[erikig]

As far as alternatives go, there was an interesting post a few weeks ago on using Bluesky as a commenting platform. It improves discoverability and adds a social aspect to comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44826164

I’ve also found HN to be a great commenting platform too.

[m-hodges]

There are similar¹𝄒²𝄒³ ideas for Mastodon / ActivityPub:

¹ https://jszym.com/blog/mastodon_blog_comments/

² https://jan.wildeboer.net/2023/02/Jekyll-Mastodon-Comments/

³ https://carlschwan.eu/2020/12/29/adding-comments-to-your-sta...

[sorcercode]

here's a similar implementation for Bluesky that I whipped up sometime back.

https://kau.sh/blog/bluesky-comments-for-hugo/

I like my implementation cause it blends really well with the blog making it looks almost native.

transferring the burden of maintenance - curation to a social media platform (and a slightly more open one to boot) has been a complete win.

[hoistbypetard]

I haven't tried them on my own blog yet, but on blogs I read, both the Bluesky comments you linked and this mastodon comment system:

https://carlschwan.eu/2020/12/29/adding-comments-to-your-sta...

have been pleasant.