Wow that might actually be amazing. A comment section for every page?
Comment on Mozilla is shutting down their Mastodon instance.
Vipsu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lemmy support would be much more fitting for Mozilla. They could add plugin or lemmy integration to their browser that could show discussions from subscribed communities matching the current url.
Effectively acting as a “comment section” but for any page. One would only need lemmy account to comment on youtube videos, news articles, blogs etc.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
SteveTech@programming.dev 1 month ago
I swear Lemmy comments for YouTube had a feature that let you open it for any page, but it seems the GitHub and Firefox page been deleted.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Think of all the tracking data!
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
🥺
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Im on your side, just need a way to protect the users.
Putting a frame under every url you browse to needs to be done right™️
Clbull@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Gab tried to pull the same thing with their Dissenter plugin. It was such a bad idea that Mozilla and Google banded together to remove the extensions from their stores for ToS violations.
Now imagine what a nightmare it would be to moderate the ability to comment on anything online with actual standards and decency.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why was it a bad idea? Seems like a wonderful idea. Minus Gab.
Some kind of web of trust and inheriting ignored users based on it and weights - and it will work.
treadful@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Sounds to me like an extension that by design tracks every Web page you visit.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not necessarily and only those you comment.
That’s the point, to comment any webpage. It’s clear you visited it if you comment it.
mke@programming.dev 1 month ago
I didn’t want to rain on your parade, but:
Even putting aside technical details, I fail to see how “Lemmy integration in the browser” could be a good product strategy. A plugin/extension can also be developed by independent developers, which seems much more fitting for the size of the target demographic. Maybe I’m missing something.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah, something like 50k users is a drop in the bucket. It’s a nice size for a community, but not big enough to warrant a browser feature.
Vipsu@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well since they were/are hosting Mastodon instance they do seem to have some interest in the fediverse. They do also have official plugins.
Personally I feel something like this could be the next step for social link aggregation and discussion platforms. Being able to share and discuss on about videos and articles without having to register to dozens or more pages while also having some control over the people you interract with through instances, subscribed communities etc.
Source media would also be unable to control what can or cannot be discussed. Many youtube videos and news articles for example may block all comments. It would be up to community on how to moderate discussion.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 month ago
that seems like the way to go for this