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Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by stevekemp »

reitanqild wrote: post #3

SQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.

I also wrote a self-hosted comment-server:

https://github.com/skx/e-comments/

Mine uses Redis or SQLite for storage, and uses markdown. The biggest difference is mine is flat. I keep thinking I should rework it to allow nested comments, and avatars, but at the same time it is nice and simple as-is..

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by gkya »

jacmoe wrote: post #34
anigbrowl wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but what advantages accrue to the person using it? It's become fashionable for people to identify which boxes they tick in a single sentence when describing their product, but this is basically preaching to the converted. For people who are not already exercised about always preferring an open-source option (ie potential new entrants to the OSS community), it's worthwhile to provide positive reasons to use it, b…

This is an Open Source and self-hosted alternative to Disqus. It is not a product. And, as such: doesn't need to market itself. Use it if you want to. Or not. I wanted to use it, but couldn't make it run - I am not a Python guy, so I went for HashOver (PHP) instead. Not because HashOver is better, it's not, but because I need to be able to modify/fix the software, and I know PHP better than Python. But I still believ…

This. I wonder what makes people feel like they're buying FOSS packages and that the people kind enough to release their code for no material returns have to somehow lure them into using it, while it's all about sharing and improving together.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by eitland »

reitanqild wrote: post #39
anigbrowl wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because comments are not Big Data. I'd like to understand the significance of this. I'm extremely interested in comments as big data (to try to understand social networking patterns better from studying the structure of nested comments) and I'd like to get a handle on the opposite point of view - what is it that you prefer about this approach?

> I'd like to understand the significance of this. I'm extremely interested in comments as big data (to try to understand social networking patterns better from studying the structure of nested comments) and I'd like to get a handle on the opposite point of view - what is it that you prefer about this approach? While this might be interesting to you it is in the best interest of the site owners and commenters worldwi…

User data can be valuable for research or even for profit in ways that doesn't harm the users but I think it should be treated like this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferat...

I guess collection, processing and stockpiling of user data should be regulated for the benefit of consumers, moderators and world peace.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by StavrosK »

I tried to set this up for my site, because Disqus takes two hours to load and I don't like the centralization aspect and all the bloat they're adding. However, I stumbled first thing on the "host" parameter. It doesn't seem to like the subdomain I've set up for serving the comments, and it's obviously not getting served on the top-level domain, so I don't know what it expects.

The documentation doesn't mention much there, so I'm afraid I'm stuck. Has anyone managed to set this up? I'll open an issue with them to improve the docs.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by kaushalmodi »

radlad wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of Isso, and have been running it on my (not at all notable) blog for a while! I do however wish that the commenter icons were customizable (e.g. Gravatar, Facebook, etc.). There have been Github issues open for it since 2014, but nobody seems willing to put in the effort to implement it. :)

Can you please share how you set up Isso with Hugo? Thanks.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by anigbrowl »

reitanqild wrote: post #39
anigbrowl wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because comments are not Big Data. I'd like to understand the significance of this. I'm extremely interested in comments as big data (to try to understand social networking patterns better from studying the structure of nested comments) and I'd like to get a handle on the opposite point of view - what is it that you prefer about this approach?

> I'd like to understand the significance of this. I'm extremely interested in comments as big data (to try to understand social networking patterns better from studying the structure of nested comments) and I'd like to get a handle on the opposite point of view - what is it that you prefer about this approach? While this might be interesting to you it is in the best interest of the site owners and commenters worldwi…

You seem to have me confused with someone else.
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