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by grandjury 3364 days ago
Hello,

txtpen is launched today. I started this sideproject because I really like in-text commenting on Medium. It is the best way to add value for readers.

An example blog page that has txtpen enabled:

http://blog.antoniofrighetto.com/ipc

If you have any suggestions or feedback please contact me. ricky@txtpen.com

3 comments

Ricky,

You are sending email + password in plain text through URL.

https://txtpen.com/login?f=true&username=<username>&password...

Please change this.

I had this idea before medium implemented it - glad to see someone getting off there ass and implementing it in a plugable way.

My original idea went further and was aimed at the media industry, fake news etc. The comment was actually someone who disagreed with the content and wanted to "re-write" the content for a particle point. There comment would then be invlined in the article if u wanted to have that "view".

Then you could trust certain people (upvote) and automatically read future content with these peoples POV inlined where the original content was.

i def feel like a feature where as u scroll, comments are automatically revealed on a side-panel is a good idea. i dont like the fact i need to mouse-over commnets to read them.

Can one only see comments on that blog if they are logged into txtpen?
Of course not. There aren't any or the moderator hasn't approved any.

Personal highlights are visible only if you login

I cannot see any comments, either.

I tried installing the chrome extension.

edit: Ah, I guess you can comment, but there may not be any comments on that page, yet.