You can leave comments on Answers!

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   HubPagesposted 12 years ago

   Earlier this week we announced that it would soon be possible to leave comments on Answers. Great news- the feature is now live!
   
   We hope you like it

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      Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Also note that you can keep track of the number of comments people leave on your Questions' Answers by visiting your Q&A stats under My Account.

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         Joelipooposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I noticed the comments on answers a little bit ago.  In a way that is excited, but at the same time it almost makes it like the forums.

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            Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thank you for the feedback.  There are a few differences between the Q&A section and the forum section of HubPages to keep in mind:
              1.  The Huber who asks a question has the ability to moderate the discussion.  For example, they can delete delete both answers and comments which they find objectionable.  You cannot do this in the forum section.
              2.  You can produce less content in the Q&A section.  You are only permitted one answer.  And while you are able to create as many comments as you like, there is a built in regulation: you cannot produce two comments to a single answer in a row. 
            
            We look forward to seeing how these two sections of HubPages continue to evolve.

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      Peggy Wposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That is nice!  Sometimes a well thought out answer deserves a comment.  If they are made into hubs, we can always leave a comment on the hub.
       
      Question...  Is there any way to differentiate new answers coming in from all of the old ones without having to scroll through all of them to find them?  It is a time waster to have to do the latter which is the only way I now know how to find them.
      
      When I posed this question previously in a forum someone mentioned just checking the notifications.  With so many followers, this is also not the best way as everytime I click onto my site, there are so many.
      
      Could each question somehow be highlighted when there are new answers so that we could find them easier?  Or a date sytem installed...something to make them stand out from the rest?
      
      Thanks!

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         Simone Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Great suggestion, Peggy W! That would be nice. Hopefully we can find a simple way of addressing that.

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      AEvansposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am so happy!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!

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      vox vocisposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I love the feature. Great job!

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      wordscribe43posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I do like it... I've often wanted to make a comment and now I can!  YAY!  Thanks, staff.

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      cloverleaffarmposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's about time. So many times, people have asked me a question, and now I can answer without having to contact each one personally. Thanks.

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      Myn Is Meposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I think it's great! Thank you!

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   Rosie2010posted 12 years ago

   I love it!  I was surprised when I clicked on a question and there were replies to the answers.  This is a really good idea.  Thanks for the new feature, Hubpages!

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   cascolyposted 12 years ago

   why is the ability to comment taken away if we vote an answer up?

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      Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It looks like there is a bug where as soon as you vote the "Comment" button disappears.  However, if you refresh the page you will be able to comment again.

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         cascolyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         also, it looks like comments are not included  either notifications nor on our profiles

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            Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            That is a known issue and we are working on it.

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   AliciaCposted 12 years ago

   Thanks for adding this feature. It enriches the Questions and Answers section and should make it even more interesting than it already is.

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   travel_man1971posted 12 years ago

   This is a very interesting development. Thanks for always updating the nooks and crannies of HubPages.

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   Outbound Danposted 12 years ago

   That is a pretty cool feature and one that surely enhances the conversational quality of the question.  Great idea Hubgineers!

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   paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

   When is adsense going to start working for the questions? Or is it already?

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      Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Sunforged,
      
      AdSense and the HP Ads Program are both working for the Answers section.  However, it appears that there is a problem with Google Analytics.  We are working on that now.
      
      Ari

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         Flavie Lololposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Really? I have not seen even a single impression coming from my questions. And whilst I can see my adsense code (by viewing page source) from my hubs, I can’t see it from my questions.

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            Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Unfortunately, it looks like I misspoke.  Let me try to clarify:
              1.  In the Answers section Hubbers can receive earnings from Google AdSense.  The HP Ads Program does not run in the Answer section of the site.
              2.  There was a bug and Google Analytics was not working in the Answers section.  This has been fixed.
              3.  There was a bug and Authors were not earning money in the Answers section via Google AdSense.  This has been fixed.
            
            We apologize for these problems.

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               Flavie Lololposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Thank you, Ari,
               
               I can now see the data and earnings from questions in my custom adsense channel.
               
               This issue is now solved.

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         sunforgedposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Odd? I dont think I ever commented on this thread. Why was I on your mind?

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            paradigmsearchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You're just that kind of guy.

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   sholland10posted 12 years ago

   I love the new Q/A feature, and enjoy spending time there.  So many ideas floating around.

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   Just Ask Susanposted 12 years ago

   I noticed this today and thought wow this great. Love it!

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    Shaddieposted 12 years ago

    Oh huzzAah! I've been wanting this feature for a while now.

