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Facebook comments now work on mobile devices, what the hell took so long?

Categories: Social Networking
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 12:07 AM

If you’ve ever read one of my articles, chances are that about halfway through you developed an extreme urge to scroll to the comments section and hurl a string of expletive at me because what I wrote doesn’t jive with how you perceive the world. It’s OK, I still love you, and you’re not alone. People love to throw their thoughts and opinions on stuff they see on the internet all the time, which is why blogs such as this one are so popular. Sure, some people turn comments off, like John Gruber from Daring Fireball; some sites depend on comments to improve their content, like Asymco; and then there’s YouTube, a site that has comments, but said comments are so toxic that reading them can actually lower your intelligence. Anyway, if your favorite site uses Facebook comments, then we’re happy to announce that starting today you can now comment on said site using your mobile device. This feature wasn’t enabled until today, which is pretty insane when you think about how long the iPhone, Android, and smartphones in general, have been out on the market.

While we’re on the topic of comments, I’m curious to know, what do we have to do to get you to comment more on our site? There are a few regulars who always chime in on our posts, my least favorite being some crazy guy from Sweden who absolutely loathes Windows Phone, but I’m looking to get more people to “engage” (loathe that term!) with the IntoMobile team. Should we switch to a different commenting system, alter the type of content we produce, something else that I can’t think up this early in the morning? A lot of you like to talk to us via Twitter, and that’s great and all, but comments are where it’s really at.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.