How much effort is it to just try it and roll back if it doesn’t work?
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I want to (re)introduce comments to the website because...
- I'm more likely to get notified if my advice is outdated
- Questions give me an idea of what confuses readers and what can be improved
- I want to bring discussions that happen in private Facebook groups back into public view, so that others may find them.
On the other hand, I have a few fears:
- Spam. It can be mitigated to an extent, but it's still an unpleasant problem to deal with.
- Moderation would add a somewhat time-sensitive task, and I avoid those like the plague.
- This turns a resource into a community, and managing a community is a far more delicate job.
- This is a static website under source control. Comments would be hosted in a separate place, and it might be a hassle to keep these two sources of truth in sync.
Can anyone chime in with their own experience?
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