Post A8v0HfnTImnvTnhcps by hakerdefo@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #A8uan0zhwX73OIi6SW by kev@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T12:35:26Z
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I wrote a post about online conversations and website engagement.TL;DR - recieving emails is WAY better than having comments. 😊https://kevq.uk/online-conversations-website-engagement/
(DIR) Post #A8ucjLqoemCCpIvqwi by ghost_letters@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T12:57:13Z
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@kev It is really sad that bloggers basically have to resort to this kind of defense mechanism. While I fully agree that a lot of topics are better discussed one on one (or not at all), the amount of value that I derived over the years from comments under articles (not mine) is huge.
(DIR) Post #A8udUJFy7UysOI5Xnc by joeligj12@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:05:41Z
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@kev well I actually made a blog aboutt it too! Check it out h...Okno, not yet! But well, I did send an email :blobfoxcomfyhappy:
(DIR) Post #A8udy1KxJDSDVAaXJ2 by ghost_letters@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:10:09Z
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@kev Btw. there is this cool trick to add mastodon comments to the blog with some lines of JS.If you are interested, I would have a link to a blog that explains it in details. The blog owner is someone I know since his birth and really like. 😂
(DIR) Post #A8udy1qrOayV67W12G by kev@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:10:57Z
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@ghost_letters I used to do that via webmention. 🙂
(DIR) Post #A8ue6ioLYcEEePU7Rw by floppy@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:12:37Z
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@kev If you stick to email comments and you would like some association between posts and comments, you could generate the "Reply via email" link dynamically to include an alias part.For example, for that post it could be "hi+20210703@kevq.uk", where the part between + and @ is some ID you choose. Using the poll title as alias might be clunky, and the date (as in the example) might get ambiguous, but it works perfectly if you post not more than once a day.
(DIR) Post #A8ufOIflZt3skbPw5Q by kev@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:27:01Z
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@floppy yeah, I defintiely could, but what value would that add? Techies tend to make things more complicated than they need to be (me included) and I'm trying not to do that.
(DIR) Post #A8ugPBkAvOJ1VMT0m8 by Wivik@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:38:11Z
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@kev I globally agree, e-mail is a still nice way to discuss about a topic.Publics comments used to be a good thing too, like forums, but I think they have been perverted by the social media "click and react (preferably with indignation)" tendency.. Of course, flamewares happened also on forums, but no in this proportion in my memory. (and I've been moderator for a big community ~15 years ago)
(DIR) Post #A8uh1JTEe3P2TOirZo by huy_ngo@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T13:45:15Z
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@kev This is a great post, I wrote something similar on my site. Check it out…https://0x0.st/NUMy
(DIR) Post #A8uj8Y4mwJi7hurjfc by floppy@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T14:08:46Z
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@kev It would allow you have a link between the email comment and the post that is being commented on. Whether that is of value depends on you of course. If you're not interested in that then there is no reason to do it of course. :)
(DIR) Post #A8v0HfnTImnvTnhcps by hakerdefo@fosstodon.org
2021-07-03T17:21:05Z
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@kev Email is like almost one to one conversation in your personal space while comments are more like New York subway walls.
(DIR) Post #A8xPUBgZS7xj1fSVHM by seve_py@fosstodon.org
2021-07-04T21:12:56Z
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@kev Seconded. I have a simple Web Form on my Website,
(DIR) Post #A8yOqsMDZizCwd9Zw0 by seve_py@fosstodon.org
2021-07-05T08:40:33Z
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@kev Seconded. I have a simple Web Form on my Website.
(DIR) Post #A8ySSZM4yOamsQknia by gray@fosstodon.org
2021-07-05T09:20:54Z
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@kev That's a fantastic way of generating true interaction on the topic. I like it!