Unable to comment on forum answer

Hi!

I'm trying to comment on a forum post but I'm consistently encountering an error. See screenshot:

UX-wise I wish my unpublished comment doesn't disappear upon errors. It forces me to copy-paste my text before clicking comment because there might be some error.

My system: Firefox version version 154.0.1, Linux Mint 22.3.

Answered by Etresoft in 903692022

Never use the comments. They hide your answer, which is usually the opposite of what you want. Just create a new post in the thread.

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Never use the comments. They hide your answer, which is usually the opposite of what you want. Just create a new post in the thread.

I'm consistently encountering an error.

I’ve seen a bunch of problems like this. I believe it’s tied to a credential timeout, but I don’t definitive evidence for that. Still, if you encounter this again I recommend that you try logging out and logging back in again. I suspect that’ll clear the problem.

UX-wise I wish my unpublished comment doesn't disappear upon errors.

Indeed. We are actively working to improve that situation for the reply editor (r. 186443626), but I don’t know if that improvement will apply to comments.


I don’t want to sound like I’m blaming the victim here — this stuff should Just Work™, obviously — but IMO you shouldn’t use comments for anything significant. Personally I treat them like reactions in Slack, so I only use them when it doesn’t really matter whether the other person sees my comment.

I explain more about this in Quinn’s Top Ten DevForums Tips.

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