Add links to discuss blog posts (github/telegram/etc)

[cseas]

Should we enable a comments system on the blog? And if yes, then which comments system?

Since it's a static blog, we probably won't be able to come up with our own implementation of a comments system, unless we shift to a dynamic framework.

That leaves us with using third-party plugins like Disqus and Facebook for comments. While they might raise privacy issues, they do have a good spam filtering and comment moderation. Would love to discuss any alternates available too if we want to enable comments.

Related to PR #16

[karx]

I have used Staticman before.
It basically needs a hosted service of static man, that listens for webhooks from our frontend.

For each comment, it actually creates a commit to the repository with the comment/data. Thats how they provide Static sites with superpowers.

They do have a public hosted service of staticman, but it is too overused. We would not be able to use it.

While working on Flutter Arsenal I did host and set up a self-hosted version of statesman.
The endpoint, if anyone wants to set it up
https://staticman.flutterarsenal.com/staticman/{GITHUB USERNAME}/{GITHUB REPOSITORY}/{BRANCH}/{PROPERTY (optional)}

Here is that thread flutterarsenal/FlutterArsenal#46 to have implementation guide/help.

[asdofindia]

I vote for not having comments for these reasons

• we have historically not had many valuable comments
• people discuss blog posts differently these days, and comments are usually in social media posts

Practically this means

• 0 overhead
• let us redirect people to GitHub/Telegram channels if they want to discuss

[Amorpheuz]

I feel a similar way as @asdofindia, the blog posts on the blog till now have been more along the lines of information updates or announcements. I don't think these types of blog posts increase the involvement of the readers. The talk/workshop events usually already do post their dedicated channels of communication.

I think this is something we should look into if the authors plan to write reader engaging posts such as Q/A, Discuss, Share your X(Setup, IDE Settings, etc) and such.

[karx]

+1 for not having comments for now. I also really like the idea to redirect discussion etc to GitHub and Telegram channels.

And we can setup comments anytime community feels a need later