La Cieca has heard a few complaints that the “threaded” comments format (you know, “2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1,” etc.) can be difficult to untangle for occasional visitors. While we’re not quite up to unthreading the comments, we do want to keep the cher public happy. So what do you think about the following options for keeping you up to date on the parterre conversation?
A “subscribe to comments” option for each posting. That way each time a new comment was entered for a given posting, you’d receive an email alerting you. Note that in busy conversations like the recent “Abreast of the season,” that would mean you might receive a hundred or more emails in a day if you subscribed to that thread.
… or,
A “notify of reply” option for each comment. The way this works is, you enter a comment, and you are given the choice whether you want to be informed when there is a direct reply. Note that, if people reply to other comments on the thread, you would not be informed.
Both of these would be “opt-in,” so if you are happy or at least indifferent to the way the comments are displaying currently, you wouldn’t have to do anything. If you do want to be notified, you would need to be sure that the email address given in on your profile page is correct and up to date.
Tell us: What was the best of 2025?
Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
