After last week's comment filter update, we received numerous reports from the community that the filters weren't quite right. Many were not interested in filtering comments at all, and the consensus was that the "Neutral" comment rating unnecessarily hid initial reactions to posted comments. I am pleased to say that we've worked on addressing these concerns, and hope that today's update alleviates them.

Here is a look at the latest iteration of the comment filter box:


Choosing the new "No Filter" option will show all comments (down to second level replies, as the system did before the comment filters were put in place), and will save that preference for future story viewing. In other words, if you don't want any part of the comment filter, choose the No Filter option once, and you should not have to deal with it again. Also, the "View All Comments" link has been restored, and, as before, leads to the comments page with all comments shown.

We fixed the comment rating bug that was reported last week, where rating a comment caused the "Neutral" placeholder to appear, instead of the rating percentage. We have also changed the role of "Neutral"--now, only comments without any ratings at all will show up that way.

We hope that these updates allow both those who want to filter comments, and those who don't, to be able to exercise their preference on Propeller.

Thanks to all for submitting feedback--it is much appreciated.

Tom