I’m sure we’ve all experienced this — reading through a comment thread, and seeing a particularly well-written comment, whether it be informative, insightful, or just plain funny. You want to show the commenter that you appreciate their work, but don’t have a reply for them, so you just move on. Well, those days are over!
Comment Likes are now available on all WordPress.com sites. We’ve seen how much you enjoy Post Likes, and want to bring that kind of love to comments, too. When you enable Comment Likes on your site, you’ll see a small Like appear below all the comments on your site, just like this one.
You and all your readers can click it to show your appreciation!
If you prefer to read in the WordPress Android or iOS apps, we’re working hard to bring Comment Likes to both of them as well — stay tuned for upcoming releases.
To activate Comment Likes, head to Settings :arrow: Sharing in your dashboard, or check out the Comment Likes support page. Don’t forget to show some love in the comment section below!
Filed under: New Features, Social
Hey, you should Like this comment! Don’t be shy!
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Like!
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Jetpack?
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We’re investigating ways to bring this to Jetpack (it’s a little trickier than Post Likes), but we’ll be sure to let everyone know when it’s ready!
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Another reason to love WordPress. The comments sections are often where real magic happens and community is built. Thanks for helping to enhance them!
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cool I actually was reading some really well put comments by other people and wanted to like what they had to say, give credit where credit is due.
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Here’s a bonus tip for everyone who reads the comments – you can also Like comments in your Notifications! It’s a great way to quickly Like comments if you get lots of them!
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Okay but, so, what was the hat/beard trick then?
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Good catch! Here it is!
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I turned the feature on and already had some ‘likes’ registered within five minutes of reading about this feature.
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That’s what we “like” to hear! ;-)
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When you like something on Facebook, you’ll be notified of further updates or comments to that post. Does this work in a similar faction? If I like a comment, will I be notified of replies to that comment?
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Liking a comment doesn’t subscribe you to a comment thread.
As with other methods of subscribing (clicking a blog subscribe button, or subscribing to a thread when making a comment), we want users to be able to actively decide to subscribe, rather than having it forced upon them.
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