diff --git a/posts/about-comments.markdown b/posts/about-comments.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f54259 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/about-comments.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: About Comments +author: Collin J. Doering +date: Jul 30, 2015 +description: The current state of comments on blog.rekahsoft.ca +tags: general +--- + +Currently as some may have noticed, the "See Comments" link under each individual blog post +does nothing. This is because I have been struggling to find a good solution to handle +comments. Of course many people choose to use Disqus. Unfortunately due to the proprietary +nature of Disqus, I refuse to use it (See +[this](http://blog.irukado.org/2013/12/disqus-considered-harmful/)). There are some open source +solutions including: + +[Isso](http://posativ.org/isso/) + ~ - Written in Python. + - Supports modern browsers (IE10+, Firefox, Chrome, ...) + +[Juvia](https://github.com/phusion/juvia) + ~ - Written in Ruby + - Not maintained + +There are quite a few others, though I haven't spent much time investigating them as many of +them are incomplete or unmaintained. See for a +decent discussion of "Disqus Alternatives". + +I've tried Isso but because my blog is a Single Page Application (SPA) Isso doesn't function +correctly. Isso expects the current URL to be a direct link to the post html file that is being +commented on, but in the case of my blog it is a virtual url (Eg. this post, + doesn't work with Isso but + would but links directly to the html snippet +file instead of the entire post page.Forgive my vague explanation, its been a few months since +I last played with Isso. Its too bad I couldn't get it to function because from all the open +source options, it seems to be the most mature solution. + +Another option that came to mind is to use a sub-reddit for my blog and post new threads for +each blog post as a way for people to submit comments. I don't like this as the content +would then not be hosted on my servers and it would require users to create a account on +Reddit. Not to mention the process wouldn't be simple to automate so I'd have to go create a new +reddit thread in my sub-reddit every time I submitted a new post. + +The last option I've considered is just foregoing comments all together. Personally, I rarely +leave comments on blogs and if I'm interested in getting a hold of someone I generally prefer +to use email. + +What do you think? Feel free to email me at with any comments +and/or suggestions. Anyways, over the next while I hope to find a solution, but for the time +being use email or IRC if you wish to contact me.