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So... after reading your post, I went over to reddit to try to figure out how to embed comment threads for use as a discussion section on a site. You know what
by Figs 9y ago
So... after reading your post, I went over to reddit to try to figure out how to embed comment threads for use as a discussion section on a site.
You know what? I can't find anything helpful on Reddit about how to do it.
I found how to embed reddit buttons easily enough (from the link on the bottom[1]). Checking the FAQ eventually led me to a page that says: "We’re working to support comment embeds shortly. We will update the publishers page and the FAQ when it’s out." [2]
Googled for it, and found an announcement blog[3] that made me realize "embed" exists under each comment. That only seems like a peculiar way of quoting a specific comment though -- and if there is some way of replying to comments through it or upvoting, I don't see how. I can't imagine anyone would want to have to comment on their own post in order to start a comment chain on their own site either.
Finally realized that "share" existed under each post as well. (Like 'embed', my brain just tunes that stuff out as junk -- seriously, why would I need help emailing a thread when I know how to copy and paste?) In addition to social media icons, there's a weird icon that seems to give you the option to embed a fancier looking link to a reddit thread. I don't see any comments attached to that in the preview though. This seems like the most likely place to find the functionality, but I'm not seeing it.
So, jedberg, I'm going to have to go with "no one knows how to do it" as the main reason that nobody embeds reddit comment threads for their own comment sections.
(Honestly though, I'd rather read reddit comments on reddit than have them embedded.)
[1]: https://www.reddit.com/buttons/ https://www.reddit.com/buttons/
[2]: https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/post-embed-information/what-about-comments-will-you-be-supporting-embeddable https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/reddit-101/post-emb...
[3]: https://redditblog.com/2015/03/23/announcing-embeddable-comment-threads/ https://redditblog.com/2015/03/23/announcing-embeddable-comm...