Truthfully, I don't really know whether I should have commenters' credential. Should it remain anonymous, or should it be identifiable? Safety (of both client and server) should be the first concern.
Currently, I use Remark42 (with SPA tweak), to make it possible to both anonymous and SSO with Google. It is self-hosted, so it does have costs. An upside is, I can use it with as many websites as I want in one database.
Indeed, an upside of using a paid service, is you get supported.
Truthfully, I don't really know whether I have about commenters' credential. Should it remain anonymous, or should it be identifiable? Safety (of both client and server) should be the first concern.
Usually, logins/SSO for comments are used by websites that already have an authentication system. For example, take X company that provides a service for 1000 users. To allow those users to comment on their blog, they will need to ask them to signup for Disqus, Hyvor Talk, or whatever commenting platform. If they set up SSO, they can allow those users to use their accounts on their main platform. (Users love it - so do companies)
Self-hosting or using a hosted solution is completely personal preference :)
Truthfully, I don't really know whether I should have commenters' credential. Should it remain anonymous, or should it be identifiable? Safety (of both client and server) should be the first concern.
Currently, I use Remark42 (with SPA tweak), to make it possible to both anonymous and SSO with Google. It is self-hosted, so it does have costs. An upside is, I can use it with as many websites as I want in one database.
Indeed, an upside of using a paid service, is you get supported.
Usually, logins/SSO for comments are used by websites that already have an authentication system. For example, take X company that provides a service for 1000 users. To allow those users to comment on their blog, they will need to ask them to signup for Disqus, Hyvor Talk, or whatever commenting platform. If they set up SSO, they can allow those users to use their accounts on their main platform. (Users love it - so do companies)
Self-hosting or using a hosted solution is completely personal preference :)
What do you think of requiring email, and possibly generating Gravatar?
Actually, Gravatar has its own problem -- dev.to/gajus/stack-overflow-is-lea...
My personal opinion is, requiring login will prevent bots from spamming your website.
Hyvor users can set their profile picture. For guest commenters, there's a bunch of avatars to select.
You see Gravatar everywhere on the web, because of WordPress. However, I don't think we'll use it because
And, we don't want to require emails. It's completely up to the owner of the website (can be changed in the console).