Nextbigfuture comment system switching to the Vuukle system today.
This comment system is used by 3 million users.
I am told it will be faster in terms of site page loading.
Comments are being ported from SolidOpinion.
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Thanks for your patience.
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
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Still unable to post under my forum name. Not by Twitter, Google, nor Vuukle.
Still unable to post under my forum name. Not by Twitter Google nor Vuukle.
Boo for no email only login choice. Some of us don’t want to link to a social media account. There’s also some odd Vuukle connectivity going, noting some connections to russia and to alicdn, the CDN for the cloud provider AlibabaCloud in china. You might be logging in via OAuth, but OAuth security isn’t exactly complete, so make sure you use a sacrificial account. The third major loss of past comments is pretty harsh though.
Boo for no email only login choice. Some of us don’t want to link to a social media account.There’s also some odd Vuukle connectivity going noting some connections to russia and to alicdn the CDN for the cloud provider AlibabaCloud in china. You might be logging in via OAuth but OAuth security isn’t exactly complete so make sure you use a sacrificial account.The third major loss of past comments is pretty harsh though.
I just noticed the same. Automated virtue signaling and trigger warnings.
I just noticed the same. Automated virtue signaling and trigger warnings.
SO is to be loathed as would a gangster.
SO is to be loathed as would a gangster.
I’ve tried Twitter, Facebook, and Google. None allow me to use my forum name.
I’ve tried Twitter Facebook and Google. None allow me to use my forum name.
Please add an “Intrigued” emoticon for commenting. Thank you.
as long as other users can’t delete your posts, I’m fine with the switch. you can’t know how much that squashes debate and drives people away from this site.
I realize this is just crazy talk, but have you ever given any thought to discussing these huge changes to the site with your audience BEFORE implementing them? Maybe putting up a test version of the updated site, to see how things work, before killing off the prior version? You might think about that, if you still have an audience by the time you get in the mood to do this sort of thing again. A lot of the value of the site is (was?) in informed comments. This is twice now you’ve flushed that value down the toilet.
Please add an Intrigued”” emoticon for commenting. Thank you.”””
as long as other users can’t delete your posts I’m fine with the switch.you can’t know how much that squashes debate and drives people away from this site.
I realize this is just crazy talk but have you ever given any thought to discussing these huge changes to the site with your audience BEFORE implementing them? Maybe putting up a test version of the updated site to see how things work before killing off the prior version?You might think about that if you still have an audience by the time you get in the mood to do this sort of thing again. A lot of the value of the site is (was?) in informed comments. This is twice now you’ve flushed that value down the toilet.
more obfuscation necessary? www DOT google DOT com SLASH robots.txt
Oh that’s tricky, the comment when posted still shows the URL, but if you do a full refresh, it disappears…
hrm, really doesn’t like a URL fronted with www so lets try google.com/robots.txt and lets try http://google.com/robots.txt
Hrm looks like a standalone url at the start of a line are stripped, but suddenly tacked onto the end of a sentence lets it though? test test http://www.google.com test test with the http in front https://www.google.com
So, are all URL’s in a comment blocked then?
more obfuscation necessary?www DOT google DOT com SLASH robots.txt
Oh that’s tricky the comment when posted still shows the URL but if you do a full refresh it disappears…
hrm really doesn’t like a URL fronted with wwwso lets try google.com/robots.txtand lets try http://google.com/robots.txt
Hrm looks like a standalone url at the start of a line are stripped but suddenly tacked onto the end of a sentence lets it though?test test http://www.google.comtest test with the http in front https://www.google.com
So are all URL’s in a comment blocked then?
Ok, add URL removal to that list. This site has a lot of discussions with links to source material. URL link support is a must.
Looks like the site address got removed. Should be “Go to (vuukle webisite) -> sign in -> …
Hi, it looks like you’re on the vuukle team? Apart from the old comments, mobile version, and other issues mentioned here, the most pressing issue is lack of an option to subscribe to a comment thread. Other lesser annoyances, off the top of my head: – Sort order isn’t remembered across threads. – Sort order choice only applies to the top level. It should be recursive. – No edit option. – Formatting support? At least, square formatting tags don’t seem to work. Haven’t tried HTML yet..
