[philihp]

I've never understood the appeal of guestbooks and commenting on Wordpress. Static HTML is a wonderful medium for getting your message out, do we need the validation of visitors commenting?

[pjc50]

Nobody like talking into a void. Audience feedback is necessary for most people to bother continuing to do it.

[dgb23]

Perhaps there are better methods for that, like email.

Another one is to require a paid subscription to comment. It’s a filter for low effort spam.

[rchaud]

Emailing comments is possible even with a comment system, assuming the site owner discloses it. But it is invisible to others, as most blogs are not going to curate emails into a "Letter to the Editor" section of the website.

Substack is an email newsletter platform and even that has a comment system.

[illwrks]

I think.... just like reality, some people love the attention feedback loop. They are hardwired for it.

[ricardobeat]

The internet used to be a place to interact with other humans. Would you rather send your content “into the void”? Who are you publishing for?