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Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system by SkyMarshal on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:52AM (#26035753)
>Want to leave me a comment? Email me or go away.

The common alternative these days is to have no comment section on your blog, but to post your blog posts to Twitter/Reddit/etc and have the discussion there.

That still builds community and drives traffic to your blog, but with greater potential network effects, and no tech/security overhead or need to be responsible for rando's comments.

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Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system by jonnycomputer on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:58AM (#26035796)
Yes, but then your community becomes subject to the whims of Twitter/Reddit/etc.

I've been feeling it these days, helping my spouse with their art career.

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Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system by MisterTea on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:45AM (#26036788)
You make a good point I should have added. Outsource the community to an external platform and let someone else handle the comments, spam, moderation, etc.
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