Go to vuukle.com -> sign in -> forgot password. That’ll let you enter a password so you can log in without a social network. Then go to your profile settings and you can change the user name and icon there. I’m guessing that when you log in with a social network account, that might overwrite those settings by copying from the social network account.
Hi Brett, yes its very easy. We are trying hard to get the old comments from the previous commenting service. Vuukle auto backs up comments to the publishers database so in the event they want to move they don’t suffer any loss of data. All major platforms should follow this in my opinion.
We are trying to get comments for mobile version, we are working to get this on mobile asap.
Hi Asteroza, we do provide options for only email login which is upto the publisher. We are trying to extract the previous comments and will upload it as soon as we get access from the previous comment system. Regarding connectivity, we dont use any of the CDNs mentioned above, if you can provide us with any screenshots or information we can get our team to look into it. Our email is support [at] vuukle dot com
So far I hate it. Mostly because of the comment toxicity rating.
Hi it looks like you’re on the vuukle team?Apart from the old comments mobile version and other issues mentioned here the most pressing issue is lack of an option to subscribe to a comment thread.Other lesser annoyances off the top of my head:- Sort order isn’t remembered across threads.- Sort order choice only applies to the top level. It should be recursive.- No edit option.- Formatting support? At least square formatting tags don’t seem to work. Haven’t tried HTML yet..
Go to vuukle.com -> sign in -> forgot password. That’ll let you enter a password so you can log in without a social network. Then go to your profile settings and you can change the user name and icon there.I’m guessing that when you log in with a social network account that might overwrite those settings by copying from the social network account.
Hi Brett yes its very easy. We are trying hard to get the old comments from the previous commenting service. Vuukle auto backs up comments to the publishers database so in the event they want to move they don’t suffer any loss of data. All major platforms should follow this in my opinion.
We are trying to get comments for mobile version we are working to get this on mobile asap.
Hi Asteroza we do provide options for only email login which is upto the publisher. We are trying to extract the previous comments and will upload it as soon as we get access from the previous comment system. Regarding connectivity we dont use any of the CDNs mentioned above if you can provide us with any screenshots or information we can get our team to look into it. Our email is support [at] vuukle dot com
So far I hate it. Mostly because of the comment toxicity rating.
Looks like if you include a link Vuukle thinks your comment is spam and puts it into auto-moderation. I rate the chances of Brian getting around to removing it from moderation somewhere between slim and none.I’ve been over at the Vuukle website and there’s absolutely no mention of a way to put links into comments. Or how to format comments. Lots of bells and whistles for Brian basic text with AI censor for us. To say the least I am not thrilled. What’s the opposite of thrilled? Whatever it is that’s what I am.
Wait my name is the nextbigfuture website now? Hm. Okay that is hilarious, but really can’t leave it that way.
Hi Ravi, glad you’re on here. Please add a user block feature. The easiest way for a user to avoid toxic comments is for them to add the makers of toxic comments to a personal blocklist.
Wait my name is the nextbigfuture website now? Hm. Okay that is hilarious but really can’t leave it that way.
Hi Ravi glad you’re on here. Please add a user block feature. The easiest way for a user to avoid toxic comments is for them to add the makers of toxic comments to a personal blocklist.
That’s a help. Thanks Michael K.
Hi Moriarti, We do allow publishers to add emails in their block list. Users also have an option to flag a comment if they feel it needs to be reported.
Hi Michael. Thanks for your suggestions. I have filed these as feature/bug requests. They should go live in the next few sprints.
That’s a help. Thanks Michael K.
Hi Moriarti We do allow publishers to add emails in their block list. Users also have an option to flag a comment if they feel it needs to be reported.
Hi Michael. Thanks for your suggestions. I have filed these as feature/bug requests. They should go live in the next few sprints.
What. Are. You. Doing?
What. Are. You. Doing?
Several of my recent comments have been deleted.
Several of my recent comments have been deleted.
Switching to Vuukle ? Hmmm . Better think this one through. Vuukle really sucks, and people will migrate away from your site as a result.
