Following rails generator will copy default config file into your application
bundle exec rails g the_comments config
config/initializers/the_comments.rb
# TheComments.config.param_name => value
TheComments.configure do |config|
config.max_reply_depth = 3 # comments tree depth
config.tolerance_time = 5 # sec - after this delay user can post a comment
config.default_state = :draft # default state for comment
config.default_owner_state = :published # default state for comment for Moderator
config.empty_inputs = [:commentBody] # array of spam trap fields
config.default_title = 'Undefined title' # default commentable_title for denormalization
config.empty_trap_protection = true
config.tolerance_time_protection = true
end