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It could be interesting if you tap into the resource of an existing website (Something like hn or reddit). It already has a community build around it and moderation in place.

For example, if you are on an article and click on the extension you could see the corresponding page on hn. If the article hasn't been added then it could be added.

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I really like this idea.

HN is too curated to cover literally every site or article (and that's a good thing), but you could have a sidebar that federates multiple comment outlets... "Here's what people are saying online..." Like pingbacks, but less opt in.

If nothing is found, the sidebar could push new comments to a special purpose subreddit, or some other default backstop.

Yeah, really like the idea as well... maybe another little project... :)

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