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comando0110

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Here on The Escapist, it seems the only way to comment most of the time is to log in with facebook, wich is kind of weird, considering the fact that Escapist accounts exist.

What if you don't want to use faceboo...ever? I just find it strange that most of the time you are required to log in with facebook instead of including both facebook and escapist comments.


What say you?
 

Redlin5_v1legacy

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As posted in a user group by the community manager:



You can also turn off the Facebook comments in your options. Go to profile -> Forum and notification options.
 

Cazza

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I think they want to be able to comment with their Escapist account instead of FB. Is that possible? I never looked into it. Does every video etc have it's own page? Why didn't I looked into this earlier!
 

Rastien

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Would be nice if you could comment with your forum account rather than facebook as i have no intrest in using facebook x)
 

BushMonstar

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Same here; Not really interested in making a Facebook account, but I would want to comment.
 

MetalMagpie

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Cazza said:
I think they want to be able to comment with their Escapist account instead of FB. Is that possible? I never looked into it. Does every video etc have it's own page? Why didn't I looked into this earlier!
SycoMantis91 said:
Yea. I've wondered that too. Not often, that's too much work. But sometimes I do.
Rastien said:
Would be nice if you could comment with your forum account rather than facebook as i have no intrest in using facebook x)
BushMonstar said:
Same here; Not really interested in making a Facebook account, but I would want to comment.

Redlin5 has already answered this. Click on the bit that says Comments[73] in the image below and that'll take you to the forum thread for the article/video/etc.

 
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Redlin5 said:
As posted in a user group by the community manager:



You can also turn off the Facebook comments in your options. Go to profile -> Forum and notification options.
Look at this picture. Just click on the comments button, and your taken directly to a thread devoted to the video. You can't comment directly under the video, but that's for the plebs anyways.

Edit: Beaten to it by a millisecond. I will have my revenge, Metal Magpie!
 

Rastien

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ahh i see but i wanna be a pleb and have my comment visiable x)
 

anthony87

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There was a thread about this EXACT same thing about a month or so ago. Is it really that hard to figure out?
 

Ilikemilkshake

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Rastien said:
ahh i see but i wanna be a pleb and have my comment visiable x)
It'll be visable in the exact same way that your comment in this thread, and mine and everyone elses is visable...
 

Rastien

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Ilikemilkshake said:
Rastien said:
ahh i see but i wanna be a pleb and have my comment visiable x)
It'll be visable in the exact same way that your comment in this thread, and mine and everyone elses is visable...
But would it be under the video etc? :eek:
 

Yopaz

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Why is it that you can't see the white text that says comments? That's where it used to be before they added FaceBook comments and that's how it is now after they added them. Nothing has changed.
 

CheckD3

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If it hasn't been said, I would assume it's for those who DON'T have accounts, and those who don't want to sign up...since there are those people, so they can still comment and provide feedback on the videos, stories and other content.

Forums are for users, but there are those who are only here to watch a single video, or check occasionally, and even don't want to sign up for forums, and having FB, which almost everyone has, means that those who aren't full members can still feel like part of the community
 

Ilikemilkshake

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Rastien said:
Ilikemilkshake said:
Rastien said:
ahh i see but i wanna be a pleb and have my comment visiable x)
It'll be visable in the exact same way that your comment in this thread, and mine and everyone elses is visable...
But would it be under the video etc? :eek:
Well not exactly.
Take for example http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/6.339770-Escape-to-the-Movies-The-Grey
The commenting is the exact same as it has been for years. There's a thread with a link to the video, and the video also links back to the thread for commenting.

The only thing that has changed is that they've added Facebook commenting so that people who watch the video on Facebook can comment without having to sign up to the Escapist, NOT the other way around.