Ok - nobody else is going to say anything - so I will.

The conversation thread on my site has always bothered me … the reason is a little but ‘Alice in Wonderlandy’ - but bear with me.

You have a post - and maybe every blue moon or so someone actually comments.

For the vast majority of my posts - ‘Join The Conversation’ has always felt odd. What conversation? It’s a post floating in the wind. Ain’t nothing happening … until there is a comment. Now that’s a conversation. Ok ok - I take the point - but still - it is a step closer to one. Behold as part of my design update - automatically resolved.

Start The Conversation

A Post On John.Philpin.com with no comment

then one day you get a comment, saying now the next person can now …

Join The Conversation

A Post On John.Philpin.com with a comment

Your welcome. Thanks to Claude my co-developer on this one. I don’t think this change destroyed too much more of the planet.