Dev Feedback Thread: Are Comments Too Big? MZ vs Classic MS

Soft launch has gone OK! I have lots of features I want to add or fix up before I say MZ is completely back and try to drum up traffic. Please use the comment section as a catch-all for ideas/complaints.


by Bono
Submitted on Sep 8, 2026Meta
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Dev Feedback Thread: Are Comments Too Big? MZ vs Classic MS

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  • Mucho User BonoVet

    Bono

    MZ looks like it was made for a baby born in the iPad generation, but I think we would miss the extra space. Maybe make avatars smaller? IDK about to get drunk and work all night.

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  • Mucho User BarretVet

    Barret

    >>c179227

    I believe that guy is just really really really craving the feedback. ALREADY SICK OF HIM

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    Mucho User BonoVet

    Bono

    >>c179227

    On classic MS I think it was anyone who had taken an action in the last 30 minutes. On MZ we've switched between 30 and 60, when I re-wrote it I think I put 55 as a placeholder.

    In Stew's case he really has been doing something the whole time. As for what I can't say... perhaps a feeding frenzy.

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  • Mucho User BarretVet

    Barret

    Ive been thinking that sometimes the page looks too busy. There's so many buttons and colors and shit. But haven't really made up my mind on if something needs to go.

    Sometimes I look at the recent comments page and its more blue link then white text (screenshot in discord because f imgur).

    Maybe the white text itself could be 20% larger. Or shrink the buttons and links 20%, or both. Dunno.

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    Mucho User BonoVet

    Bono

    >>c179228

    Yeah, page is a little busy but I think some of that is your mod tools, and other stuff that people would miss. For example I already really like the inline reply button on every comment. Seems pretty intuitive.

    I'm trying to combine information density with readability. MS has us beat in that there's 2x as many comments per page, without scrolling, and it's all perfectly readable. But I don't know how much, if any, mobile traffic we have to care about. Not a consideration in 2009.

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  • Mucho User JamesTKirkZucker

    JamesTKirk

    Except people here would ruin it and put people clearly alive in it. Just because.

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    Mucho User BonoVet

    Bono

    >>c179235

    Thus the Konami Code. I was thinking we could do more than just Poss. Have it rotate, be Admin curated.

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