Ask HN: Why don't podcasts have comments?

Re:Ask HN: Why don't podcasts have comments? by tolien on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:38AM (#24374380)

> This would of course also open up for other things like perhaps including resources at a particular point in the podcast that the user could respond to - for example links to relevant demos of technique under discussion etc.

Minus the “that the user could respond to” but isn’t that just show notes and/or chapters?

Those are already a thing as supported by, e.g., Overcast [1]. Overcast also has a function to share short clips, which I guess is similar to being able to link to specific points in a podcast. Podcasters don’t use the functionality available, though.

1: https://imgur.com/a/X99bPqX

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't podcasts have comments? by bryanrasmussen on Friday September 04, 2020 @08:45PM (#24380445)

>Podcasters don’t use the functionality available, though.

As a general rule content providers of any sort do not make use of functionality available in one content serving application, unless that application has near monopoly control of the market. Overcast evidently does not https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/8ntp3x/podcast_ap... (unless stuff has changed drastically in last two years)

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't podcasts have comments? by tolien on Saturday September 05, 2020 @04:37AM (#24382251)

When it’s supported by the majority of clients though [1]…

> MP3 chapter markers are supported by most podcast clients, including Apple Podcasts on iOS (provided you're on iOS 12), Overcast, Pocket Casts, Antennapod Castro, Player FM and more.

1: https://chaptersapp.com/faq/

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't podcasts have comments? by bryanrasmussen on Saturday September 05, 2020 @04:48AM (#24382308)

Thanks for the info!

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