Beware the Comment Cliff: Have You Stepped Into the Abyss?

An annoying ambiguity about Medium’s 100-comment limit

For such a simple question, you’d think there’d be a simple answer.

How many times can you comment on Medium in a day?

Is a day 24 hours? Is it just part of a day? Medium answers inconsistently, and users are confused.

I was blocked from commenting recently, and rather than crying about it, I wrote an article saying “WTF?”

I then went straight to the source. No, not Neo going to the machine city. I asked Medium’s helpline. Their answer:

An earlier writer told of getting a similar, but I now notice, different response: “We allow 100 responses per 24 hours.” (Indigo)

All fine. Except then an alert reader gave another view:

Which is it, Medium?

Grandma Smillew and I are trying to figure it out for you. We’ll keep writing about it as long as you keep reading. #6