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    cascolyposted 12 years ago

    looks like replies to comments are getting cut off, but without indicating that to the person replying
    
    eg
    
    http://simeyc.hubpages.com/question/171 … -arguments
    
    so many of the replies are stopped in mid sentence - if there's a limit it should be displayed and a warning issued

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you for reporting this cascoly.  There is indeed a 250 character limit on comments to answers.  Unfortunately this limit was not displayed in the original release of the feature.  However, yesterday we released an update and it is now displayed.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    I am watching my Adsense question directory url like a hawk!!!

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Me too.
       
       I previously did not have Google Analytics or Google Adsense integrated with my HubPages Account.  I now have them integrated, and have verified that Analytics is updated for my question URLs. 
       
       While I have not seen my AdSense account update yet for the new URL channels, I have seen my publisher ID present in the HTML source code of the page in questions, so I know that Google AdSense is at least getting the data.  I did a google search to see how long it takes for custom adsense channels to gather data, and the answer that I saw was "within 24 hours".

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    I have likewise found my adsense and analytics publisher ID's in my questions' source code. Me thinks it's time for paradigmsearch to get Q&A busy again.
    
    Thanks, Ari.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    Adsense is reporting views! Here's the syntax that is working for me:
    
    paradigmsearch.hubpages.com/question
    
    and   
    
    hubpages.com/question
    
    Where'd I put that fireworks pic...

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    I can't wait until hpads goes into effect here. Please poke us with a stick when that happens.

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    GmaGoldieposted 12 years ago

    Do we earn money on questions and answers? If so, where can we find the revenue detail?

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       Flavie Lololposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, we do earn revenue from questions.
       
       1. You’ll find the revenue details in your adsense account.
       
       2. You’d have to set a url channel called “hubpages.com” to track all revenue from Hubpages.
       
       3. You’d have to set a url channel called “gmagoldie.hubpages.com/question/172426/favorite-story-of-an-adult-motivating-a-child” to track all revenue from that particular question.
       
       4. You’d have to set a url channel called “gmagoldie.hubpages.com/hub/Tribute-to-Veterans” to track all revenue from that particular hub.
       
       5. Do not include “http://” in url(s).

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       HubPagesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Hey GmaGoldie!
       AdSense and the Stats section of Q&A under My Account are definitely the places to check stats and earnings regarding Questions. Our Learning Center entrysummarizes what's there and includes steps on setting up a URL channel for tracking earnings from Questions.

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    Howard S.posted 11 years ago

    Possible bug for Comments on Answers. After commenting on an Answer, I was presented with radio buttons to Delete Comment for comments written by others on other Answers. Somewhat hesitantly, I pressed one to test it, but there was no effect, fortunately. The bug is that it should not give the appearance that we can Delete Comment written by someone else.

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks for reporting this Howard.  I've created a bug report for it.

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Howard, I am unable to reproduce this bug.  Can you please provide additional details about how you encountered it?

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          Howard S.posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I'll work on it, Ari.

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          Howard S.posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I saw it again, but then was unable to repeat it. I was also not writing down my steps, so lost track of one. Here's what I know:
          
          1) Go to [which?] a) your feed or b) Your Answers.
          2) Select the title of a question which you have answered. It needs to be one with comments to an answer, but I don't know whether they need to comment your own answer (as mine did).
          3) Do something [what?] that is not within the comments to that answer.
          4) The Delete Comment button, when it does appear, will display on every comment to that answer, both others' and your own rebuttals.
          
          Good luck. That's as far as I plan to take it.

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          Howard S.posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I got it Ari (almost)! This one's got a sneaky path.
          
          1) Go to the Notifications in your email.
          2) Select a Question that you are following.
          3) It has to be a Question to which there are Answers with Comments.
          4) You may see the "Delete Comment" button next to all Comments to all Answers, whether you wrote them or not. (I did write some, if that makes a difference.)
          5) And I was able to reproduce this about half the time, but not every time. I think I only have two emails that meet these conditions, with three references to two questions. So my data isn't big enough to debug it further.
          
          I hope this much sets you on the right track.
          
          Howard

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             Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             Thanks Howard.  This does indeed help us.

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    Melissa A Smithposted 11 years ago

    I have been discouraged from answering future questions because a user(s) unnecessarily down-voted and removed my answers to a question that I spent time articulating.

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       Shaddieposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       That's too bad A few people have hidden or deleted my comments to certain controversial Hubs, but never had any trouble with the Answers articles...

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          Melissa A Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Oh yeah, definitely have had piles of unapproved comments, lol. Was planing on making a hub about it.

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             Uninvited Writerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             I doubt the general public will care

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                Will Apseposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                This is what happens. You hang around here too long. You get cynical. Disillusioned. You remember all the fine notions you had as a teenager. And nothing has come of it. Soon you are thinking. Enough is enough. The public is an ass. Then, you need money again. So you feed the ass. Then you wake up one day, etc etc, etc.

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                   Uninvited Writerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                   So, you are telling me the general public will care if a hubber disallows someone's answer to a question?

