Big Nate Comment Section

The Big Nate Comment Section or BNCS for short is the main discussion board on the GoComics website for the Big Nate comic strip.

Overview
The Big Nate Comment Section is very different from other comment sections on the GoComics Website. Unlike other comment sections, the Big Nate Comment Section is often filled with irrelevant comments, mainly consisting of polls and spam. These polls and irrelevant comments often result in controversy between GoComics users, which would then lead up to "wars."

The Comment Section Structure
Comments follow a fixed structure, as shown below.

User
Every comment displays the GoComics user who posted it, and his/her avatar. If the user has no avatar, it will simply display the default GoComics avatar.

Timestamp
All comments also have timestamps. When the comment was posted less than a day prior to the viewing of the comment, the timestamp is rounded to the nearest hour.

After the first day, comment timestamps are rounded to the nearest day. After one month, comment timestamps are rounded to the nearest month. After one year, comment timestamps are rounded to the nearest year.

Likes & Replies
At the bottom of every comment, the like and reply counts are displayed if you click the heart you can see who liked the comment. Users can choose to like or reply to comments by clicking on the correct button. The comment with the most replies gets featured.

Flagging
Any comments that are deemed inappropriate by the commenters can be flagged for the moderators to check.

Featured Comment
Featured Comment is one of the main controversial features of the Big Nate Comment Section. It is given to the comment with the most replies. When there is a tie between comments for the most replies, the newest posted comment becomes featured.

The only exception to this rule is Creator Comments. Any comments written by the creator, Lincoln Peirce, will become featured regardless of the number of replies.

Spam
Spam is the main cause of Featured Comment wars. Many troll accounts have commented, and then spammed the reply section to get featured. This spam often resulted in other commenters criticizing and berating the spammers for their behavior. However, often the spammer would not reply to comments, but just spam.

Nonetheless, most featured comments obtained by spamming are deleting by the moderators.

Current Moderators
The Big Nate Comment Section has the most moderator activity out of all the GoComics Comment Sections. This is mainly due to the excessive spam, language, and irrelevant/inappropriate comments that are posted. Moderators have a dark violet tag displaying next to their usernames.

GoComics Moderators possess the power to delete comments and ban users.

Known Moderators

 * Miamo
 * GMod
 * John Glynn

Bannings
Banning users is one of the primary powers that GoComics moderators possess. Banned users can still access the GoComics website freely, but their actions in the comment section are not displayed to other users. For example, banned commenters' replies are not visible to any other users.

Appeals
Banned users have the right to contact GoComics staff to ask about their ban. However, often times, bans are not reverted.

Evasion
Numerous users have evaded GoComics bans. The primary method is by using a Virtual Private Network, or VPN, but some users have managed to evade bans with other methods.

The List of all banned users can be found here.

Flagging Comments
Every comment can be flagged innappropriate by commenters if they wish to. Doing so will put the comment under review by moderators. They can choose to delete or ignore the flagged comment(s).



Once a comment is flagged, the flag icon to the right of the comment will turn dark red. Commenters can choose to un-flag comments by simply clicking on the flag icon again.

Liking Comments
All comments can be liked, or upvoted by clicking the LIKE button under each comment. This feature has not been known to cause controversy, mainly due to the lack of advantage one can gain from getting a liked comment.

Some people like to farm likes off sentimental things which angers the community.

Wars
When controversies get out of hand, "wars" can sometimes occur. The following are the best known wars:

The Poll War (from War Correspondent Gollum)

Poll war II (From the perspective of Meme Squad)

Poll War III (In The Perspective Of ComicsCreatorz)

The 2021 Spammer War

Often times, wars are "fought" against a certain user or a group of users with a common malicious incentive.