Idea: Contextualise Games Section comments

[Marked 197]

Hi all,

 

I am looking for your thoughts on the following concept.

 

The Problem

The current comments just like a forum topic discussion: they're in sequential order and each is a reply to either the OP or the reply  above. This does not fit in with the games section. There is less discussion and each topic is more aimed toward the content. However the comments are about the content at the time. But game pages are constantly changing: new content, new demo's released etc. So when you update your game page and new comer comes along, they are presented with the top comments which may be completely outdated. 

 

The solution

Comments are to be descending according to date: the latest comment is at the top of the page, thus removing a "discussion context" (each comment is a repy to the comment above). However discussions are still possible, of course, due to indented comments. Indented comments are replies, just like on youtube, eg;

That's simple enough and nothing special. However here's where it gets smart. After a certain time has elapsed, say 3 weeks, comments will be grouped away and you have to click to open to view those comments:

 

Because they are grouped based on the formula: last comment + three weeks, the system effectively groups them based on the discussion at the time or the peak in activity. So the comments listing is compeltely as it as now, except if there's nothing for 3 weeks, those comments are grouped and to view them you just click on the heading as shown (roughly above). So if there was a comment every day for a year, those comments would be expanded and out in the open until the activity period, where they'd then be grouped and labelled, and waiting for the next phase of activity.

 

Thoughts?

[Bob423 52]

I was just considering requesting that my game page's comments be deleted for the exact reason you're making this. This is much better though :D

[Marked 197]

:> I will try and get the grouping done asap, but the indenting is going to be quite tricky. The comments system I made is plug and play, and supposed to the same around the whole site, so customizing it may be a bit of a challenge.