Switching to Vuukle ?Hmmm .Better think this one through. Vuukle really sucks and people will migrate away from your site as a result.
On the other hand NBF is not forced to remove old comments with the old system.
On the other hand NBF is not forced to remove old comments with the old system.
Still can’t see comments on mobile version, have to switch to classic or desktop for that. If you really want speed, maybe you can get rid of the autoplaying videos.
Still can’t see comments on mobile version have to switch to classic or desktop for that. If you really want speed maybe you can get rid of the autoplaying videos.
Of course most of them will be lost. While in principle porting comments from one system to another ought to be feasible, what motive does one commenting system company have for assisting in the transition to a competitor? They’d really prefer that you be locked in.
Of course most of them will be lost. While in principle porting comments from one system to another ought to be feasible what motive does one commenting system company have for assisting in the transition to a competitor? They’d really prefer that you be locked in.
I am happy so far – I can post again without some glitch making my post disappear.
I am happy so far – I can post again without some glitch making my post disappear.
Pleased with it so far. Last attempts at comment systems had major problems for me. I’d sign up but then they would be glitchy and wouldn’t post my comments. Hopefully this one does the job it’s supposed to without a hitch. Really tired of all the problematic commenting systems out there.
Pleased with it so far. Last attempts at comment systems had major problems for me. I’d sign up but then they would be glitchy and wouldn’t post my comments. Hopefully this one does the job it’s supposed to without a hitch. Really tired of all the problematic commenting systems out there.
By the way most of the old comment were lost already when flip-flopping between livejournal and solidopinion, with it a good chunk of the value of this website. I doubt this change won’t result in losses either.
By the way most of the old comment were lost already when flip-flopping between livejournal and solidopinion with it a good chunk of the value of this website.I doubt this change won’t result in losses either.
Again… Sigh… Even login with Google doesn’t work. Of course there’s no option to subscribe to a comments section. I wonder if there are any e-mail notifications at all.
Again… Sigh…Even login with Google doesn’t work. Of course there’s no option to subscribe to a comments section.I wonder if there are any e-mail notifications at all.
Comments not working or getting deleted?
Comments not working or getting deleted?
I think I’m done donating my insight to this site. I’ve put a lot of effort into comments that are better written then the primary content of this site and they get wiped every 90 days when the comment system changes. I never had any problems with the site loading slowly so long as I close the page occasionally and use an ad blocker… It was fun while it lasted. You may now post nuclear nonsense without challenge.
I think I’m done donating my insight to this site. I’ve put a lot of effort into comments that are better written then the primary content of this site and they get wiped every 90 days when the comment system changes. I never had any problems with the site loading slowly so long as I close the page occasionally and use an ad blocker… It was fun while it lasted. You may now post nuclear nonsense without challenge.
Not seeing any ported comments yet. Not a good sign…
Not seeing any ported comments yet. Not a good sign…
not another comment change. 1) They don’t work on mobile 2) What’s with the silly emoji? Make the site look cheap like buzzfeed 3) Mobile site has SOOOO many ads. Please remove some or I will have to use an an blocker browser. 4) Why can’t you use disqus like 90% of other sites?
not another comment change.1) They don’t work on mobile2) What’s with the silly emoji? Make the site look cheap like buzzfeed3) Mobile site has SOOOO many ads. Please remove some or I will have to use an an blocker browser.4) Why can’t you use disqus like 90{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} of other sites?
Well, we’ll see where this goes. Think I’d prefer Disqus or SO, but it is what it is.
Well we’ll see where this goes. Think I’d prefer Disqus or SO but it is what it is.
I posted with my real name before…
I posted with my real name before…
You can change the name in your account settings.
You can change the name in your account settings.
If no a**hole can buy the power to edit and remove our comments, I’ll take a more limited character count gladly.
If no a**hole can buy the power to edit and remove our comments I’ll take a more limited character count gladly.
Not so worried about points, but I lose my account name, and now I have to learn new names for all the regulars.
Not so worried about points but I lose my account name and now I have to learn new names for all the regulars.
