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We’re back again with another roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.

In this weekly segment, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We’re always looking for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

This week, the Mashable community most discussed topics included Twitter’s reaction to the death of Whitney Houston and Apple’s announcement of Mac OS X Mountain Lion.

Take a look at this week’s top comments on Mashable:

Twitter Reliability

Jonathan Lynn shares his view on the relationship between traditional media and social media when the rumor of Whitney Houston's death spread on Twitter.

Original comment posted on:
Twitter Breaks Whitney Houston Death News 27 Minutes Before Press

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Another week, another round-up of top comments on Mashable!

In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We expecially look for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

Take a look at this week’s top comments on Mashable:

Johan Grönwall

Johan Grönwall discusses why he believes Samsung's anti-apple campaign will backfire.

Original comment found at -

Why Didn’t Apple Advertise During the Super Bowl?

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Galaxy Note Super Bowl Ad Inspires Twitter Backlash

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We’re back with our weekly top comments from the Mashable community.

Each week we highlight a few of the outstanding comments from our readers. The Mashable community team is always on the lookout for insightful, dynamic, and engaging comments that spark conversation.

This week’s big news was the Facebook IPO. We saw great conversation on everything from our continual IPO coverage to our Facebook posts about Pinterest.

Have a look at the best comments of the week on Mashable below.

Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble has some fantastic suggestions for people with cluttered news feeds on Facebook. Comment originally seen on Facebook Subscribe is Ruining the News Feed

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Facebook broke a Guinness World Record this week — and no, this doesn’t have to do with the company’s much-anticipated IPO.

Fans of the Zynga game FrontierVille sought and set a World Record, posting over 1,001,600 comments on a single item. If nothing else gives away the string of more than 1 million comments, the name of the group — Ffgpioneers/gwr/attempt — states the purpose of the charade was to land in The Guinness Book of World Records.

Tracey Hodgson’s Oct. 30, 2011 post received comments from 107 FrontierVille fans over the last three months, more than doubling the previous record set by Italy’s Roberto Esposito, according to Guinness World Records.

The record setting post read, “hi all!!! , hope everyone is ok today , this is ‘the one’, please talk about anything you like here, whatever you want to talk about, change topic whenever you like also, just have fun , . so how are you all today?( please someone speak quick or i’ll have no nails left!!!) ;-) x x x.”

Hodgson says she took up FrontierVille after her daughter started playing on her Facebook account. She wanted to set the record to show the strength of the FrontierVille community, with which she had become deeply involved.

“I began to play myself, and then got involved in helping with the game’s community groups as an administrator,” she told Guinness. “My friend Nattie Murphy saw the previous record and suggested I try to break it — it sounded like a great idea for our group to show what we are capable of when we work together”

According to Hodgson, the record was set largely due to four of the 107 commenters.

What do you think, is this a proud display of the FrontierVille community’s unity or a big waste of time? Let us know in the comments.

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1. The Oregon Trail

The game that made dysentery fun was released as a Facebook app last February, much to the delight of grown-up school children everywhere. It's now social, of course, but the decision whether to ford the river is all your won.

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We’re back again with another roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.

In this weekly segment, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We’re always looking for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

This week, the Mashable community took an interest in the recent announcement of Facebook Timeline and coverage on the Presidential Campaign. This week’s comments truly made the Mashable team laugh and were loaded with plenty of different opinions.

Take a look at this week’s top comments on Mashable:

iPhone 5 Rumors

Brennan Stehling feels the iPhone 5 should not have a bigger screen. Earlier this week 9to5 Mac reported a rumor that the next iPhone will have a 4-inch screen.

Comment originally posted on: iPhone 5 Will Have 4-Inch Screen, Launch in Summer [RUMOR]

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We’re back again with another roundup of the top Mashable comments of the week.

In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We always look for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

This week, the Mashable community took an interest in coverage of SOPA and Apple’s launch of their new iBook authoring tool. The top comments were loaded with strong ideas and well-supported opinions. Take a look at this week’s top comments on Mashable:

Transforming Education

Chris Anderson shares his opinion on Apple's new iBooks authoring tool. He says the new system is restricting in some ways and needs improvement.

Comment originally posted on: Why the iPad Won’t Transform Education — Yet

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Facebook has launched Comments Box for mobile, making it easier for users to interact on the site when browsing on their mobile device.

Installing the plugin is simple: if your website has the Comments Box plugin installed, the mobile variant will automatically appear on the mobile version of your site.

The comments can be moderated, and Facebook is using a special “social relevance” algorithm to detect the most relevant comments for each user.

The Comments Box, argues Facebook, is useful since it’s adding to the quality of the conversation as well as social relevancy and social distribution. Facebook’s best practices for implementing the Comments Box on your website can be found here (PDF link).

Facebook has recently been focused on improving user interaction on third party websites. In December 2011, Facebook launched the “Subscribe” button for websites, allowing visitors to begin following updates from journalists, celebrities, politicians and public figures.

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Facebook has launched Comments Box for mobile, making it easier for users to interact on the site when browsing on their mobile device.

Installing the plugin is simple: if your website has the Comments Box plugin installed, the mobile variant will automatically appear on the mobile version of your site.

The comments can be moderated, and Facebook is using a special “social relevance” algorithm to detect the most relevant comments for each user.

The Comments Box, argues Facebook, is useful since it’s adding to the quality of the conversation as well as social relevancy and social distribution. Facebook’s best practices for implementing the Comments Box on your website can be found here (PDF link).

Facebook has recently been focused on improving user interaction on third party websites. In December 2011, Facebook launched the “Subscribe” button for websites, allowing visitors to begin following updates from journalists, celebrities, politicians and public figures.

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We’re kicking off 2012 with a new roundup of top Mashable comments of the week.

In this post, we showcase the week’s best comments on our site. We always look for thoughtful comments that engage the community and drive more conversation, as well as those that make us laugh.

The Mashable community had some great conversations this week, loaded with strong opinions, awesome feedback — and most of all, they were fun to read. Take a look at this week’s top comments on Mashable:

Klout Perks for Mobile

Michael Bauser asks a question about the purpose of a Klout mobile app. He proposed an idea of using a person's Klout score for geosocial perks for local merchants.

Comment originally posted on: Klout Confirms ‘Mobile Component’ Is Coming

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Be sure to look for next week’s top comments roundup, especially since the Mashable team will be covering CES.

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One of the best parts about working in the Community department here at Mashable is getting to read and respond to the comments that you, our readers, leave on each article. Recently, we launched a new feature to showcase your best comments each week.

Included in our weekly roundup will be comments that are on-topic, thoughtful or just plain funny. We love how these kind of responses drive a conversation and entertain us and the rest of the Mashable community.

Here are this week’s top comments on Mashable:

What Do Google+ Brand Pages Need?

Brian Rich lets us know the 3 things that need to happen on Google+ brand pages for him to start becoming an active user of the service.

Comment posted on: "Google+ Brand Pages Are the “Wild West”– for Now"

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Want to be featured in our weekly round-up? It’s easy! First, sign up for Mashable Follow, our content curation and social space. Next, read our comment guidelines to get an idea of what we’re looking for. Finally, start posting!

We can’t wait to hear what you’ve got to say about the topics we love.

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