The comment box needs some default text like “What are your thoughts?” to just help users identify its a comment box.

Currently the box is blank and feels weird

  • AgreeableLandscape
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    4 years ago

    The comment box needs some default text like “What are your thoughts?”

    My two cents are that we should add a neutral text like “Type here to comment”. I know a lot of people, me included, and particularly power users, don’t really like it when websites use overly “informal” language with users.

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    4 years ago

    Open up an issue for this in lemmy-ui and I’ll see what I can add.

    • the_tech_beastOP
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      4 years ago

      The box just looks like a box. I thought it was a separator or something. Then I saw the post button and realized the box was actually for commenting.

      A placeholder would be awesome. Pretty much all the websites and apps add a placeholder text.