LineBuzz on Mashable

Mashable just covered us. The article is quite complimentary (Thanks Kristen) but mentions that traditional comments and inline comments are in two different locations. I think that inline comments complement traditional comments rather than replace them. You can write a long traditional post and use inline comments to create references to what you refer to in the traditional post. The real value of inline comments is that they add context - and that's often very necessary in long or complex blog posts that cover a variety of subjects and have a range of talking points.

We're eagerly gathering user feedback and input from sites like Mashable and putting it all back into the product as fast as possible. So we're thinking about the connection between traditional comments and inline comments. Watch this space.

Comments

[ploop]

I am loving the sound of this - I can see it working so well on my site.

One question - I often use venn diagrams on my site ... could I use linebuzz for people to talk about the subset of a graph? I'm assuming not ... but thought I'd ask

[Sreejith]

Its the first time I'm seeing this. But I still don't get the idea how I should target the text. Anyway, here's a test comment.

[cosplay]

To do something without planning, to change course midstream, to figure things out as you go. The new project was discovered over beers in the kitchen (we're out of tequila at the moment which is a crisis all in itself) which qualifies for without planning. We put Geojoey on the sideline for a month changing our course. And daily I hear expletives wafting from the "dev" office so definitely figuring stuff out as we go.

[cosplay]

To do something without planning, to change course midstream, to figure things out as you go. The new project was discovered over beers in the kitchen (we're out of tequila at the moment which is a crisis all in itself) which qualifies for without planning. We put Geojoey on the sideline for a month changing our course. And daily I hear expletives wafting from the "dev" office so definitely figuring stuff out as we go.