The wonderful folks at WordPress, which host this lovely site, have finally made “threaded comments” available across its blogs.  What the heck does that mean?  It means you now have the ability to respond directly to an individual comment in a thread as opposed to being forced to place your comment at the very bottom of the screen.

So, say I say something outrageously offensive, but you’ve just gotten around to the post and there are already 8 other comments below mine about sustainable cat food…you no longer have to say “Hey DM, why so cranky?” and have people wondering what that has to do with farm-raised vs. wild salmon by-products.  Now you just scroll up to my blasphemy-laden rant and click the “reply” button below it.  Then you can write your comment directly below mine so readers have a bit more context as to what you’re referencing.

I’ve allowed these “nested” comments to go four levels deep at the moment, which allows a good bit of back-and-forth, but doesn’t let things get completely off-course.

Hopefully this new option gives folks a bit more flexibility when talking to each other in the comments section.  But we’ll see how it goes the next time we hit on a hot topic.  If its not our cup o’ tea, I can just as easily uncheck the box and we can all go back to our old, comfortable ways.

Enjoy!