This trick works on Elgg 2 too.

like a Charm!

public function canComment($user_guid = 0, $default = null) {
    return false;
}

public function canComment($user_guid = 0, $default = null) {
   $result = parent::canComment($user_guid, $default);

   if (!$result) {
      return $result;
   }

   return true;
}

Thanks! Now is there anyway scrapping links in those generic comments?

hmmm something is filtering out links in those & it's not HTMLawed...

https://github.com/hypeJunction/hypeScraper/releases/download/5.5.0/hypeScraper-5.5.0.zip

In settings:

• Linkify longtext output  Yes
• Default Preview Type   Player

Any clue where  the code for these "Generic Comments" is located?

in v2.3:  /vendor/elgg/elgg/engine/lib/comments.php ?

something is filtering/deleting all my html upon saving generic comments... and it's not htmlawed

thanks.. had 5.5.2 installed... no player option... installing scraper from your github link

no player option..

In the hypeScraper's settings.

something is filtering/deleting all my html upon saving generic comments... and it's not htmlawed

1 - Disable htmlawed plugin, clean the caches to check that it's not htmlawed

2 - Disable all 3-rd party plugins, clean the caches and try again.

If the filtering will be work, try to enable 3-rd party plugins one-by-one until you find the problem plugin.