I've been learning how to build relationships here on OS (couple months new here) and one way I have found difficult is to see if any of my comments had started or contributed to conversations.
I've looked at all the OS tips and blog annexes and could not find a way to do this.... so yesterday I started a word doc and I tried to go back and find all my comments... slogging away... and discovering new posts i liked.
But... now i'm simply bookmarking the pages I comment on. I use safari, and I created a folder called OS comments and now I'm bookmarking them... and the bookmark shows the title of the post and the author and then of course the link -- all the stuff I wanted in my own log. And I can copy them if I want the bookmark list on my own hard drive.
Pretty simple after my long tedious work-around. If someone else has posted this, I apologize -- I didn't see this particular tip anywhere.
Hope this helps someone else.
addendum. all about easy: i can hit my apple (command) key plus D and it brings up the add bookmark menu....
addendum2: from mishima666... you can google to find all your posts and all your comments, too -- just copy the piece of code below and substitute your own site/ screen name and wee what happens.
phSFca site:http://open.salon.com/content.php
TIP:
Enter the amount, and click "Tip" to submit!
Jay Kimball
Gavin Newsom
Dean Unick
Dry Fly
Catamitebastard
o'stephanie
Salon.com
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I found that if create a hierarchy it's helps as well, so I made an "OS" folder and within it I have 7 folders - one for each day of the week. When come back to the previous week's bookmarks , I delete them and begin anew.
thanks idaho. yeah, aren't those stats amazing?
good undertow -- glad you'll add it.
1. The second option below works better for me than the first:
[OS username] site:http://open.salon.com/content.php
[OS username] site:open.salon.com
2. For bookmarking, I go to the comment I want to bookmark and click on the date under the commenter's name. That adds the comment number to the URL in the navigation box. That URL will take you right to the comment, rather than just to the page.
Then I drag that URL from the navigation box to the place in my bookmarks I want to keep it.
This really should be a standard OS feature, as it is on other, similar sites.