There is currently no way to edit or delete Replies.
This, however, makes that service non-GDPR compliant, so there’s potential legal trouble ahead if any European person/organization who left a comment requests data removal.
The twist is that Replies piggybacks on the well-established email providers to provide identity and spam and abuse prevention.
Is there anything that prevents some single person from spamming your replies from their email address(es)?
I guess you can just ban that single email address then. But what if they make an alias on their domain? Ban that domain, sure. But what if it’s a 10-minute-mail address? Or if they’re using an otherwise legit provider who allows unlimited email aliases? (I don’t know of any, but I haven’t researched email providers enough to know)
I do like that you don’t need an additional account, but it feels like it’d turn into a moderation rat race, just like any other comment system.
That’s wicked cool, bro! Only thing I noticed is that almost no one here has their email clients configured, and most folks are just sticking to web clients (am i wrong?). Even me, as a Linux user and developer, I’m still using the web interface and haven’t bothered setting up the mailto handler (not really sure why, to be honest).
Gotta say though, I really appreciate how you’re using all those tools in harmony to give users a space for public web comments. Respect!
Ofcourse its easy to setup a mailto handler. It is a absolute self point of view, i am not using it nor anyone in my social circle. (maybe I need to change that circle, lol) . Anyway, I will complete mailto handler setup. I hope there is a way to set different mail accounts as sender.
Really, really cool idea.
This, however, makes that service non-GDPR compliant, so there’s potential legal trouble ahead if any European person/organization who left a comment requests data removal.
It can be added easily. Just add comments unique id to after url and verify by that. If user sends an empty mail, delete it, otherwise update it.
For updates, perhaps consider a specially constructed mailto URL that includes the ID of the existing comment, not just the parent comment.
For deletes, same thing except the subject is prefixed with something like “++DELETE++”
Is there anything that prevents some single person from spamming your replies from their email address(es)?
I guess you can just ban that single email address then. But what if they make an alias on their domain? Ban that domain, sure. But what if it’s a 10-minute-mail address? Or if they’re using an otherwise legit provider who allows unlimited email aliases? (I don’t know of any, but I haven’t researched email providers enough to know)
I do like that you don’t need an additional account, but it feels like it’d turn into a moderation rat race, just like any other comment system.
That’s wicked cool, bro! Only thing I noticed is that almost no one here has their email clients configured, and most folks are just sticking to web clients (am i wrong?). Even me, as a Linux user and developer, I’m still using the web interface and haven’t bothered setting up the mailto handler (not really sure why, to be honest).
Gotta say though, I really appreciate how you’re using all those tools in harmony to give users a space for public web comments. Respect!
this is however super convenient if reading from mobile!
You are absolutely correct. Its super convenient from mobile. I’m not using my phone a lot, this is why I forgot to mention it.
where is “here”, and what? Really? (It’s not hard to set up a mailto: handler that goes to webmail…)
Ofcourse its easy to setup a mailto handler. It is a absolute self point of view, i am not using it nor anyone in my
socialcircle. (maybe I need to change that circle, lol) . Anyway, I will complete mailto handler setup. I hope there is a way to set different mail accounts as sender.