List of Comments?

Is there a way to see a list of all the comments I've ever made in anyone's Case blog? A big chunk of the magic of blogs comes from the discussion after an entry is posted, and it's easy to completely lose track of where you've made your comments in other blogs.

I'm envisioning a link along the lines of "http://blog.case.edu/comments/gtm4" or something like that - similar to the stats function.

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I "can" do it, but it may turn out to be worthless for the time being. You see, nowhere is authentication forced for commenting. So, I can leave a comment as you. Or, I can leave a comment as Fred Astaire.

Posted by jms18 on September 27, 2005 08:35 PM

See, I'm you, now.

Posted by gtm4 on September 27, 2005 08:35 PM

Now, I'm Fred Astaire.

Posted by Fred Astaire on September 27, 2005 08:36 PM

Hrmmm... you have a very good point. :-)

Ok, then how about some facility to "watch this page" in a manner similar to the wiki?

Posted by Grayden MacLennan on September 27, 2005 08:44 PM

Alternately, what about a Livejournal-style threaded comments display that sends you an alert when someone replies to one of your replies? Since Six Apart bought Livejournal, does that mean they will make such a capability available in Movable Type?

Posted by Grayden MacLennan on September 27, 2005 08:50 PM

I was going to say "what about dispatching an email every time I post a comment so I can track where I've been", but then that goes right back to the problem of not authenticating the comments. Fred Astaire might be shocked to get an email saying he successfully commented in my journal, considering the fact that he died in 1987...

Posted by Grayden MacLennan on September 27, 2005 08:55 PM
"what about dispatching an email every time I post a comment so I can track where I've been"

If you check out any of the newer blogs, they are created with notifier abilities in them. For example, check out my most recent entry, http://blog.case.edu/jms18/2005/09/27/trying_to_measure_mirapoints_effectiveness. Look on the sidebar on the right at the bottom. There is a form that says:

Subscribe to this Entry via Email - Receive an email every time the entry "Trying to Measure Mirapoint's Effectiveness" is updated or commented upon.

So, something like that is available. If you want to add it to your blog's entries, instructions are available at http://blog.case.edu/jms18/2005/04/04/new_features_email_subscriptions_and_gravatars.

Posted by jms18 on September 27, 2005 09:22 PM

I think I may do the commenter thingy, anyways, though. You are not the first person to ask for something like that.

Posted by jms18 on September 27, 2005 09:24 PM

I've started tracking all of my comments with a del.icio.us tag specifically for Case. All I have to do is press a bookmarklet after I make the comment and mark it with the casecomments tag, and I can go back and view all the comments I've made.

I do have to remember to go back and check, but it does save me from the hassle of getting my inbox flooded.

Posted by Nicole Sharp on September 27, 2005 09:43 PM

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