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Hey everyone and welcome back to the deep dive today.

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We're going to get into something that I know a lot of you have been asking

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about, uh, commenting systems and specifically are we're going to look at

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Comentario, which is a pretty neat little platform for adding, uh, discussions

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and comments to websites.

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So think of this as like a crash course on Comentario will unpack the features,

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the pros, the cons, and who it might be a really good fit for right before we get

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All right.

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So let's dive into this.

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Let's do it.

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When we talk about Comentario, you know, you see those comments

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sections on articles or blog posts.

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Yeah.

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Comentario is that engine behind the scenes powering those discussions.

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Now what makes Comentario kind of stand out from the pack is

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that it's free and it's open source.

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Exactly.

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And that means that anyone can access it.

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They can modify the code if they want to.

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Wow.

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Um, and the code is hosted on GitLab.

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Open source.

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Yeah.

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For someone like me, who's not like, you know, a tech genius or anything.

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Right.

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What does that actually mean?

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Well, um, is it kind of like a recipe that anyone can tweak?

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Yeah, that's a really great analogy, actually.

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Think of it like a cake recipe.

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You can swap out the ingredients if you want or add your own little

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twist to make it unique to you.

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Okay.

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And with Comentario, you have two main parts that you work with.

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The embedded comment engine.

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That's what you see on the webpage.

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Got it.

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And then you have the administration UI and that's where you manage

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all the behind the scenes stuff.

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So like the front of the house and the back of the house in a restaurant.

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Yeah, exactly.

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One for the customers and one for the chefs.

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I like that analogy.

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That works.

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And one of the things that really sets Comentario apart, especially these

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days, is it's focused on privacy.

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Okay.

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They call it privacy by design.

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Privacy by design.

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That sounds promising.

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It is.

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Especially, you know, with everything going on these days, when it feels

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like every website wants to know everything about me.

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Exactly.

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What does that actually mean for people who are using Comentario?

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Well, it means that Comentario is built from the ground up to respect user privacy.

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They don't use tracking scripts, no ads, and they don't collect a

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lot of unnecessary data.

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Oh, so what do they collect?

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By default, all they gather is your country, your browser, and your preferred

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language.

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So if I'm just, you know, a casual visitor on a website, it's pretty low key data-wise.

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Exactly.

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You can just focus on the discussion without feeling like you're being watched.

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That's a big plus.

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It is.

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Let's talk about actually using Comentario.

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What's it like for someone who wants to just jump into a discussion?

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Well, first off, you have options when it comes to logging in.

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You can comment anonymously if you want.

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Oh, interesting.

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You can use your social media account, you know, like Google, Twitter, Facebook,

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even GitHub or GitLab.

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Oh, wow.

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Or you can create a local account just for that website.

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Got it.

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And if the website uses single sign-on, then you can use that too.

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So it's kind of like choose your own adventure for logging in.

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Right.

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And once you're in, you can dive into those threaded conversations.

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You know how you can reply to a comment and then someone can reply to your reply

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and you get that whole chain going.

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Comentario lets you do that.

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And it can go really deep.

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So you could just keep replying forever.

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You could.

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Wouldn't that get chaotic?

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Well, it could.

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But Comentario has a solution for that.

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They let you set a limit on how many levels of nesting are shown by default.

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Oh, that's smart.

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So the conversation stays manageable on the screen.

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But you can always expand it to see the full thread if you want.

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Got it.

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So it's like, you know, just keeping things tidy.

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Yeah, exactly.

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What about formatting?

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Can you do more than just plain text?

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Oh, absolutely.

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Like bolding and italics and links and stuff.

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All that.

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Comentario uses something called Markdown and that lets you add all sorts of

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formatting.

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You can bold, italicize, create links, add images, even embed tables or codeblocks

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if you want to.

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You can really jazz up your comments.

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You can really make your point.

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I like it.

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And to make things even more dynamic, the comment updates happen in real time.

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You don't even have to refresh the page.

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So it's like a live chat almost.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Makes it much more engaging.

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Yeah, that's nice.

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It is.

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Here's the big question.

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Moderation with all these features and, you know, tons of comments potentially.

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How does Comentario handle keeping things civil and on topic?

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That's a really important aspect of any commenting system.

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Yeah, for sure.

