I suspect Gresham’s law kicked in years back. Some people have things to say but they’re not interested in the current state of internet comments. Particularly if their topic is esoteric or, horrors, seen as controversial.

And ai commentary is a waste of electrons.

> "Comments are too hard to host."

> No.

> They are just uncomfortable to host.

That's being pedantic.

Uncomfortable and hard can be used interchangeably. Both is true.

Comments need a database, that is objectively harder than using Jekyll or the other examples you give.

Comments need protection, otherwise you get bombarded with spam. That alone is a ridiculous amount of "hard".

Or you outsource this part, but you critisise that, too.

And even then, you still need moderation. Removing all the off-topic comments, the hateful comments, everything that doesn't belong.

I agree with you, that blogs with comments and discussions are lively and can add more value to a post.

But the statement that it's not hard is objectively false.