Using Hyvor Talk
This page gives those new to Hyvor Talk a brief explanation of how to do the basics on the platform. For those of you who are used to Disqus, some things are very similar, and some are quite different.
You can use the links here to access a particular section on this page.
Setting Up A Hyvor Talk Account
OK, first off, you need to create a Hyvor account, which can be done here: https://hyvor.com/signup
Your username needs to be unique.
Once created, you will have an account page: https://hyvor.com/account
There, you can change settings such as your profile picture, email address, username, display name, bio, etc.
Your username needs to be unique.
You can access this at any time just by clicking/tapping your avatar at the top of any Hyvor thread.
This pop-up opens.
That is where you can access your account and log out, if you wish.
Below that, you can see Comments, Blocked, and Settings.
Comments shows the comments you have made on the site. The total amount and comments shown reflect only comments made on each site that you are currently viewing your profile on. It does not include comments made on other Hyvor-enabled sites.
Blocked is where you manage any users that you have blocked.
And Settings is where you can manage the email notifications for each Hyvor-enabled site.
Unlike Disqus, Hyvor doesn’t have a standalone profile showing all your comments or a notifications page showing all replies from everywhere as web notifications. All is dealt with individually on each site.
By default, emails are sent out for replies made to you on this site or when you are @mentioned here. But Settings is where you can turn those on and off as you desire.
Ok, that’s the account all set up, so now we can look at how to use it.
Replies and Finding New Comments
When someone has replied to you, the notifications bell at the top of the thread will show a small red circle showing the number of unread replies.
Click/tap on the bell, and a list of the replies you have received will show.
To go to each one, simply click/tap on it, and you will be auto-scrolled to the reply.
When new comments have been made on a thread since your last visit, you will see them highlighted in green.
From the top of the thread, if you click/tap “z”, that keyboard shortcut will auto-scroll you down to the next unread comment.
When you have read that, click/tap “z” again to scroll to the next unread comment, and so on as you work your way down the thread.
As you do that, the comments will be automatically marked as read.
To return to the top of the thread to make a new comment, click/tap “n”.
This is the list of all the keyboard shortcuts possible on Hyvor Talk.
When they refer to a “focused comment”, they mean when you have it currently selected on the thread.
Focused/selected comments will have a thin red border.
Commenting
Most of this is pretty intuitive, and things work pretty much the same as on Disqus.
The comment box has seven icons at the bottom.
From left to right, these are the emoji picker, the image upload button, the GIF search button (which is powered by Tenor), the link button, and then the text formatting options, which are bold, italics and quote.
Adding Images and GIFs
PNG, JPG/JPEG, GIF and WebP formats are supported.
To add an image or GIF from your device, click/tap the image upload button and navigate to the image/GIF and open it.
The image/GIF will preview in the comment box, and you can then post the comment.
Using the Image upload option, you can also add links to images/GIFs on the Internet to embed those.
First, copy the link to the chosen image/GIF.
Then click/tap the image upload button and paste the link into the paste URL box.
Click/tap Add, and the image/GIF will embed.
Adding Videos and Links
For sharing a video or music, you can just copy a link from YouTube, X, Bluesky, Facebook, etc., and paste it into the box, and for most sites, it will automatically embed. You will see “Loading embed…” briefly, and then the video will preview. You can then post it.
Those links that aren’t embeddable, you won’t see loading embed, and it will just show the clickable link.
Editing and Deleting
You can edit your comment after posting, but how long after posting that is allowed for is controlled by each site. There is no default 7 days as Disqus has. It can be any length of time, from one minute to forever.
Here, it is currently set to 24 hours.
When you delete comments, you will be given a confirmation prompt before the comment is deleted. Any comment deletion made by the user is permanent.
Tagging Another User To A Comment
You can only @mention someone who has already made at least one published comment on a site.
To do this, type @, and the various users you can tag are shown.
You can click/tap on the one you want, or start typing the username—not the display name—to narrow down the options if there is a long list of users shown.
Searching The Comments
There is also a search function, where you can search for a particular comment on a thread using keywords.
Click/tap on the magnifying glass icon under the top comment box on the right.
Simply type in a keyword or words to search, and the matching comments will be shown.
To return to the thread, click/tap on “< back”, or to go to one of the comments, click/tap on the timestamp for it.
A new tab will open showing the comment you have selected.
If the comment is a reply to another, and you want to see the comment it was a reply to, click/tap on “Show parent comment”.
You will then see that comment as well as any other comments made as replies to it.
