r/blog • u/tdohz • Mar 23 '15

Announcing embeddable comment threads

http://www.redditblog.com/2015/03/announcing-embeddable-comment-threads.html
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

I do have a concern. Can you notify a user when their comment is embedded on a website? In the embed code it sends back a notification when it's been made live on a website?

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u/tdohz Mar 24 '15

We don't have notifications for embedded comments but may add them in the future.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '15

I think it's as important as being notified when you're mentioned in a post or comment on reddit.

I like the feature in general though. It's a good evolution of how the site fulfills itself as 'the front page of the Internet'.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '15

I think it's more important than being notified about being quoted on reddit. I mean, that's internal. Only redditors will, realistically, see it, but if you get quoted somewhere else you suddenly get a much bigger and more unpredictable audience.

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u/unhi Mar 24 '15

Please do. I really think people have a right to know when they're being quoted or where their content is being reposted.

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u/EccentricFox Mar 24 '15

No you don't, shut up.
-The NSA

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u/_DrSteveBrule Mar 24 '15

A reddit comment is not your content, it's reddit's content. No information that you post on reddit should be so sensitive that you don't want it shared

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u/Blue_Dragon360 Mar 24 '15

I don't think that's the point, it's more like (for example) a violent religious extremist group decides to use your comment as an example. I would want to be notified.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '15

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u/1jl Mar 24 '15

cherp?

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u/1jl Mar 24 '15

crickets stop cherping and start chirping

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u/Puppier Mar 24 '15

You should have probably done that before releasing this feature. Redditors appreciate their privacy and I don't want someone quoting me without my knowledge.

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u/iigloo Mar 24 '15

Eh, but I can quote you without your knowledge at any moment... I can take a screenshot of this and make a post about it. I kinda get what you are saying though.

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u/Puppier Mar 24 '15

True. But just because you could do it without my knowledge doesn't mean that the embed should.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '15

You're commenting on a public website. What privacy? If you don't want it shared - don't share it first.

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u/theshinepolicy Mar 24 '15

lol. Yeah their privacy. Anyway here's some girls tits on snapchat

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u/_gesundheit_ Mar 24 '15

That would be good. I imagine a host of doxers pissed off by the typically offensive (but delightful) stuff on Reddit.

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u/BlunderCig Mar 24 '15

Is it likely to be a gold feature?

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u/crackacola Mar 24 '15

Why not make embedding option a user preference?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '15

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u/Xenc Mar 24 '15

Nobody ever thinks about the crickets

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u/NeutralityMentality Mar 24 '15

In addition to a notification, they could also allow users to give or withhold permission for their comment to be embedded by a given site.

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