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And Comentario has some really great tools to help with that.

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It uses a role-based access system.

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Hold on, role-based access.

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Explain that like I'm five years old.

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So imagine it's like a team and everyone has different jobs.

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You've got the owners, they have full control over everything.

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Then you've got moderators.

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They can keep things tidy, delete comments and stuff.

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And then you have regular commenters who, you know, participate in the discussions.

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And then there's read only people.

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They can only observe.

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Got it.

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So they can just read the conversation.

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And then if things get a little bit heated or, you know, go off the rails on a

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particular page or even a whole website, the moderator can step in and lock the

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thread.

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So there's a way to hit the pause button.

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That's good.

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That's important.

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You need that sometimes.

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So there's like rules for editing and deleting comments for users and moderators.

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For both.

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It's all about creating a balanced environment.

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You don't want it to be a free for all.

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So there's a lot of flexibility for, you know, website owners to sort of tailor

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the rules to their community.

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It gets even more sophisticated though.

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What about things like spam and just nasty offensive content?

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Yeah, that's a big problem with any online community.

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You don't want that.

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So how does Comentario handle that?

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Well, for starters, they have a comment voting system built in.

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So that lets the community up vote or down vote comments.

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So it helps to surface the good content and push down the less desirable content.

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So it's like a community powered filter.

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And then there are these flexible moderation rules that you can set based on

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a few different factors, like if the user is registered or not, they're

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commenting history or even how long they've been a member of that particular

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community.

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So if someone's brand new,

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they might get like a little bit more scrutiny.

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Right.

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Until they build up some trust.

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You want to prevent those hit and run comments that can cause problems.

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That's smart.

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And if all that's not enough.

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Oh, there's more.

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There is.

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Comentario takes it one step further by actually integrating with external

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services that are specifically designed to detect spam, offensive language, and

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just toxic content.

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So these are like what the online bouncers.

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Think of it like that.

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Keeping everybody safe.

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So what kind of services are we talking about?

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So there's Acosmet, there's API layer, there's perspective.

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Those are just a few.

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They can analyze the comments, flag anything suspicious.

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That's cool.

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It gives moderators an extra layer of protection.

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So it's like a multi-layer defense system against all the

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bad stuff on the internet.

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You could say that.

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I like it.

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And it's all configurable.

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So website owners can decide how strict they want the moderation to be.

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So it seems like commentary has really thought about, you know,

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giving people the freedom to express themselves, but also making sure that

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things stay safe and respectful.

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It's all about balance.

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It's not just a free for all.

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Exactly.

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They've clearly put a lot of thought into building a healthy community.

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Absolutely.

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Now I know we've covered a lot about privacy and user experience and all

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moderation features, but I'm guessing there's even more to commentary.

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Oh yeah.

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There's a lot more.

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We've only just scratched the surface.

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Right.

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There's a lot of cool additional features that make commentary a really shine.

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Okay.

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Well, let's get into it.

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Let's do it.

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There's a lot more.

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We've only just scratched the surface.

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There's a lot of cool additional features that make commentary a really shine.

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Well, let's get into it.

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Let's do it.

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So remember how we were talking about user avatars, those little profile

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pictures that help you personalize your comments commentary has a ton of options

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for those you can use your profile picture from your social login.

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You can use your Gravatar.

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Or you can upload a custom image.

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So like if I wanted to use a picture of my cat, you can do that.

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It's all about expressing yourself.

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I love it.

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What else?

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So for people who like to stay in the loop, Comentario has email notifications.

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You can choose to get notified when someone replies to one of your comments and

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moderators can get alerts, you know, about new comments that need approval or even

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every new comment that comes in.

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So you can be as involved or as hands off as you want.

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Exactly.

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And if you're managing multiple websites, you don't have to jump between a bunch of

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different systems because Comentario lets you handle multiple domains all from

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that one central administration UI.

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That's, that's pretty handy.

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It's a huge time saver.

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Yeah.

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And here's a feature that I think might appeal to our data loving listeners.

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Comentario has built in statistics, right?

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So you can see data on views and comments, including some high level demographic

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information about your audience.

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Oh wow.

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Like what kind of stuff, like their country, their language, what operating

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system they use, what browser they're using, and even their device type.

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So you can get a really good sense of who's interacting with your content

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and how they're doing it.

