Poll: Blogs, Entries, Posts, Comments, or Replies

[jesse_the_k]

When I prepare to publish something here, I think "I'm writing a post." When my gentle readers respond to what I've written, I think "they're making comments." Yet the official Dreamwidth vocabulary is not so straightforward. These are the things that keep me up at night!

To publish the current item, I tapped the "Post" link on the navigation bar. The next screen is called "Create Entries," yet the final action button is called "Post a $securitylevel Entry." With each entry I control who responds with "Comment" settings, yet the relevant FAQ talks about "replies."

One of Dreamwidth's quirkier features is how you can customize much of the user interaction texts https://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/options?group=text My favorite example is sovay, who titles the Comment/Reply function "Performable Epic."

Poll #20999 What Do YOU Call It?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44

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When you visit this platform, what are you reading?

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A blog
6 (14.0%)

A journal
22 (51.2%)

A Dreamwidth
6 (14.0%)

A diary
1 (2.3%)

@jesse_the_k's stuff
2 (4.7%)

Will explain in comments
6 (14.0%)

The basic unit of communication on Dreamwidth is

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a post
32 (72.7%)

an entry
11 (25.0%)

a squee
0 (0.0%)

a topic
0 (0.0%)

a moan
0 (0.0%)

Will explain in comments
1 (2.3%)

When you're moved to respond after you're done reading whatever the previous item is called, are you making a

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comment
42 (97.7%)

reply
0 (0.0%)

response
0 (0.0%)

big deal about nothing
0 (0.0%)

Will explain in comments
1 (2.3%)

How does this poll strike you?

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irrelevant
2 (4.8%)

fanciful
16 (38.1%)

ticky box
34 (81.0%)

Comments

[mdlbear]

I normally refer to the individual items I read here as "posts", and make "comments" on them. However, I'm comfortable with "entry" and "comment". I usually refer to my DW journal as a blog, but I refer to my reading page as my "friends list" as often as not.

My posting software is weird; it starts with what the Makefile calls an "entry" -- you can either "make entry" or "make draft" -- which gets "posted" with "make post".

Unfortunately my software doesn't do comments; "make comment" would be a perfect addition at some point.

[jesse_the_k]

Fortunately for us, however, your wetware does make comments.