Thu Aug 20 2026
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Banned Users Are Now Searchable
The Banned Users page now has a search row, so you can find a ban by email, name, who issued it, or the comment that caused it.
The Banned Users page now has a search row, so you can find a ban by email, name, who issued it, or the comment that caused it.
You can now spin up AI Agents that read every new comment, reply in your voice, escalate the hard calls, and award badges to your best contributors. They run on your schedule, inside your budget, and only do what you let them.
The lock icon finally shows up on locked comments, and locked comments can no longer be edited or deleted until an admin unlocks them.
The FastComments moderation page now shows a live notification when new comments arrive that match your current filters.
Power users can now moderate comments entirely from the keyboard with a full set of shortcuts for navigation, actions, and more.
Keep your comment section safe with this update.
Some communities want to restrict the languages used. This can now be done with FastComments.
Moderators can now award or remove badges from users directly from the comment moderation page, without having to go to the comment thread viewer.
FastComments now lets you search by page and user in the comment moderation page.
FastComments has always allowed you to mark comment threads readonly via code or customization rules, but now it can easily be done from the comment widget itself.