Allow mod authors to add spoiler tags into other people's comments

[Vorians]

It would be very handy if a mod author could hide the content of another person's comment on their mod, without using the "Hide and optionally report post" button.

 

There are often comments posted which an author wants to leave visible, but at the same time doesn't want to make the information immediately available to browsers of the comments, for example if someone posts actually spoilers about the mod which might spoil it for others, but also (for TES games especially) if someone pastes their mod load order when seeking support and it is a really long load order, forcing much scrolling to get from the top to the bottom.

 

Super long load order comments are a pain for those just trying to browse the comments, and also for the mod author who may want to see what else the person said above or below their load order. If the mod author could put the load order in another person's comment into spoiler tags shrinking it down to 1 line of text then the whole comments thread become user friendly for everybody.

[Pickysaurus]

I don't think we'll let you edit another user's comment, but the comment itself could be placed in a collapsible accordion.

 

I believe another idea I've seen in a mock up from our designer is to have a maximum length for comments and a "Read more..." button to show anything that overflows that height.

[DoctorKaizeld]

How about a "spoiler" button that when selected gives the author a choice to label the comment, such as "this comment contains a spoiler." After which the comment is collapsed accordion style and has the label on it so readers know why it was collapsed. No editing of others comments and allows it to be flexible so you can hide support comments and label them as such.

[Vorians]

Yes, allowing a mod author to collapse the entire comment while still leaving it available so any reader can expand if desired is a good alternative. This is a little more extreme than I would like, but certainly would be greatly beneficial.

[HadToRegister]

+10 YES PLEASE!!!!

People post their logs on a mod, and you have to scroll miles to go past it, and they never come back and add spoiler tags
It messes up the entire comment section

[Pickysaurus]

I'm not sure it's necessary for the comment to be collapsed for all users, but maybe have the ability to close it yourself while scrolling through would be handy?

[Vorians]

One main point is that the mod author gains some control over careless spoiler posts on their mods, protecting others who may not wish to read spoilers before they've played through the mod. If it was only controllable by the individuals reading the comments, then people would need to first read the post to identify it's a spoiler, by which point it's too late.

 

That would also require saving each individual user's preferences on a per user, per thread basis, which could bloat the stored data for each user. And you'd need to be saving these preferences otherwise the setting would be worthless, as the next time that person viewed the same comment thread it would all be undone again.

[HadToRegister]

Would it be possible to allow Mod Authors to FORMAT other people's post WITHOUT being able to modify the Text?

What Vorians has been suggesting in this thread is absolutely essential.

I have had so many Mod ruined by thoughtless people posting Spoilers under the guise of asking for help, such as "The Key to unlock such and such dungeon was supposed to be on the Lich in this specific Dungeon, but it didn't drop"
Those kind of spoilers, along with the arm length LOG posts, some which date back into the last decade

[Arthmoor]

I don't think the ability to edit the comment should be allowed, but I support something like a link to mark the entire thing as containing a spoiler without actually changing the content.

[DoctorKaizeld]

I think this would be very useful to avoid spoilers. Honestly I don't see why it'd be a problem. It wouldn't be exploitable as all other users have to do is click on the comment to reveal it and would definitely help clean things up without having to delete them.