Not to mention the “excited” emoticon is going to be widely used as “sarcastic laughter”, I’m sure of it.
Not to mention the excited”” emoticon is going to be widely used as “”””sarcastic laughter”””””””” I’m sure of it.”””
Let me endorse the consensus: Those emojis make the site look fundamentally unserious. If you can’t get rid of them, at least shrink them down.
Let me endorse the consensus: Those emojis make the site look fundamentally unserious. If you can’t get rid of them at least shrink them down.
I think part of the reason the site is loading so much faster is that the articles beneath the article you’re reading aren’t set to auto-load anymore. Hurrah! That was always a stupid feature. Albeit not as stupid as having the comment box critiquing my tone. That’s going to be really annoying, I can tell.
I think part of the reason the site is loading so much faster is that the articles beneath the article you’re reading aren’t set to auto-load anymore. Hurrah! That was always a stupid feature.Albeit not as stupid as having the comment box critiquing my tone. That’s going to be really annoying I can tell.
Yes, I did mean but then I couldn’t edit it now could I? 😉
Yes I did mean but then I couldn’t edit it now could I? 😉
I don’t see an edit option.. did you mean to write “can’t edit”? Well, I suppose it’ll be sorted out sooner or later. At least the design is appealing and it seems more responsive than SolidOpinion, at least for now.
I don’t see an edit option.. did you mean to write can’t edit””?Well”” I suppose it’ll be sorted out sooner or later. At least the design is appealing and it seems more responsive than SolidOpinion”” at least for now.”””
Not thrilled by the frequent comment system changes, but ok… created yet another account. Now, how do I subscribe to a comment thread?
Not thrilled by the frequent comment system changes but ok… created yet another account. Now how do I subscribe to a comment thread?
Of course, it doesn’t yet have a vast number of comments to slow it down. 😉
Of course it doesn’t yet have a vast number of comments to slow it down. 😉
Speed isn’t everything, but this site was slowing to the point where it was practically unuseable for some people. But I don’t think SolidOpinion was responsible for that. Brian just adds too many bells and whistles to the site, instead of having a nice, clean design. IMO, what he really needs to do is police the ads better; I keep running into malware dispensing ads when I visit without an adblocker. You can’t expect people to not use adblockers if you don’t control that sort of thing.
Speed isn’t everything but this site was slowing to the point where it was practically unuseable for some people.But I don’t think SolidOpinion was responsible for that. Brian just adds too many bells and whistles to the site instead of having a nice clean design.IMO what he really needs to do is police the ads better; I keep running into malware dispensing ads when I visit without an adblocker. You can’t expect people to not use adblockers if you don’t control that sort of thing.
No not…
No not…
Oh and it looks like you can edit a posting. Also, Goat Guy is really going to love that little 3000 character counter fading to zero as he tries in vain to post equations proving his point. Brian, is speed everything???
Oh and it looks like you can edit a posting. Also Goat Guy is really going to love that little 3000 character counter fading to zero as he tries in vain to post equations proving his point.Brian is speed everything???
What about our points from Solid Opinion??? By the way those emojicons above make this whole system look ridiculous… 🙂 100% 😐 0% …. It’s the news for crying out loud!
What about our points from Solid Opinion???By the way those emojicons above make this whole system look ridiculous… 🙂 100{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} 😐 0{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} …. It’s the news for crying out loud!
Still have those abusive “Congratulations!” ads, I see.
Still have those abusive “Congratulations!” ads I see.”
Still having to log back in each time I visit, but the site seems useable in mobile, which is a distinct improvement.
Still having to log back in each time I visit but the site seems useable in mobile which is a distinct improvement.
I sure hope the porting is more successful than the last time, when you ended up trashing many years of old comments. The site does seem to be loading faster.
I sure hope the porting is more successful than the last time when you ended up trashing many years of old comments.The site does seem to be loading faster.
let’s see how better it is…
let’s see how better it is…
Switching to Vuukle ?
Hmmm .
Better think this one through. Vuukle really sucks, and people will migrate away from your site as a result.
Several of my recent comments have been deleted.
What. Are. You. Doing?
That’s a help. Thanks Michael K.
