And ai commentary is a waste of electrons.

A spammer would agree. Trolls most certainly agree. If I was to add the function to comment it would use local storage. [1] not my repo

If I wanted interaction from visitors I would make one of my forums public. They would at least have to register and they would be subject to normal moderation. As a new member only I would see their comments until their rank moves up from Guest, thus weeding out most low effort trolls and grifters.

If I really wanted to hear from random visitors of a blog I would give them a throw-away email address or a form to contact me.

[1] - https://github.com/tessalt/echo-chamber-js

> No.

> They are just uncomfortable to host.

That's being pedantic.

Uncomfortable and hard can be used interchangeably. Both is true.

Comments need a database, that is objectively harder than using Jekyll or the other examples you give.

Comments need protection, otherwise you get bombarded with spam. That alone is a ridiculous amount of "hard".

Or you outsource this part, but you critisise that, too.

And even then, you still need moderation. Removing all the off-topic comments, the hateful comments, everything that doesn't belong.

I agree with you, that blogs with comments and discussions are lively and can add more value to a post.

But the statement that it's not hard is objectively false.