Yahoo doesn't have comments anymore. I sure wish they did.
MSN News and replying to comments
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I started having an issue (very recently) with being able to answer a reply to my comments on MSN News. I can comment on a news article and someone will reply to that comment. When I open MSN News again and get a "reply balloon" on the bottom of the page and proceed to click on the text in the balloon (to bring up that page with the comments so I can respond), it now takes me to a "Microsoft Start" version of that page (with the colored blocks showing on the page tab instead of the MSN butterfly) which looks like the story as it appeared from its original source (like Reuters or Insider, etc.) that doesn't have the comments available or showing anywhere; it's completely different from the original MSN page.
I typically use Firefox but I’ve opened MSN in Edge and it’s doing the same thing, so the only way to comment on a reply is to bookmark the original MSN page when I comment, then get back to the page that way and hunt for the reply to my comment on a refreshed version of the page. As of now, I haven’t found a way to get it back to the way it used to act, so maybe this is new behavior with MSN News, but if so, it’s definitely not preferable to the way it used to be. This isn't some critical issue, but it's very annoying when trying to follow-up with replying to a comment response. (Windows 10 Pro, HP laptop)
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2022-02-12T18:00:38+00:00 yeah...I post infrequently nowadays, but every now and then I'll see something that gets my attention. I think all the decision-making on the comments is done by AI algorithms; obviously it would take a room-full of people working full-time to perform that task manually. What continues to be annoying is that, at least on MSN, you may have a comment under review but you're never told whether or not they decided to post it after the review. It is what it is, I suppose. Good luck with your comments. : )
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Anonymous
2022-02-12T17:36:30+00:00 thank you for that. And the censorship has become onerous, and that is being kind. Perfectly innocuous posts on my part are routinely rejected, and without a bit of WHAT made it not fit the 'guidelines'. Bottom line, Msoft cant do comments worth a damn. I will look at Yahoo as my portal.
I'm late to the party but you're spot on. Same issues here. I've suspected I'm on the MSN hit list for some comment I made years ago they didn't like. Innocuous posts I've made get flagged and other posts that are much more controversial are left up. The inconsistency is glaring. I send them messages in all caps **** them out but the problem still persists.
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Anonymous
2021-12-16T15:35:17+00:00 I was talking about the articles that are on the yahoo home page site. I'm not on any premium plan either. Not all of the articles are commentable and it does seem like they sometimes pick the most mundane of articles to deny comments on.
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Anonymous
2021-12-16T14:56:14+00:00 I also browse Currently/Yahoo and at the end of every article I've ever seen is a statement that they are not allowing comments. Maybe that's because my connection is through ATT. I don't have a paid Yahoo membership.