Are there alternatives to Disqus?
Apr. 3rd, 2016 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swehMy new blog is "static content". I don't use Wordpress or Joomla or similar. Instead I use a "content generator"; in this case Hugo. It takes a bunch of markdown and a theme and generates HTML which I can then rsync to my external servers. Hugo is pretty neat (see https://www.sweharris.org/post/2016-04-02-newsite/). It also means I don't run heavy PHP processes and databases on my servers so it's quick to serve.
The problem is that I feel I need a comment section. (Maybe I'm overestimating the people who will want to engage with me!). A static site doesn't work well for that. I could use something like Isso but then I've got to worry about syncing of the backend DB and stuff.
So currently I'm using Disqus. I don't really like Disqus. It's heavy with javascript, is privacy busting, leverages user views to generate ad income...
But it's free, does anti-spam, allows for moderation, and I don't know of any alternative.
Are there any?
The problem is that I feel I need a comment section. (Maybe I'm overestimating the people who will want to engage with me!). A static site doesn't work well for that. I could use something like Isso but then I've got to worry about syncing of the backend DB and stuff.
So currently I'm using Disqus. I don't really like Disqus. It's heavy with javascript, is privacy busting, leverages user views to generate ad income...
But it's free, does anti-spam, allows for moderation, and I don't know of any alternative.
Are there any?