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Exactly.

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It's a valuable insight for anyone who wants to understand their audience.

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For sure.

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And improve engagement.

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Right.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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Cool.

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What else?

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I'm liking this stats stuff.

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All right.

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Well, let's not forget about RSS feeds.

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Okay.

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With Comentario, you can subscribe to comment updates for the whole website

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or even just a specific page.

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Got it.

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And you can filter those updates to follow specific users or replies.

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So if I'm like old school, and I love my RSS reader, I'm not left out in the cold.

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No, not at all.

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That's cool.

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And if you're switching from a different commenting platform, like Disqus or

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WordPress,

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Comentario makes that easy too.

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They have data import and export functionality.

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So you don't have to start from scratch.

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Exactly.

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You can just bring your existing comments over.

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That's super convenient.

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It is.

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And lastly, there's a really simple comment count widget.

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You can just add it to your webpage to show how many comments a particular article

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or

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post has.

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It's like a little badge of honor.

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Exactly.

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For the popular Disqus.

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It really encourages participation.

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All right.

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So we've covered privacy, user experience, moderation.

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And now all these cool additional features we have.

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So for someone who's like considering Comentario, what does all this mean for them?

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Well, I think it really boils down to this.

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Comentario is an awesome option for anyone who really values privacy, flexibility

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and

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you know, a robust set of features, all without having to pay anything.

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It's free.

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It's free.

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And don't forget that open source magic.

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Yeah.

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You can customize it to fit your needs perfectly.

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You can tweak it to your heart's content.

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So do you think would benefit most from using Comentario?

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I think website owners, developers, online communities of all sizes, especially

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those

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who are just tired of all the data hungry giants out there.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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If you're looking for a system that respects privacy and gives you control, Comentario

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is definitely worth checking out.

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I agree.

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All right, so we've established that Comentario has a lot going for it.

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Yeah.

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But how does someone decide if it's the right fit for them?

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All right.

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So we've established that Comentario has a lot going for it, but how does someone

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decide if it's the right fit for them?

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Yeah, that's a good question.

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There's no like one size fits all answer, but I think it starts with understanding

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your priorities, you know, what are your non-negotiables?

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Like is privacy your biggest concern?

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Yeah.

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Do you need a ton of moderation features or is it more important that

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it's really easy to use?

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Right.

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It's all about figuring out what's important for your website and your community.

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And then there's the technical side of things too.

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Do you have like developers who can help you customize the system if you need to,

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or are you looking for something that's more, you know, plug and play?

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Right.

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If you're not super tech savvy, you probably want something that's a

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little bit easier to set up.

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Absolutely.

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And don't forget about the size of your community.

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Okay.

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A small blog is going to have different needs than like a giant forum, you know?

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Yeah, that's true.

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Or a news website with thousands of comments.

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So it's finding that balance, right?

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Yeah.

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The system that works for your values, your resources, and just the

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whole vibe of your online space.

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Exactly.

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And that's where I think Comentario's open source nature is so cool.

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Yeah.

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Because if there's a feature that you need that it doesn't have,

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you can build it yourself.

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Wow.

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Or you can contribute to the project and make it better for everyone.

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It's like having a toolbox.

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Yeah.

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But instead of building a birdhouse, you're building this awesome

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space for online discussion.

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I love that.

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That's a great analogy.

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And it really does feel like, you know, in a world that's

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kind of chaotic online, it's refreshing to see a tool like this.

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It is.

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That puts users first, gives communities control, and just helps

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create a more positive online experience.

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I think that's really what it's all about.

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Yeah. It's a reminder that we have options.

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We do.

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And we can make the internet a better place.

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One comment at a time.

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I love it.

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Well, thanks for joining us for this deep dive into Comentario.

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It's been fun.

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Yeah, it has.

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And a huge thank you to Safe Server for making this episode possible.

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Absolutely.

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If you're looking for secure hosting or some guidance on your digital

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transformation journey, check them out at www.safeserver.de.

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They can even help you get Comentario set up.

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Yeah, that's right.

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They're a fantastic resource.

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They are.

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So until next time, keep those conversations flowing.

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Yeah.

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And let's keep working towards a more thoughtful and engaging online world.

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Absolutely.

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I'm all for that.