alt Hacker NewsIf you're referring to comments on the website, I plan to keep it minimal (the text version is a static site).
If you're referring to comments on blogs in general, I have many thoughts. Back in the day, comments used to be how you connected with people and let other people find you. It also came with spam (spam plugins could only do so much).
With the rise of static site generators, most people don't have comments on their blogs now. It is something I miss though.
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Siecje • today at 5:45 PM
There is cusdis[1] for comments on a static site.
setnone • today at 2:09 PM
My literal brain pictured blogosphere's frontpage as something with users, rankings and comments on the websibe.
But moderation and spam are still the hardest problems indeed.
I haven’t had comments on my blog for over a decade now and I don’t miss them. For every useful and informative comment I got several spammy or rude reply. Anyone who wants to let me know something about my blog can message me on social media.
I’ve seen blogs that do not host comments themselves but instead automatically surface social media (usually mastodon) comments which I think is a useful technique.