Self-hosting a blog is lonely : readers don't create an account to comment on every self-hosted blog. This is my journey in pursuit of welcoming comments from the Fediverse, going through Lemmy, then leading me to Ghost with a custom implementation.
  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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    4 months ago

    So, to address the elephant in the room… Why does commenting on a blog post need any kind of account? Why not have fields for “name” and “comment body” and use capcha and/or manual approval to guard against spam?

    Like, why does everything need to be tied to an account nowadays?