Comment systems for blogs. Engagement vs spam.
Pros
Engagement, UGC, community, feedback.
Cons
Spam, trolls, performance, privacy, time.
Disqus
Popular. Heavy 1MB. Ads.
Facebook Comments
Real names. GDPR concerns.
Commento
Lightweight, privacy. Open source.
Hyvor Talk
Privacy-first, light. Paid.
Giscus/utterances
GitHub Issues. For technical blogs.
Custom
Full control. Development time.
WordPress
Akismet plugin.
Spam protection
CAPTCHA, honeypot, rate limit, Akismet, manual.
Moderation
Pre/post/auto/community.
Nested replies
3-4 levels max.
Auth
Anonymous/email/social/OAuth.
Markup
Plain/Markdown/WYSIWYG.
XSS
DOMPurify. Nofollow links.
Performance
Lazy load.
Mobile
Expanding forms. Big tap targets.
Mistakes
No spam protection, no moderation, heavy widgets.
Alternatives
Twitter threads, Discord, Telegram.
Sayt.uz
None yet. Plan: custom PHP, email, honeypot, lazy. Engagement on Telegram channel for now.