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Nobody like talking into a void. Audience feedback is necessary for most people to bother continuing to do it.

Perhaps there are better methods for that, like email.

Another one is to require a paid subscription to comment. It’s a filter for low effort spam.

Emailing comments is possible even with a comment system, assuming the site owner discloses it. But it is invisible to others, as most blogs are not going to curate emails into a "Letter to the Editor" section of the website.

Substack is an email newsletter platform and even that has a comment system.

I think.... just like reality, some people love the attention feedback loop. They are hardwired for it.

The internet used to be a place to interact with other humans. Would you rather send your content “into the void”? Who are you publishing for?