Can the Story Name be added in the New Commentary Section in addition to Subject and Author.

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On the front page in the New Commentary Section, the subject of the comment and the name of the author appear. I wonder if the name of the story could also be included.

When I look at that section when I sign on, I try and determine if there are any new comments for stories I have read or commented on. Having the story name as well as subject information and authors name would facilitate this. I generally skip new comments unless they are for a story I have read or the subject relly catches my intention.

When I am posting a comment about a story, I try and give a hint as to what story I am writing about in the subject area. So if I was posting a comment about Anistasia Allread’s, excellent story, “The Princess and the Plague”, which by the way usually generates the most comments for a story each week it has appeared, I would refer to Eric/a, the protagonist in the subject.

I have no idea how difficult this would be. If it is a fairly simple thing to do then it might be helpful to readers.

Rami

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Hear, Hear! I've asked about this in the past, Rami

I know I've greatly added to the Read count for many stories I haven't even read and probably never will read, because I follow half a dozen or a dozen comments to it, EVEN when I've already read the comments, because I generally read all the comments when I'm in there, to see if it DOES sound interesting.

But I don't remember the comment titles, so I go back again and again.

The more comments, the more times a story is accessed. Thus, Read counts, IMO, are not a very good indicator of how many times a story has been read.

It’s not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we’ll have,
David Weber – In Fury Born

Holly

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Holly

new commentary - story titles

My workaround is to move the mouse pointer over the comment subject line. Then the browser status line will show the link containg the story title.

M

Martina

That's how I do it too and

Piper's picture

That's how I do it too and it always works fine for me! :)

-P/KAF


"She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them."
— Geraldine Brooks


Keeping it simple

erin's picture

The ability to find out which story is being referenced by hovering is why I didn't include the story name in the commentary block. Also, the comment titles are long enough without making another line or three necessary - it approaches the point of taking more room than it's worth. :) Especially since the info is available by other means.

Hugs,
Erin

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.

Thanks for the insight on finding story name

RAMI

I would like to thank those who pointed out a way to find the story name. Until they pointed it out I did not know I could do that.

Since Erin suggets that a change would not be worth the effort, I will leave it at taht,

RAMI

RAMI

Yes, thank you everyone

I never noticed that before.

It’s not given to anyone to have no regrets; only to decide, through the choices we make, which regrets we’ll have,
David Weber – In Fury Born

Holly

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Holly