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                      lrohnerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                      No. He's just busy feeding his ass.

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                      Will Apseposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                      I can see questions in the press...

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                   Melissa A Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                   I don't understand. I'm not making anything here anyway.
                   @Uninvited Writer I'm used to that

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       gabgirl12posted 11 years agoin reply to this

       I saw that too Shaddie. I wondered if it would bring down my hub score. I asked a question, but no one seems to know.
       
       Another concern I have is that some Hubbers will ask questions that would probably be better off here in these forums for discussion. Since the inception of comments though it's so much easier to keep track of who is answering who. And its probably easier for the Hubpages Admin to spot 'Questions' that are better in the forums.

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    Marisa Wrightposted 11 years ago

    I am currently unable to make a comment on an answer.  I get an error message:
    
    "Undefined function: findAdvanced"

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    Peggy Wposted 11 years ago

    I am also unable to make a comment in the Q & A section.  I wanted to comment on some of the terrific answers people have posed on some of my questions.  I type it in, hit publish...and nothing happens.

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       Melissa A Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Now that's happening to me.

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          Peggy Wposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Hope someone at HP headquarters takes a look at this and fixes whatever is causing this.  I just tried to make a comment again with no luck.

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             Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             We are looking into it now.  Unfortunately, it takes longer to fix things over the weekend (especially holiday weekends) than during the week.  But I hope that we can fix this before Tuesday morning.

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                Peggy Wposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Thanks Ari.  Happy Memorial Day!  You have my permission to take the day off. 

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                   Howard S.posted 11 years agoin reply to this

                   PW, do you receive email sent through HP? I've sent you a couple within the past month.

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                Melissa A Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Works for me now.

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    Sue Adamsposted 11 years ago

    Good idea and thank you HP for another improvement.

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    tirelesstravelerposted 11 years ago

    Thanks Ari, I have often thought being able to comment would be nice.  Nice work.

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    Xenonlitposted 11 years ago

    I like this, because I like to acknowledge those who commented without having to answer my own question.

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    Howard S.posted 11 years ago

    It's a nice feature, but I don't like the way it appears in the Hubtivity feed. It currently reads as follows:
    
    You wrote this comment to this answer QWERTY...
    
    Since the partial answer (QWERTY...) is somewhat meaningless without the initial question, I would prefer the following:
    
    You wrote this comment to this answer to the question ASDFG
    
    That is similar to the original syntax for answers to questions:
    
    You wrote this answer to the question ASDFG

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Howard,
       
       Thank you for this feedback.  We are working on that feature right now.
       
       Ari

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    yougotmeposted 11 years ago

    Hello guys! I really find this feature useful, but as of now I'm encountering problems in commenting on answers.
    
    When I press comment this one appears "cannot save comment at this time". I'm just wondering, maybe this is a bug on my part, because other people can comment, and previously I was able to leave comments.
    
    I'll appreciate any response to this query.

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Hi yougotme,
       
       Yes, some Hubbers have reported seeing that message.  It is on our list to investigate and fix it! 
       
       Ari

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          yougotmeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Ari!

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          yougotmeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Hello there! My problem is still not addressed until now.
          
          I still can't comment on answers, and I feel like I'm missing a lot of stuffs especially when I think that we can have some good discussions (i.e. follow ups).

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    duffsmomposted 11 years ago

    Regarding the comments in the answer sections. It seems it just makes it a forum as I have seem comments, then comments on the comments then more answers to that comment.  Why not keep forums and answers separate?

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       Melissa A Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       What happens if the answer is wrong? It doesn't make sense to block discussions in them. That will probably just lead to more people voting answers down to express their opinion. If technical questions are going to be asked to non-experts, discussion is important.

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Hi duffsmom,
       
       Thank you for the feedback!  We are indeed aware of this issue and are working on a fix.  For example, we are considering only showing the first few comments on an answer by default, and then adding a button that says "click here to see the remaining comments on this answer".
       
       Overall, we feel that the "comments on answers" feature has added a lot of value to the Answers section.  In some cases, there might be "runaway" comment threads, but we feel that we can address that situation while still keeping the best part of commenting.
       
       Ari

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    Glenn Stokposted 11 years ago

    Ari, I am not sure if you are checking the "report a problem" forum, so I am posting this here too.  As of today the bug with failure to add comments has not been fixed.
    
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/98821

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    Glenn Stokposted 11 years ago

    I'm curious to know how many have trouble posting comments in Q&A.
    
    Specifically those who said they can't... melbel, Marisa Wright, Peggy W, and yougotme.  Do you still have the same problem? 
    
    I posted an update in the "report a problem" forum. We should take this over there for any further updates to help staff know who has this problem.  That may help figure out what the cause is, which is only affecting a few of us. But I guess we all need to be patient since there are more serious issues presently happening. And I can understand that. I've been watching the other forums about it.

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