After a few battles in the comment section, the issue is finally resolved between the two via message wall. | However, Person C comes in and replies to the comment 4 months later, stating their opinion on who is better. This triggers Person D, who joins the conversation, basically reopening it.

Thoughts? But this is exactly the thing-- how many people do you know who would take arguments to a message wall, instead of continually replying to the comments? Plus I've had the same issue, and even as a buro here, I have felt very conflicted about messaging someone about a situation that happened months ago, because it looks bad out of context and makes me look abusive.

And the reason I would say we get rid of the commenting thing, is because of that very thing. Arguments. With message walls, it's understandable because the person is notified and it's usually something trivial that someone felt the need to state, yet with comments they do not get notified, so if they're looking at a comment they made a while back, what if there's a reply from months ago inciting an argument? Taking it to a message wall would make them look worse than if they merely replied and an admin pulled the comment.