Comment by aylmao
4 years ago
Meta comment: Github Gist seems to be great for blogging. Yeah, the UI is not very blog-specific, but it has all the useful features, and then some: markdown, comments, hosting, an index of all posts, some measure of popularity (stars), a very detailed edit history, etc.
All without having to pay or setup anything yourself.
Unfortunately, there's no way to turn off comments on a Gist, which makes it not a viable replacement for anyone who doesn't want to spend a lot of time processing and moderating comments.
Good point. However, you need a GitHub account to post comments so everyone knows who you are. Your reputation might suffer if you constantly post comments that require moderation.
This does not, in practice, stop people. Both because it's possible to make throw-away accounts, and because some people don't have a reputation to care about to begin with.
It's great because Chinese GFW won't block.