When publishing a post, the author chooses who can comment on it:
Everyone: any signed-in user
Blog followers: followers of the topic, if the post is published in a topic, or followers of the author
Followers with a paid subscription: blog followers with an active subscription
Nobody: commenting is closed for everyone, including the author
Restrictions are available to authors if they are allowed in Site Settings; the offered options are chosen there as well. If restrictions are not allowed, the "Everyone" option is set when a post is saved; posts saved earlier keep their option.
The author edits their comment and deletes it or its entire thread within the time set in Site Settings. The comment_edit_minutes subscription feature replaces this time with its value, see Subscriptions.
If a deleted comment has replies, a deletion mark remains in its place and the thread is kept.
Platform moderators and the super administrator delete any comment or an entire thread. The rights of the topic team over comments in topic posts are described on the topics page.
In Admin Panel → Content → Comments, a comment can be hidden — it is shown as deleted — and restored, or it can be deleted together with or without its thread.
Comments
Comments are the discussion under a post, with reply threads, attachments and reactions.
Overview
Signed-in users can comment. The post author can restrict who comments on their post. New comments appear for readers in real time.
Comments get the same reactions as posts, can be bookmarked and can mention other users. Under a post, a question can be asked to the AI bot.
Writing
A comment contains text, images and GIFs. GIFs are available if GIF search is configured in Site Settings.
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@profile-addressmention sends the user a notification. A user can post no more than 30 comments per minute.Who can comment
When publishing a post, the author chooses who can comment on it:
Restrictions are available to authors if they are allowed in Site Settings; the offered options are chosen there as well. If restrictions are not allowed, the "Everyone" option is set when a post is saved; posts saved earlier keep their option.
Commenting is also impossible if the post is unpublished, the user has a comment restriction or a topic ban, or the blog author has hidden the user.
Editing and deleting
The author edits their comment and deletes it or its entire thread within the time set in Site Settings. The
comment_edit_minutessubscription feature replaces this time with its value, see Subscriptions.If a deleted comment has replies, a deletion mark remains in its place and the thread is kept.
Platform moderators and the super administrator delete any comment or an entire thread. The rights of the topic team over comments in topic posts are described on the topics page.
Pinning
The post author pins their own comment under that post.
Moderation
Comments are checked in the review queue and by AI moderation, and can be reported.
In Admin Panel → Content → Comments, a comment can be hidden — it is shown as deleted — and restored, or it can be deleted together with or without its thread.