https://fauna.com/ is a new database that makes it relatively quicker to build things like commenting systems.

I consider something like Disqus plug-and-play. But I think that I would really want is something built in Node that I can import, add configs, and hook into my front-end. FaunaDB comes close, but I would still need to build the comments and moderation UI etc. It would be nice if someone fleshed out a more full commenting example on top of Fauna, but I haven't come across that yet, so I guess I'll eventually need to do that.

My site is just a super simple site that runs on top of Vercel w/ Svelte/Sapper

Thanks for the Fauna link. Looks interesting, I started thinking about using it for some "backoffice" related things. Probably will wait a year or more though, to find out how Fauna evolves — 3 months ago: "$27M [funding] and New Leadership".

About using it for a commenting system: What comes to my mind, is that outgoing bandwidth is a little bit expensive: 0.1$ per GB. So, maybe Fauna is a good idea for one's own personal commenting system — and, not such a good idea for someone who builds a SaaS commenting system and wants to keep the costs down.

> something built in Node that I can import, add configs, and hook into my front-end

Maybe something like the below? But not for Gatsby, instead, for the framework you use? (What frameworks do you use / like, if I may ask?)

    import TalkyardCommentsIframe from '@debiki/gatsby-plugin-talkyard';

    // And where the comments shall appear:
    <TalkyardCommentsIframe />

https://www.gatsbyjs.com/plugins/@debiki/gatsby-plugin-talky...

> a more full commenting example on top of Fauna [...] I guess I'll eventually need to do that

Be warned, it's more work than what it seems to be :- ) at least more than what I thought it'd be

Wow looks really nice. Was looking for something like it or maybe build it my self but then with the matrix protocol and profiles. But still need to dig in to it, don't know if it would be possible with matrix.

Any thoughts about how to maybe integrate blog comments software like Talkyard (or any of the others) with Matrix?

I'm going to build Mattermost and Slack integrations — primarily to send notifications to chat channels, when something happens at Talkyard.

Maybe there could be a notification to a Matrix channel, once a new blog post reply appears. And in the distant future, maybe it'd make sense to moderate comments, and reply, via /slash commands in a Matrix client?

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If actually storing blog comments — maybe even the blog post itself?, in Matrix somehow, then, I'm thinking it'd be good if the Matrix protocol & storage format, worked with relpies & nested replies. So there could be HackerNews like tree-style discussions

I wonder if it supports that already maybe

B.t.w. if you find time to dig into that, and if you want to & remember, feel free to message me once you know how you'd do, to build something based on Matrix,

I'd be interested in ... in the very distant future ... two-way-sync between a Matrix "database" and a Talkyard database

I've set the reply to you on Talkyard

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