blog! “The ethics of syndicating comments using WebMentions”
This blog uses WebMention technology. If you write an article on your website and mention one of my blog posts, I get a notification. That notification can then be published as a comment. It usually looks something like this: This means readers of my…
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@Edent what value do you find in having comments in the first place? I’ve considered doing something like this but it’s never seemed worth it to me.
@b well, you've replied to me here - so you obviously see some value in having a conversation.
Take a look at the comments on my blog. It is mostly people who want to share their thoughts, reflections, improvements, and criticisms of what I have written.
@Edent I'm reading https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/12/the-ethics-of-syndicating-comments-using-webmentions/ and I haven't done anything to indicate I wouldn't be happy about web mentions, e.g. opted out of search engine indexing, so it seems ethical enough. I guess it also depends on who's doing the syndication- using oEmbed on a private blog might be over the top but it seems reasonable to expect commercial sites to have tighter controls.
@0x1C3B00DA I moderate comments on my blog. I'll have a check later to see if yours has appeared