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Setting up a server and installing commenting software, and configuring OpenAuth etc login takes some time. If you want to skip all that, you can use Effective
by KajMagnus 9y ago
Setting up a server and installing commenting software, and configuring OpenAuth etc login takes some time.
If you want to skip all that, you can use Effective Discussions embedded comments, demo: https://www.kajmagnus.blog/new-embedded-comments https://www.kajmagnus.blog/new-embedded-comments. It's open source (https://github.com/debiki/ed-server https://github.com/debiki/ed-server, I'm developing it), no ads, and has the features Schnack has (notifications via email) and some unique things people here at HN might like:
https://www.effectivediscussions.org/-32/how-hacker-news-can-be-improved-3-things https://www.effectivediscussions.org/-32/how-hacker-news-can...
Go to https://www.effectivediscussions.org/ https://www.effectivediscussions.org/ and click Create Forum and then choose Blog Comments if you want to try it out. (I hope some self promotion is ok.) It's also lightweight, just a 140 kb Javascript bundle.
- gka 9y agoI wouldn’t exactly call 140k „lightweight“ ;-)
- KajMagnus 9y agoI suppose it depends on with what one compares. Compared with Disqus, which is, according to the article, about 750 kb, then, light-weigth. Compared with Schnack, then not light-weight. So, maybe both "yes" and "no" makes sense. Anyway it loads quickly on my mobile phone (before I've scrolled down to the blog comments if I start scrolling directly) — maybe that's what matters, anything else people aren't going to notice anyway. ... Hmm unless they're on a slow 3G connection, then would be good if I could remove more js.