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Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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Giscus is an other Github based comment system using Github discussion [0] which I use for my blog [1]. It has reply, and recreation feature. And its theme is better than Utterances, in my opinion. Give it a try.

[0] https://giscus.app/

[1] https://imblien.com/posts/harry-potter-related/happy-christm...

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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Hey there, I'm on the Community Relations team at GitLab. I'd love to learn more about your experience as a member of the GitLab community. When you say that opening an issue on GitLab doesn't make you feel part of a community, are you referring issues on one of GitLab's projects (ex: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab ) or are you referring to issues on open source projects being hosted on GitLab.com? Community is…

I think he meant just the network effects of a social platform. Github has more people in them so there are more people interacting with repositories hosted on Github. I wish that somehow people carried identity across Github / Gitlab / Gitea / other services. Like, a federated issue tracker. Or otherwise that the issues themselves were easily movable between platforms, with no lock-in. But the incumbent platforms ra…

I haven't seen the projects you shared. I'll take a look. Thanks.

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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Hey there, I'm on the Community Relations team at GitLab. I'd love to learn more about your experience as a member of the GitLab community. When you say that opening an issue on GitLab doesn't make you feel part of a community, are you referring issues on one of GitLab's projects (ex: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab ) or are you referring to issues on open source projects being hosted on GitLab.com? Community is…

I think he meant just the network effects of a social platform. Github has more people in them so there are more people interacting with repositories hosted on Github. I wish that somehow people carried identity across Github / Gitlab / Gitea / other services. Like, a federated issue tracker. Or otherwise that the issues themselves were easily movable between platforms, with no lock-in. But the incumbent platforms ra…

> wish that somehow people carried identity across Github / Gitlab / Gitea / other services. Like, a federated issue tracker. Or otherwise that the issues themselves were easily movable between platforms, with no lock-in. But the incumbent platforms rarely want something like this.

This is exactly what FedeProxy is dedicated to.

https://fedeproxy.eu

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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I think he meant just the network effects of a social platform. Github has more people in them so there are more people interacting with repositories hosted on Github. I wish that somehow people carried identity across Github / Gitlab / Gitea / other services. Like, a federated issue tracker. Or otherwise that the issues themselves were easily movable between platforms, with no lock-in. But the incumbent platforms ra…

I haven't seen the projects you shared. I'll take a look. Thanks.

Note that https://fedeproxy.eu is a kind of reverse proxy to cope with forges that do not want to (or don't have yet the ability to) federate issues.

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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This is cool, but I do find it odd that GitLab and Gitea isn't supported. It's always strange to me seeing people choose to build their platforms dependent on proprietary 3rd party infrastructure when good open-source self-hosted alternatives are available and easy to set up.

It's not odd, it's just not where their interests lay. Your priorities will always be distinct from others, and that'll seem strange from time to time, but it's a classic human condition thing.

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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I've been gathering[1] (blog) commenting systems (and some alternative approaches) since 2018. It started with a few entries, but I add new tools every few months. Great to see the ecosystem getting bigger.

[1] https://darekkay.com/blog/static-site-comments/

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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Actually, does anyone mind answering this question (non-sarcastically)? I'd be pretty interested in the answer.

Sure. The gist is that Disqus collects your data like no one's business, and other shady things like ads. It's a very popular commenting system because it's free to use and easy to setup, but there's an obvious downside. I would go more in depth but honestly the articles below do a much better job. https://supunkavinda.blog/disqus https://jacquesmattheij.com/disqus-bait-and-switch-now-with-... https://hn.algolia.com/…

See also "Disqus, a dark commenting system" at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26033052

Re: Utterances – a lightweight comments widget built on GitHub issues

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I've been gathering[1] (blog) commenting systems (and some alternative approaches) since 2018. It started with a few entries, but I add new tools every few months. Great to see the ecosystem getting bigger. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/static-site-comments/

Great list. Maybe you might mention some more 'problems' with Disqus, since it is at the top of the 3rd-party providers section.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26033052

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