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Re: Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL

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Post by Crinus »

vwpolo3 wrote: post #17
cyborgx7 wrote: post #12

From the Firefox add-on page: > Many websites don't allow user comments, or disable comments after a certain period of time. comntr bypasses these Orwellian restrictions by allowing anyone to leave a comment on any website, as well as read comments left by others. Furthermore, your comments cannot be censored by the website administrator. I like the concept of the add-on, but calling moderation of your comment sectio…

Agreed, also while they can not be censored by the administrator of the website, they can still be censored (or moderated) by the Plugin Owner, right?

Yeah, perhaps a better solution would be for the comments to be stored in something like ipfs? Though if i understand ipfs right, it works like torrents, meaning that unpopular comments will disappear over time.

Re: Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL

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Post by toyg »

kristopolous wrote: post #13

These were generally called metaweb tech when they were popular about 15-20 years ago. The problem was that everyone had to have a particular author's plugin to see the extra content. Some of them were better than others, allowing cross referencing, citation insertion, and a number of other sophisticated features. I don't know if they still are around. Sites like reddit and hn are really inverted versions of this con…

Yeah, this has been tried over and over. Unless it becomes a standard browser feature (and decentralized, e.g. dht-backed), it's always been a nonstarter for technical reasons alone.

Also, if you start from an anti-censorship anti-moderation position, in this day and age, you are likely to attract the worst of society right off the bat.

Re: Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

founderling wrote: post #21

A bookmarklet would be better. It could achieve the same functionality without the security issues of an extension.

True. Infra is already there, nothing prevents someone from making bookmarklet that uses the same database.

Re: Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL

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Post by onlydeadheroes »

cyborgx7 wrote: post #12

From the Firefox add-on page: > Many websites don't allow user comments, or disable comments after a certain period of time. comntr bypasses these Orwellian restrictions by allowing anyone to leave a comment on any website, as well as read comments left by others. Furthermore, your comments cannot be censored by the website administrator. I like the concept of the add-on, but calling moderation of your comment sectio…

Not all moderation is Orwellian but there is moderation happening right now that is Orwellian.

Re: Show HN: A Firefox extension to leave comments on any URL

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Post by cyborgx7 »

onlydeadheroes wrote: post #25
cyborgx7 wrote: post #12

From the Firefox add-on page: > Many websites don't allow user comments, or disable comments after a certain period of time. comntr bypasses these Orwellian restrictions by allowing anyone to leave a comment on any website, as well as read comments left by others. Furthermore, your comments cannot be censored by the website administrator. I like the concept of the add-on, but calling moderation of your comment sectio…

Not all moderation is Orwellian but there is moderation happening right now that is Orwellian.

According to that paragraph, not having a comment section, falls under the definition of Orwellian.
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