Post: Comments are back

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+title: "Comments are back"
+description: "...powered by Matrix!"
+slug: comments-are-back
+date: 2021-06-29T20:58:40+01:00
+type: post
+tags:
+- Meta
+- Matrix
+- Fediverse
+---
+
+I forgot to mention it at the time,
+but I've added "normal" comments back to the site,
+as you'll see below and on most other pages.
+In place of the Disqus comments I had before
+I'm now using [Cactus Comments][],
+which is open source and self-hostable
+(though I'm currently not doing that).
+If you've read my previous post about [Matrix self-hosting][matrix],
+you might be interested to know
+that Cactus uses Matrix rooms for data storage and synchronisation
+and I can moderate and reply to comments
+directly from my Matrix client.
+
+[Cactus Comments]: https://cactus.chat/
+[matrix]: {{< relref "2021-03-matrix-self-hosting" >}}
+
+I've still left the [webmention][] code in place too
+so you can still comment that way
+either on your own site or via social media.
+
+[webmention]: {{< relref "2020-testing-webmentions.md" >}}