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Big Notion Energy this week: Notion's new database comments, bracing for the September rush and Olympic medal designs

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• This week’s ‘Hot Take’: 5 Ways to Use Notion’s Database Comments

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5 Ways to Use Notion’s Database Comments

Little quality of life update! You can now comment directly on Notion database properties. The image above shows which properties it works on and doesn’t work on.

My opinion? Pretty solid update. Although you can see comment threads perfectly in table view, flagging that in other views, you can only see if something has been commented on, but not the thread

If you/your team need help navigating Notion, happy to be your personal guide

Here are 5 ways I would use this in your team: