# comments (communication)

a message that a person adds to a post and expresses something

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: communication  ·  Arena: comments

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [message](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-message.information), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [post](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-post.mail), [add](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-add.operation), [says](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-says.speech)

**Through:** people add a message to a post and express something through it

**Novel properties:**
- attributed authorship
- contextual expression
- asynchronous response

## Examples
- Users added comments to a Reddit post about the 2023 Turkey earthquake, sharing rescue updates and personal stories. *(computing)*
- Visitors signed the guestbook with comments at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, reflecting on the exhibit. *(institutions)*
- Scientists attached comments to raw climate data in the NOAA archive, noting instrument calibration dates and anomalies. *(science)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comments.communication.json*  
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