# I would like to use the comments as a read only activity log **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [November 13, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441 "2024-11-13T15:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kieran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/kieran/32/91_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.noloco.io/u/Kieran)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/1 "2024-11-13T15:26:58Z")
I love the comments component but don’t want the users to interact with it. Is there any way to turn off the ability to add a comment? I want to use it as an activity log that gets updated by workflows. ---
**Author:** ![darragh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/darragh/32/12_2.png) [@darragh](https://community.noloco.io/u/darragh)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/2 "2024-11-13T16:52:15Z")
Interesting suggestion @Kieran Would you want this to be controllable on a role-basis, or simply a switch on the component to control whether comments can be added? If anyone else has a similar use-case I’d love to hear it ---
**Author:** ![Kieran](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/kieran/32/91_2.png) [@Kieran](https://community.noloco.io/u/Kieran)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/3 "2024-11-13T18:35:06Z")
Hey @darragh I could work with both, and as I have your attention a way to configure the automatic email content when mentioning someone would be great as well. ---
**Author:** ![Tobias](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/tobias/32/252_2.png) [@Tobias](https://community.noloco.io/u/Tobias)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/4 "2024-11-14T05:48:11Z")
I would love to have both 🙂 As we are adding more activity we would love to record certain activities. I have done this in one instance, where I have created a log table in Airtable where stuff gets recorded. Activity logs will get increasingly important for us. A simple table with “user”, “date/time”, “collection”, “table” and one long text field, where the activity could be aggregated. If the whole thing could be action items for action buttons? Yes, I know I could build this as a Noloco table as well. But perhaps Activity Logs could be a “Feature”, as I am sure you have your own activity log running in the background already? ---
**Author:** ![ardaergin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@ardaergin](https://community.noloco.io/u/ardaergin)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:10am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/5 "2024-11-14T10:10:15Z")
I would love to have the activity log as a feature as well, rather than implementing workarounds by using Noloco tables or comments. ---
**Author:** ![darragh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/darragh/32/12_2.png) [@darragh](https://community.noloco.io/u/darragh)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/6 "2024-11-14T10:44:19Z")
Thanks for all the feedback folks! A native activity log is certainly on our radar - there’s bit of discussion about it already: > [@Activity log similar to Airtable?](https://community.noloco.io/t/activity-log-similar-to-airtable/811): > > Not sure this is possible but, has anyone come up with a unique way to access the Airtable activity log for a record from Noloco? Ideally the Noloco user wouldn’t have an airtable login and the Airtable base wouldn’t be public. ---
**Author:** ![rjp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@rjp](https://community.noloco.io/u/rjp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/7 "2024-11-20T15:50:57Z")
Would be fantastic to be able to list all comments separately without having to use the comment form ---
**Author:** ![SamEdwardsRVA](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.noloco.io/samedwardsrva/32/979_2.png) [@SamEdwardsRVA](https://community.noloco.io/u/SamEdwardsRVA)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://community.noloco.io/t/i-would-like-to-use-the-comments-as-a-read-only-activity-log/1441/8 "2024-11-21T04:07:01Z")
I haven’t gotten to the spot where we are using comments frequently yet but will be implementing shortly. Are comments currently visible for all users on a specific record or are they unique to the specific page that is displayed? We are going to have 3 tiers of users: Our internal team, our customers (businesses and their staff), and then their clients as well. If the comments are page specific that’s great but if they are visible on all page views for a record we would want the ability to turn them on and off based on permissions Again, just getting into Noloco and building things out over the last month so I haven’t really dug into the comment permissions / settings yet