I haven’t had comments on my blog since I moved from wordpress. Until now. I just added comments back to my blog and here is how I did it. The most convinient way is integrating my blog with Github Discussions using giscus. The giscuss.app page walks you through the setup and authorization process. I created a new public repository on Github, then I enabled Discussions feature on the repository (Settings -> Features).

Remember the old comments in SharePoint Lists? I am sure there are tons of lists that use the Append-Only Comments. They are implemented using versioning. The problem is that it is hard to export the comments, unless you know the tricks. The trick I want to share comes from a colleague of mine. The reason why we need export all the comments is that we need to document and save/archive the decision making process that took place in the comments field.

If you have used Issue tracking list template in SharePoint you must have marked that the comments are added and marked with author name and datetime. It is handy to have these micro “discussion boards” on items. The comment-formed communication can help to fine-tune task definitions. By the way, have you seen Trello? So the question is how we can create this column in other lists? Here is a little tutorial how to create “append-only comments”, as they are called: