How to comment (beta, v6)

The comment section is located below the story, and the Comment Editor in which you compose a comment is located at the top of the comment section. If you are logged into your Daily Kos account, you will see the prompt "Join the conversation, [username]".

[Note: if you are not logged in, you will see the prompt "Join the conversation" and after entering text and clicking POST you will be prompted to log in]

Daily Kos Comment Editor located below the story, at the top of the comment section

Clicking in the Comment Editor box will activate the Comment Editor, which will expand to show the Add Image icon (lower left) and an active CANCEL button (lower right).

Daily Kos Comment Editor, activated with Add Image icon and CANCEL button

  • ADD COMMENT (with text only)

Compose your text (no text formatting is available) and click the POST button. Your comment will appear at the top of the comment section if the section is sorted by Newest (a user-defined preference, with Newest being the default).

Daily Kos comment, published state

  • ADD COMMENT (with image)

Compose your text if you wish, then click the Add Image icon (lower left). That will open the Finder on your local device. Navigate in the Finder to the image file stored on your local device, and click the Open button to add it into the Comment Editor. You are required to enter Alt Text in the clickable field below the image (shown below).

Daily Kos Comment Editor, with image file added, displaying required Alt Text field

Once Alt Text is entered, click the now activated POST button and your comment will appear at the top of the comment section if the section is sorted by Newest (a user-defined preference, with Newest being the default).

Daily Kos comment with image, published state

  • EDIT COMMENT

Commenters have a five-minute period from publishing a comment in which to edit the comment for typos or errors. Clicking the three-dot menu icon at the far upper right of a published comment will display the edit button, with countdown clock. The three-dot menu icon is not displayed if the comment is more than five minutes old.

Daily Kos comment, edit button

Clicking the edit button will allow you to edit and POST the comment, which will then be displayed with the EDITED notation at the end of the comment.

Daily Kos comment, edited notation

  • SHARE COMMENT

The SHARE button is located at the far lower right of a published comment. Clicking the SHARE button opens a menu to select sharing to Facebook, to X, to email, or by copying the comment URL.

Daily Kos comment, SHARE button options

  • REPLY TO A COMMENT

To reply to an existing comment, click the REPLY button at the lower left of the comment to open a Comment Editor window with an "Add your reply" prompt.

Daily Kos comment, reply, Comment Editor

Proceed as above, composing your comment with text and/or image, and clicking the POST button to publish your reply.

Daily Kos comment, reply, published state

The thin gray line on the left indicates a reply thread. Clicking the orange "Reply to [username] - view message" hyperlink will open a pop-up highlighting the replied comment and the reply within the thread.