Hide comments behind a click and the user does their own policing
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The comments don't show unless you go and ask for them. To me, that's critical.
Episode 122: We're Trending! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:28:55 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
On ActivityPub comments for podcast episodes, Dave says the most important design choice is the 'show comments' button. Like a Mastodon content warning, putting comments behind a user action removes 90% of creators' worry and shifts the job of policing what the user sees onto the user, not the creator.
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Episode 122: We're Trending! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:29:47 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
it, it, it sort of in a real way puts the expectation of, of policing the user's eyeballs onto the user and not on to To the Creator.
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