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Every time this DIY reply comes it misses the fact that the platforms take care of commenting (account management, moderation), something that's more or less im
by rendaw 4y ago
Every time this DIY reply comes it misses the fact that the platforms take care of commenting (account management, moderation), something that's more or less impossible for a DIY solution.
Twitter/FB/etc make commenting painless because everyone has an account and is already logged in. This at least has the potential to get to that position. DIY doesn't.
- sixstringtheory 4y agoI actually don’t want comments on my site. No comments, no user database. HN or Reddit can be my comment site, if anyone actually read my blog :P Or people can write their own blog post in response and host it on their site.
- wishinghand 4y agoCool. But do most others want that?
- systemvoltage 4y ago> the platforms take care of commenting (account management, moderation), something that's more or less impossible for a DIY solution. This could be a bug, not a feature if you look at it from indie-bloggers' perspective. The DIY types are not target audience for the solution you're proposing. There is a space for both 1) Substack-like platforms 2) DIY indie blogs. Some cool things about DIY blogs: - Email them! You can make friends by just emailing people. Private conversations. - No censorship, this is a complex topic but DIY'ers probably consider censorship a bug than a feature. - Custom design and personality - Self-hosting pride
- grvdrm 4y ago> There is a space for both 1) Substack-like platforms 2) DIY indie blogs. Well said. The outcome doesn't need to be that one dies and the other survives. So much falls into the "there is one ideal way to do this" trap.
- Chris2048 4y ago> platforms take care of commenting (account management, moderation) You can embed services such as discourse, and in this case (Nicheless) it appears responses are private anyway.