Commenting on articles

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   Lisa Jane39posted 3 years ago

   How do you comment on someone's article? I have tried to comment on a few articles but couldn't find the place to do it.

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      Kenna McHughposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      There are some niche sites that do have commenting, like axleaddict.

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         Lisa Jane39posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks. I will have to check.

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      Lady Dazyposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I can no longer post comments either, the comments boxes seem to have disappeared recently. There used to be a box at the bottom of each post when the writer wanted to accept comments, but now I cannot add comments or accept them from other users.

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         Deb Vesco Robertsposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         They’ve been gone almost two years now asking when the revenue we once made.

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            Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            I think Hubpages will make it good as AxleAddict and WanderWisdom?

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

   Lisa - You can't. For reasons never fully explained comments were disabled a couple of years ago. It had something to do with the transition to Maven or whatever iteration hosts HubPages now. We are promised the ability to comment will come back. Don't hold your breath.

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      Lisa Jane39posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks. That is too bad about not commenting. Hope it comes back soon.

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   Brenda Arledgeposted 3 years ago

   We currently share articles here on the newsfeed and selct a forum like books & literature.
   
   Then we can comment.
   
   Drawback is ..you can't share your own work.

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      Lisa Jane39posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks. I was wondering why no one was commenting on my articles that explain it.

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   celeste inscribedposted 3 years ago

   This answers a question, I've had for a while. I feel like commenting on someone's article is a show of support and interest. I wish they would bring it back. It also feels like validation when I get comments.

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      lizmalayposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with Celeste.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

   Totally agree Celeste about the impact comments have on writers. We are told the ability to comment will return but we don't know when. The initial promise was the second quarter of last year.

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   Miebakagh57posted 3 years ago

   I agree with Rupert.
   
   But only yesterday, I was going through my mailbox, and I found a comment on one of my writes by a reader.
   
   It was so sent because they're no way to comment on our feed pages anymore.
   
   You can do likewise by commenting using your favourite writers' mailbox. I did.
   
   But you can also comment if the writer is discussing in the forums another topic.
   
   Just tell him/her how you like and appreciate the article you had in mind. Does that help?

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   Lisa Jane39posted 3 years ago

   Thanks

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   ControlledChaos1posted 3 years ago

   Just noticed that the comments section are gone. This seems to have happened recently not 2 years ago as someone above said. I thought that comments was one way that Google helped give validation to an article? It would seem that no comments would hurt articles and the site in general (although I hope not).

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      Deb Vesco Robertsposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      They've been gone for about two years and no from HP will respond in these forums when we discuss it.

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   psycheskinnerposted 3 years ago

   Comments have been gone for over a year -- perhaps you didn't check until recently.

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    SDMistryposted 3 years ago

    Comments are a kind of feedback. They help to make the author a better writer. It's much easier if you read the article and are immediately able to comment on it. Don't know why they have taken away this facility.

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       Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

       I think it's being reasoned in some quarters that its due to commercial profit that  Maven-Hubpages withdraw the comments system.                                       That's odd enough.

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