Ask HN: Are blog comments a thing of the past?

138 points

4 years ago

So, someone built Blog Surf[0] and I spent my morning weaving through various blogs (since it has a directory), and first thing that caught my eye was that for every 5 blogs I checked, only 1 had comments open on article pages.

If I look at posts like this one[1] and this one also[2] - these are extremely detailed articles (very interesting too), but no comments? I am not pointing my finger towards the authors, either.

It's just weird that commenting is being pushed either to Twitter or email.

What do you think about this?

I fully understand that blog comments can be a pain in the butt to moderate when the average Joe just starts leaving "Thanks!" with a link to their website. But, it's perfectly normal to remove the ability for anyone to link back to their website.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30844149

[1]: https://wattenberger.com/blog/css-cascade

[2]: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/understanding-layout-algorit...

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