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Prioritize High-Like Comments Across Facebook

Quickly spot viral engagement or potential brand risk by filtering and alerting on comments with high like counts.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

If you don't see this feature, reach out to your CSM to get it activated for you.

Why Comment Likes Matter

Likes on a comment signal traction. Whether it’s excitement, frustration, or humor — the more likes, the more visible and influential the comment becomes. This makes them a key signal for both engagement and escalation workflows.


🔍 Use Cases

  • Spot viral engagement: Surface comments with 500+ likes to track what’s resonating.

  • Prioritize replies: Focus moderation and community management on high-traction comments.

  • Monitor sentiment impact: Measure how many people agree with negative or positive comments.


How to Filter Comments by Like Count

Use filters to find comments within specific like thresholds.

Steps:

  1. Go to the Filters section.

  2. Select Comment likes.

  3. Choose the threshold(s) you want — e.g., “50,001–75,000”, “Over 100,000”.

  4. View only the comments within that engagement band.

💡 Tip: Use this with a Sentiment filter to isolate high-like negative or positive comments.


Set Up Alerts for High-Like Comments

Create workflows that notify your team when a comment crosses a set like threshold.

Steps:

  1. Go to Workflows.

  2. Create a new alert.

  3. In the Triggers, choose:

    • Comment likes > set your threshold (e.g., “Over 10,000”)

  4. Define your alert recipients.

  5. Save and activate.

📌 Best Practice:
Build two separate workflows:

  • One for Positive/Neutral sentiment → Engage, amplify, or highlight.

  • One for Negative sentiment → Escalate to support or brand protection teams.

Each should trigger different actions.


When to Use This

  • During campaign launches or crisis events

  • To amplify brand love or contain misinformation

  • To optimize moderation workflows and avoid missing viral moments


Updates to Comment Likes

Here’s how we keep comment like counts accurate across platforms:

Facebook
Comment like counts update in real time. Every time someone likes a comment, we receive an event from Facebook and immediately reflect the new total in your dashboard (counting towards the threshold)

Instagram (Coming Soon)
Instagram comment likes update periodically. When a post gets a new comment, we trigger a refresh that updates all existing comments and their like counts (up to 10,000 per post). Instagram like counts won’t appear instantly — they refresh based on post activity.

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