Comment on a post

One of the perks of being a member is commenting on the work your creators share with you. Comments are a great way to show your love and communicate with a creator’s community. This article will detail how to add your comment on the desktop and mobile app. All comments should abide by Patreon’s Community Guidelines, which act as the guardrails detailing the sorts of behaviors that are permitted and prohibited on Patreon.

If you see that commenting has been disabled on a post, it means that the creator has set comment access to paid members only or they’ve disabled commenting for their post(s). Learn more about disabled comments.

How to add comments

• Let your voice be heard! You can add a comment to posts you have comment access to.

  1. To add your comment, click on the comment field box and type your comment
     • You may need to first click Comment to expand the comment section
  2. Click the Reply button or type the Return/Enter key on your keyboard to add your comment

  Replying to a comment

  1. Click on the post you'd like to view
  2. Click Comment
  3. Find the comment you'd like to respond to and select Comment below it
  4. Type your comment, and once you're happy with it, click the Reply button or hit the Return/Enter key on your keyboard — Your comment will be threaded under the comment you are replying to

  Editing or deleting a comment

  1. Revisit the post that you left the comment on and click More
  2. Click on the Edit or Delete button, depending on the action you’d like to take

• Make sure you’re using the latest version of the Patreon app for Android or the Patreon app for iOS. While logged in to the Patreon app, you can comment on any post you have comment access to. To leave a comment via the app:

  1. Tap on the post you’d like to view
  2. Tap Comment to add your comment or scroll down to the comments section
  3. Once you’re happy with your comment, tap Send to load your comment

  Adding an image to your comment (Early access)

  1. While writing your comment, tap Add image to attach a photo from your device’s gallery
  2. Once you’re happy with your comment, tap Send to load your comment

  Adding an image to a comment is an early access feature, rolling out automatically to a limited number of creator communities — there’s nothing you need to do on your end. If your creator’s community has this enabled, you’ll see the option to Add image next to the comment field box.

  Replying to a comment

  1. Tap on the post you’d like to view
  2. Tap Comments
  3. Once in the comments section of a post, find the comment you’d like to respond to and select Comment below it
  4. Type your comment, and once you’re happy with it, tap Send to load your reply — Your comment will be threaded under the comment you are replying to

  Editing or deleting your comment

  1. Tap on the post you want to edit your comment for
  2. Tap Comments
  3. Locate your comment and tap More
  4. From here, you can edit or delete your comment

Creator likes

If a creator likes your comment, you’ll see a badge on your comment with their profile image. You can hover over the badge to see the creator’s name.

FAQ

• You can only view the comments section of posts you have comment access to. This means that if the post is for paid members and you’re no longer a paid member, you won’t be able to edit or reply to comments for that post any longer.
• No. Your comment can be viewed by the creator and other fellow members who have access to the same post.
• Unfortunately, there’s no way to guarantee that a creator will interact with their comments. Some creators have very active members, and comments can be missed. If you want to send your creator a personal note thanking them, you can send them a direct message

• In order to leave comments on a creator's public post, you'll need to have an active membership with the creator. If the creator has set their comment access to all members, you can have either a free or paid membership. If the creator has set comment access for only paid members, you’ll need to select a paid offering to add your comment(s).

  Learn more about why you may not have comment access

• Yes! If you are a creator, you'll be able to comment on creators’ posts that you have comment access to.
• Not yet everywhere. This is currently an early access feature available to a limited number of creator communities, so you may see this option on some posts and not others. It’s only available in the Patreon mobile app for now — desktop doesn’t have it yet.