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If I had a blog, I would skip any kind of commenting system altogether and just post a link to every article I write to HN, and include a link to the discussion
by jb1991 5y ago
If I had a blog, I would skip any kind of commenting system altogether and just post a link to every article I write to HN, and include a link to the discussion on HN in the article, and let HN be my commenting system. It would probably get more visibility, have better discussions, and even if the link was never seen by anyone on HN, it would still offer a place for discussion for a while. You would have the benefit of letting the HN community be a filter of who gets to respond, which I think is a pretty good filter.
- rogual 5y agoNot sure, but it might get you banned. HN rules say it's okay to post your own stuff "occasionally". Don't know how they interpret it, though.
- jb1991 5y agoIndeed. Apparently I need to read the manual.
- dredmorbius 5y agoHN admins are pretty responsive on that. Since a lot of the awareness comes from reader reports, what HN members have as thresholds has a lot to say about this. I'd strongly recommend keeping at or below a 1:10 ratio.
- helsinkiandrew 5y agoWouldn’t posting everyone of your posts to HN be against the guidelines: “Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff occasionally, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.”
- jb1991 5y agoWell there goes that idea.
- istjohn 5y agoWith regard to the concerns that this use of HN may be unwelcome, perhaps there is an opportunity here for a 3rd party website designed for this usecase. But maybe we're just redesigning Disqus at that point?
- dredmorbius 5y agoUsing a microblogging platform such as Mastodon as your commenting system is an option. I'd still plan on curating those comments, probably through a mix of filters, allowlists/blocklists, and manual processing.