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[rendx]

A somewhat related solution for comments is to piggyback on the Mastodon ecosystem, which I really like: https://carlschwan.eu/2020/12/29/adding-comments-to-your-sta...

[yawnxyz → rendx]

that requires very sophisticated users and ends up alienating most ppl on the web (basically this'll only work for tech users)

[Igelau → yawnxyz]

> that requires very sophisticated users

For a commenting system, that sounds more like a feature than an issue to me.

[FalconSensei → yawnxyz]

yeah, I doubt any of my visitors have a mastodon account

[villasv → rendx]

Or hook up webmentions with something like https://brid.gy/

[uneekname → villasv]

See also https://webmention.io/