A static blog with the fediverse as its comment system

Description and use

<p>I wanted a blog with comments and without a comment system. Comment forms attract spam the moment a page is indexed; a comment database is one more thing to back up and patch; third-party widgets bring tracking. Meanwhile I already run a single-user Mastodon instance where the conversation would happen anyway.</p> <p>So the design: <strong>publish on my own site, announce on the fediverse, and let the announcement be the comment thread.</strong> The post page fetches the replies to its own toot (and its Bluesky post) and shows them underneath. Readers reply where they already have an accoun

Problem

<p>I wanted a blog with comments and without a comment system. Comment forms attract spam the moment a page is indexed; a comment database is one more thing to back up and patch; third-party widgets bring tracking. Meanwhile I already run a single-user Mastodon instance where the conversation would happen anyway.</p> <p>So the design: <strong>publish on my own site, announce on the fediverse, and let the announcement be the comment thread.</strong> The post page fetches the replies to its own toot (and its Bluesky post) and shows them underneath. Readers reply where they already have an accoun

Outcome

<p>I wanted a blog with comments and without a comment system. Comment forms attract spam the moment a page is indexed; a comment database is one more thing to back up and patch; third-party widgets bring tracking. Meanwhile I already run a single-user Mastodon instance where the conversation would happen anyway.</p> <p>So the design: <strong>publish on my own site, announce on the fediverse, and let the announcement be the comment thread.</strong> The post page fetches the replies to its own toot (and its Bluesky post) and shows them underneath. Readers reply where they already have an accoun

Evidence

A static blog with the fediverse as its comment system

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