ilyessAug 11, 2025

If you have a blog, what do you use for comment management?

#blog #comments #indieWeb #poll

Third party comment provider like Disqus or Github
13.4%
Native comment management
35.8%
Webmentions
17.9%
Other (please specify in the comments)
32.8%
Poll ended at .
Show threadIrgndSonDeppAug 12, 2025

@ilyess I announce all new blog posts on Fedi and add a link to that Fedi post in the blog post.
For a while I displayed a static copy of all the Fedi replies on my posts, but I felt like it didn't add much and just cluttered the page.
I wrote about the technical implementation (with Hugo) here

https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/tech/static-comments-for-my-static-blog/

. Doing it without JavaScript is a terrible idea and requires you to constantly rebuild your static page. I just did it to prove that I can. Well... and I want to keep my blog free of JS for as long as possible.

If you're going for something like that, I like @beejjorgensen 's approach way better:

https://beej.us/blog/data/mastodon-comments/

Schafe sind bessere Rasenmäher | Static comments for my static blog

Show threadIrgndSonDepp
@ilyess Of course with Fedi you'll need to build your own moderation system, which can be as easy as blocking certain usernames and/or reply ids. But it doesn't come with it out if the box.
And then there are people who set their posts to be deleted after X, which may break the flow of conversation in the replies.
On my old account I had set all Fedi posts to expire after 3 months, which was also part of why I decided to remove the comments from my blog. They would have disappeared eventually anyway.
Aug 12, 2025 at 5:16amWeb
Show threadilyessAug 12, 2025
@irgndsondepp That's a good point! Moderation is a big one. I'm not sure how this strategy would scale. The fediverse isn't immune to nasty content and trolls, unfortunately.
Show threadIrgndSonDeppAug 12, 2025
@ilyess Yeah. And when you've blocked the trolls on your account or instance, that means you no longer "see" the nasty stuff, but it's still there. In the worst case it gets mirrored as comments to your blog without you noticing at all. 😬
Show threadilyessAug 13, 2025
@irgndsondepp Yeah, so you have to find another way of filtering out bad comments/commenters on your website. The blog post you linked suggests to maintain a set of reply/account IDs to keep out of the comments list, which works but boy does it sound tedious. 😅