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Q&A It should be more clear what comment an attribution belongs to

I altered a few settings to give some options. None of these are finished but should hopefully give starting points for further discussion of which things to change and how much. The effects are ex...

posted 1mo ago by trichoplax‭ · edited 1mo ago by trichoplax‭

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trichoplax‭ · 2024-09-16T20:32:54Z (about 1 month ago)
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I altered a few settings to give some options. None of these are finished but should hopefully give starting points for further discussion of which things to change and how much. The effects are exaggerated for ease of discussion, but could be made more subtle once an approach is settled on.
## Current style
~~![A comment thread with the current style](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/s0wr0h38sjztoxk8xamku3uquzbz)~~
## Empty space around each comment
~~![A comment thread with empty space around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/rtk1begixpkyd8n0lm54lbgpzkff)~~
## Border around each comment
~~![A comment thread with empty space and a border around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/5xg66yqclgt93o3wbygiru06307c)~~
## Without redundant internal borders
~~![A comment thread with a border around the username and comment but no borders between](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/o6ya2rb1x34p3h7i82e22xu0x5dq)~~
## Background colour for separation
~~![A comment thread with a purple background behind the boxes of username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dyyqrihd3mzus9e6d8k6he98owo5)~~

I altered a few settings to give some options. None of these are finished but should hopefully give starting points for further discussion of which things to change and how much. The effects are exaggerated for ease of discussion, but could be made more subtle once an approach is settled on.
## Current style
> ![A comment thread with the current style](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/s0wr0h38sjztoxk8xamku3uquzbz)
## Empty space around each comment
> ![A comment thread with empty space around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/rtk1begixpkyd8n0lm54lbgpzkff)
## Border around each comment
> ![A comment thread with empty space and a border around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/5xg66yqclgt93o3wbygiru06307c)
## Without redundant internal borders
> ![A comment thread with a border around the username and comment but no borders between](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/o6ya2rb1x34p3h7i82e22xu0x5dq)
## Background colour for separation
> ![A comment thread with a purple background behind the boxes of username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dyyqrihd3mzus9e6d8k6he98owo5)

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trichoplax‭ · 2024-09-16T20:31:06Z (about 1 month ago)

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I altered a few settings to give some options. None of these are finished but should hopefully give starting points for further discussion of which things to change and how much. The effects are exaggerated for ease of discussion, but could be made more subtle once an approach is settled on.

## Current style
![A comment thread with the current style](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/s0wr0h38sjztoxk8xamku3uquzbz)

## Empty space around each comment
![A comment thread with empty space around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/rtk1begixpkyd8n0lm54lbgpzkff)

## Border around each comment
![A comment thread with empty space and a border around the username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/5xg66yqclgt93o3wbygiru06307c)

## Without redundant internal borders
![A comment thread with a border around the username and comment but no borders between](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/o6ya2rb1x34p3h7i82e22xu0x5dq)

## Background colour for separation
![A comment thread with a purple background behind the boxes of username and comment](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/dyyqrihd3mzus9e6d8k6he98owo5)

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