I think it should be, like most views of any forum, user selectable, some folk love it because thats the way they work in social networking, others, like our very own DP addict (EDIT: have to clarify DP = Dr Pepper, didn't want to give Paul a reputation he hasn't earned ;)), hate it, so to give a better more flexible platform make more view options available in the usercp.

Really, I think its fantastic :D One of the stronger points of the software at this early stage until we can see what else is planned for it.

Maybe it's just cause I'm lazy, and I hate asking a question in a fast moving thread and then have to find the answer 5 pages down the road when a reply is actually posted to it :D

Hmm, now that I have spent more time testing the commenting system - I don't think I will be using it.

Why are all forum software's trying to look and act like facebook. Forums and Facebook are quite different. Maybe this is the forums revenge upon Facebook. Zuckerberg will faint if he sees vB5.

Anyway I also wont use the comment system though it may be useful in some categories. I hope there is a option to turn it off in selected forums.

vBulletin 5 Connect Beta 11 has been released today. There have been some bug fixes but no new features - especially those missing from vB4.