Yes. SleekView reads the same Thrive Comments tables regardless of how the plugin was installed, so the standalone build and the Thrive Suite bundle behave identically. Every vote, badge, and moderation field is exposed through the standard schema, which means the board renders the same way for both distributions.

Each card has an optional inline reply action that opens the same Thrive Comments reply editor used on the original post. You can also keep the board upvote-only and link the card title back to the post for a full reply view, depending on whether you want the board to be a destination or a hub.

Reputation points are awarded by Thrive Comments itself based on writes into wp_tcm_votes. Because SleekView upvotes go through the same write path, every point that would normally be granted on the post page is granted from the board too. There is no double counting and no missed reputation event.

Yes. Each SleekView block has its own data filter, so you can scope a board to threads on posts in a category, with a specific tag, or visible only to logged in users with a given role. That makes it easy to publish a public board per topic plus a private board for paying members.

Live mode uses an efficient websocket channel that pushes only deltas, not full payloads, so a vote spike from a launch or social share stays well within typical hosting capacity. If you prefer a leaner setup, you can switch to a thirty second polling refresh and still keep the board feeling current.

Yes. SleekView calls into Thrive's vote logic for every write, which means rate limits, captcha rules, and anti-spam filters apply to board upvotes exactly the way they do to in-thread votes. There is no separate vote pipeline to harden against abuse, the existing Thrive policies carry over.

Yes. The SleekView toolbar includes a CSV export that honors the current filter, so you can pull the top fifty threads of the month, every Bug-tagged thread that is still Open, or any other slice into a spreadsheet in one click. The export carries titles, vote totals, statuses, and category labels.

Yes. SleekView never owns the Thrive Comments data, it only reads from and writes to the tables Thrive already manages. Removing SleekView leaves every thread, vote, and badge exactly where Thrive expects them, so the original comment display keeps working with no migration or rebuild step.