Comments
Who can comment on a Feedvote feedback item, how replies, reactions and internal notes work, and who can edit or delete a comment.
Comments let your team and your visitors talk about a feedback item. People can reply to comments and react with an emoji. Team members can also write internal notes that only the team sees.
Who can comment
- On the public board, visitors can comment without an account. Their comment shows under a generated name.
- A visitor must sign in first when Require account login is turned on, or when the board is not public. You find Require account login in the Visibility tab of your settings. See Board access.
- A person can only read and write comments on feedback items they are allowed to see.
- Your board access settings can limit who can comment. See Board access.
- Nobody can comment on a feedback item that is awaiting review.
A comment can be up to 5,000 characters long.
Replies
You can reply to a comment. Replies stay one level deep. If you reply to a reply, your reply joins the same thread under the first comment.
Reactions
A person who can see a comment can add an emoji reaction to it. Each comment shows how many people reacted with each emoji. Click the same emoji again to remove your reaction.
Internal notes
An internal note is a comment that only your team sees.
- Only team members can write internal notes. A comment from anyone else is always public.
- Internal notes never show on the public board.
- A reply to an internal note is also internal.
- An internal note does not send an email to the creator of the feedback item.
Edit and delete comments
| Action | Who can do it |
|---|---|
| Edit a comment | Only the person who wrote the comment |
| Delete a comment | The person who wrote the comment, or the project owner |
Deleting a comment also removes the replies under it.
Commenter names
The Show commenter names setting controls whether visitors see who wrote each comment. You find it in the General tab of your settings.
- When Show commenter names is on, everyone sees the name of each commenter.
- When Show commenter names is off, visitors and customers see "Someone" for other people outside your team. Your team's names stay visible. Each person still sees their own comments as their own.
Comments and notifications
When someone writes a public comment, the creator of the feedback item can get a notification. The creator does not get a notification for their own comment. See Notifications.
Comments and Linear
When a feedback item is linked to a Linear issue, comments can sync with that Linear issue. To learn how this works, see Two-way sync.
Common questions
Do I need an account to comment?
It depends on the board. You can comment without an account, under a generated name, unless the board has Require account login turned on or the board is not public. See Board access.
Can visitors see internal notes?
No. Internal notes are only for your team. They never show on the public board, and replies to them are internal too.
Can I edit someone else's comment?
No. Only the person who wrote a comment can edit it. The project owner can delete any comment on the project but cannot edit it.
Why do I see "Someone" instead of a name?
The team turned off the Show commenter names setting in the General tab of their settings. When this setting is off, visitors and customers see "Someone" for other people outside the team.
Why can't I comment on a feedback item?
There are two common reasons. The feedback item is still awaiting review, or the board access settings ask you to sign in or do not let you comment.