Hi Moriarti, We do allow publishers to add emails in their block list. Users also have an option to flag a comment if they feel it needs to be reported.
Hi Michael. Thanks for your suggestions. I have filed these as feature/bug requests. They should go live in the next few sprints.
Wait my name is the nextbigfuture website now? Hm. Okay that is hilarious, but really can’t leave it that way.
Hi Ravi, glad you’re on here. Please add a user block feature. The easiest way for a user to avoid toxic comments is for them to add the makers of toxic comments to a personal blocklist.
So far I hate it. Mostly because of the comment toxicity rating.
Ok, add URL removal to that list. This site has a lot of discussions with links to source material. URL link support is a must.
Looks like the site address got removed. Should be “Go to (vuukle webisite) -> sign in -> …”
Hi, it looks like you’re on the vuukle team?
Apart from the old comments, mobile version, and other issues mentioned here, the most pressing issue is lack of an option to subscribe to a comment thread.
Other lesser annoyances, off the top of my head:
– Sort order isn’t remembered across threads.
– Sort order choice only applies to the top level. It should be recursive.
– No edit option.
– Formatting support? At least, square formatting tags don’t seem to work. Haven’t tried HTML yet..
Go to vuukle.com -> sign in -> forgot password. That’ll let you enter a password so you can log in without a social network. Then go to your profile settings and you can change the user name and icon there.
I’m guessing that when you log in with a social network account, that might overwrite those settings by copying from the social network account.
Hi Brett, yes its very easy. We are trying hard to get the old comments from the previous commenting service. Vuukle auto backs up comments to the publishers database so in the event they want to move they don’t suffer any loss of data. All major platforms should follow this in my opinion.
We are trying to get comments for mobile version, we are working to get this on mobile asap.
Hi Asteroza, we do provide options for only email login which is upto the publisher. We are trying to extract the previous comments and will upload it as soon as we get access from the previous comment system.
Regarding connectivity, we dont use any of the CDNs mentioned above, if you can provide us with any screenshots or information we can get our team to look into it. Our email is support [at] vuukle dot com
Looks like if you include a link, Vuukle thinks your comment is spam, and puts it into auto-moderation. I rate the chances of Brian getting around to removing it from moderation somewhere between slim and none.
I’ve been over at the Vuukle website, and there’s absolutely no mention of a way to put links into comments. Or how to format comments. Lots of bells and whistles for Brian, basic text with AI censor for us.
To say the least, I am not thrilled. What’s the opposite of thrilled? Whatever it is, that’s what I am.
more obfuscation necessary?
www DOT google DOT com SLASH robots.txt
Oh that’s tricky, the comment when posted still shows the URL, but if you do a full refresh, it disappears…
hrm, really doesn’t like a URL fronted with www
so lets try google.com/robots.txt
and lets try http://google.com/robots.txt
Hrm looks like a standalone url at the start of a line are stripped, but suddenly tacked onto the end of a sentence lets it though?
test test http://www.google.com
test test with the http in front https://www.google.com
So, are all URL’s in a comment blocked then?
Please add an “Intrigued” emoticon for commenting. Thank you.
as long as other users can’t delete your posts, I’m fine with the switch.
you can’t know how much that squashes debate and drives people away from this site.
I realize this is just crazy talk, but have you ever given any thought to discussing these huge changes to the site with your audience BEFORE implementing them? Maybe putting up a test version of the updated site, to see how things work, before killing off the prior version?
You might think about that, if you still have an audience by the time you get in the mood to do this sort of thing again. A lot of the value of the site is (was?) in informed comments. This is twice now you’ve flushed that value down the toilet.
Still unable to post under my forum name. Not by Twitter, Google, nor Vuukle.
Boo for no email only login choice. Some of us don’t want to link to a social media account.
There’s also some odd Vuukle connectivity going, noting some connections to russia and to alicdn, the CDN for the cloud provider AlibabaCloud in china. You might be logging in via OAuth, but OAuth security isn’t exactly complete, so make sure you use a sacrificial account.
The third major loss of past comments is pretty harsh though.
I just noticed the same. Automated virtue signaling and trigger warnings.
