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>You need to have a commenting system. Why? Lots of successful blogs don't have comments and there is a good argument to be made that comments make a blog wors
by minikites 5y ago
>You need to have a commenting system.
Why? Lots of successful blogs don't have comments and there is a good argument to be made that comments make a blog worse, not better.
- pier25 5y agoI pay a subscription to Brand New[1], which is a blog about branding and design. Sometimes the best content is in the comments. It also creates a sense of community. That blog is definitely niche, but you see people with your type of interests and ideas commenting there. [1] https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/ https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/
- systemvoltage 5y agoI’ve been reading it for 10+ years now. Highly recommend subscribing. It’s also depressing because I’m seeing how we are collectively regressing in graphic design and especially logo design.
- mavhc 5y agoImagine a website that was just people posting links and comments
- minikites 5y agoComments on an entirely unrelated site are very different from comments adjacent to the content.
- thunderbong 5y agoI see what you did there ;)
- ghaff 5y agoComments was this religious topic when blogging was getting popular along with other things associated with "real" blogs. Generally I think they're positive but if a given blog tends to attract a lot of low quality drive by comments, it's absolutely reasonable to turn them off.
- fomine3 5y agoAnyone still remember trackback?
- hsn915 5y agoI think If you didn't care about commenting you wouldn't have an account on HN? I guess if you don't want comments on your blog then a static site would make sense. I tried that route but the lack of engagement kills all motivation to post anything.