# Facebook: commenting on newsfeed items

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049 "2014-08-07T18:30:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049/1 "2014-08-07T18:30:39Z")

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Sometimes, when reading my friends’ posts, I’d like to add my comments. There is not always a place to type my comments, however, despite other comments having been already added.

Why?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049/2 "2014-08-07T18:33:45Z")

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It was answered in your duplicate thread:

> **[Facebook: Why no "Comment" for some posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730499)**
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> I mostly go to Facebook to see what my friends are posting, but occasionally, I will see a post that I would like to comment on. Sometimes, though, there is no place to put a comment, even though I see other people’s comments. Sometimes, there is a...

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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049/3 "2014-08-07T18:38:50Z")

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Sometimes, when starting a new thread, I cannot see that thread, so I think that I may have clicked on Preview Post, instead of Submit. So, I start another thread. Then, later when I look at the forum, I see that I have created TWO threads.

Sorry.

\<slinks away with tail tucked between legs\>

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-commenting-on-newsfeed-items/695049/4 "2014-08-07T18:53:27Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Since this is a duplicate, I’ll just close this one.

Thread closed.