Historical User Comments

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middleclass_canuck
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Prior to one of the recent changes, we were able to navigate to any "page" of a user's comments.  For example, if a user had 10,000 comments over many, many pages, you could modify the URL to go to any page back in history.


This feature was valuable because Seeking Alpha is a good "BS detector"; it made it easy to confirm if a poster was changing their story on a ticker, or worth following.


Now, with this "infinite scroll" comments section, it's nigh impossible to go back into someone's comment history.  This was a horrible change, both from a usability standpoint and a research standpoint.


How do we get around this "feature"?

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anonymous
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Hi,


I think that was removed a very long time ago. However, we do plan to add back the feature which allows you to filter comments by ticker. Would that help you accomplish your goal?

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middleclass_canuck

Hello Daniel,


Thanks for the reply.


I think that would alleviate part of the issue.  Perhaps a few more advanced filter options would help as well, like date?


SA is pretty much the best investing resource on the net, and the historical commentary is a big part of that.


Thanks again.

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LarryMelman

You should be able to review your own comment history or that of another user.  There is a longstanding bug, however, that causes only the first 50-ish comments to be displayed and then it loops back to the start again.  Deleting cookies sometimes helps.  SA has taken no action on this bug in almost 2 years.

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anonymous
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You should be able to review your own comment history or that of another user.  There is a longstanding bug, however, that causes only the first 50-ish comments to be displayed and then it loops back to the start again.  Deleting cookies sometimes helps.  SA has taken no action on this bug in almost 2 years.

Hi Larry,


Can you please provide a screenshot of this bug showing an older comment and then a newer one below it? Also, please provide the link to the page and the browser you are using.


Thanks,

Daniel

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LarryMelman

Daniel, I have posted screen shots several times.  You should be able to find a thread here where I did that about once a week for a month or two, trying to convince you that this was a real problem.  You never replied.  Look it up.