Comments

Comments foster relationships among individuals with shared interests and facilitate the exchange of ideas

Comments are a great way to show to support for an idea, or to help build upon it. They are listed below the idea descriptions, and beginning with a notice of how many comments have already been posted, such as 2 in the image below. At the top of the list is a place for you to enter your own comment.

Comment entry fields matching the list

Comment list

Change the order of the comments with the Sort comments dropdown. You can choose Newest first, Oldest first, or Top Voted first.

You can also filter the comments to show only those from moderators.

Author comments

Authors and moderators have a Moderators and authors tab where they can post private comments visible only to the author and moderators.

'Moderators and authors' tab selected showing an empty comment and the 'Post to moderators and authors' button

When a moderator posts a comment in this section, authors receive an email notification citing the comment.

Moderator comments

Moderators have an additional tab where they post private comments visible only to the other moderators out of view of the author and other challenge users. This can be useful for holding conversations around moderation decisions on specific ideas.

'Moderators and authors' tab selected showing an empty comment and the 'Post to moderators and authors' button

Comment voting

When enabled for the challenge, you can show your support for a comment by giving it a thumbs-up.

Thumbs-up option below a comment

Comment replies

To reply to a specific comment, click Reply below the comment and add your response to the comment.

Reply message to a comment