Comments are SO important to me and this website. The reason I put so much time into this site is so that we can discuss the books we read!
There is no perfect commenting system, alas. But I have been trying to find a commenting system that lets you subscribe by email to replies to your comment OR subscribe by email to all comments on a post that you want to follow.
Here’s how to use the new system:
(If you’ve been a blog reader for a while, I have used this system before, until it started giving some commenters problems. It is now supposed to be new and improved.)
First, leave your comment! Type your thoughts in the box and add a name or nickname and, if you want to receive a reply to your comment, a working email address. Neither a real name, a real email nor a website is required (but you do have to type something into the first two fields.)
You can now up-vote comments that you really like (a bit like Reddit).
There are different way to subscribe to replies to comments. First, you can subscribe to any replies to your own comment. Just click the bell next to the Post Comment box.
If you want to subscribe to ALL new comments to a post, you can do that too, with or without leaving a comment. Just use the drop down menu that says “Notify of new follow-up comments.”
When you do either of those things, you will get an email that looks like this. You will need to click Confirm Your Subscription.
You can unsubscribe at any time. If you want to unsubscribe from ALL email subscriptions, just do this: click the little settings icon above the comment section on any post.
Then click the button that pops up:
Pretty easy! If you have any issues with commenting, PLEASE email me and I will try to help. You can reach me by replying to any of my newsletters or just email me at yaromantics<at>gmail.