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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

Recent comments: useful, or messy sidebar noise?

Over there on the right of the page, about level with these words (if this is the top post, or being read individually) you'll notice a list of "Recent comments" - that is, who has recently commented on which post. I added it in the other day. Click and drop. Like that.

It's a very easy thing to add or remove; I thought it might be more useful for people coming to the blog to see where the most recent action has been, rather than simply the "most active" blog posts (which was in that position, but is now further down).

As it was before, you couldn't know which posts were actively getting discussion until they tipped into "most active" land.

However, the "recent comments" widget is rather messy (I can't fix that; its CSS lies somewhere deep in the bowels of the content system), and so I'm wondering: do you prefer having "recent comments" at the top, or "Most Active"? And do you want rid of "recent comments" altogether, or to have them? What's your preference on blogs you comment on or read?

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