SO is to be loathed as would a gangster.
I’ve tried Twitter, Facebook, and Google. None allow me to use my forum name.
On the other hand NBF is not forced to remove old comments with the old system.
Still can’t see comments on mobile version, have to switch to classic or desktop for that. If you really want speed, maybe you can get rid of the autoplaying videos.
Of course most of them will be lost. While in principle porting comments from one system to another ought to be feasible, what motive does one commenting system company have for assisting in the transition to a competitor? They’d really prefer that you be locked in.
I am happy so far – I can post again without some glitch making my post disappear.
Pleased with it so far. Last attempts at comment systems had major problems for me. I’d sign up but then they would be glitchy and wouldn’t post my comments. Hopefully this one does the job it’s supposed to without a hitch. Really tired of all the problematic commenting systems out there.
By the way most of the old comment were lost already when flip-flopping between livejournal and solidopinion, with it a good chunk of the value of this website.
I doubt this change won’t result in losses either.
Again… Sigh…
Even login with Google doesn’t work. Of course there’s no option to subscribe to a comments section.
I wonder if there are any e-mail notifications at all.
Comments not working or getting deleted?
I think I’m done donating my insight to this site. I’ve put a lot of effort into comments that are better written then the primary content of this site and they get wiped every 90 days when the comment system changes. I never had any problems with the site loading slowly so long as I close the page occasionally and use an ad blocker… It was fun while it lasted. You may now post nuclear nonsense without challenge.
Not seeing any ported comments yet. Not a good sign…
not another comment change.
1) They don’t work on mobile
2) What’s with the silly emoji? Make the site look cheap like buzzfeed
3) Mobile site has SOOOO many ads. Please remove some or I will have to use an an blocker browser.
4) Why can’t you use disqus like 90% of other sites?
Well, we’ll see where this goes. Think I’d prefer Disqus or SO, but it is what it is.
I posted with my real name before…
You can change the name in your account settings.
If no a**hole can buy the power to edit and remove our comments, I’ll take a more limited character count gladly.
Not so worried about points, but I lose my account name, and now I have to learn new names for all the regulars.
Not to mention the “excited” emoticon is going to be widely used as “sarcastic laughter”, I’m sure of it.
Let me endorse the consensus: Those emojis make the site look fundamentally unserious. If you can’t get rid of them, at least shrink them down.
I think part of the reason the site is loading so much faster is that the articles beneath the article you’re reading aren’t set to auto-load anymore. Hurrah! That was always a stupid feature.
Albeit not as stupid as having the comment box critiquing my tone. That’s going to be really annoying, I can tell.
Yes, I did mean but then I couldn’t edit it now could I? 😉
I don’t see an edit option.. did you mean to write “can’t edit”?
Well, I suppose it’ll be sorted out sooner or later. At least the design is appealing and it seems more responsive than SolidOpinion, at least for now.
Not thrilled by the frequent comment system changes, but ok… created yet another account. Now, how do I subscribe to a comment thread?
Of course, it doesn’t yet have a vast number of comments to slow it down. 😉
Speed isn’t everything, but this site was slowing to the point where it was practically unuseable for some people.
But I don’t think SolidOpinion was responsible for that. Brian just adds too many bells and whistles to the site, instead of having a nice, clean design.
IMO, what he really needs to do is police the ads better; I keep running into malware dispensing ads when I visit without an adblocker. You can’t expect people to not use adblockers if you don’t control that sort of thing.
No not…
Oh and it looks like you can edit a posting. Also, Goat Guy is really going to love that little 3000 character counter fading to zero as he tries in vain to post equations proving his point.
Brian, is speed everything???
What about our points from Solid Opinion???
By the way those emojicons above make this whole system look ridiculous…
🙂 100% 😐 0% ….
It’s the news for crying out loud!
Still have those abusive “Congratulations!” ads, I see.
Still having to log back in each time I visit, but the site seems useable in mobile, which is a distinct improvement.
I sure hope the porting is more successful than the last time, when you ended up trashing many years of old comments.
The site does seem to be loading faster.
let’s see how better it is…