Show HN: Hyvor Talk – a better way to add comments to blogs

7 points by supz_k ↗ HN
Hello HN!

I'm Supun from Hyvor Talk ( https://talk.hyvor.com ), a commenting platform for websites.

First, to be clear, Hyvor is the startup I'm building and Hyvor Talk is the first product of it.

Here's how it started. I'm a PHP dev and I did a blog a little while ago. When it came to adding comments I didn't like the options available there for three reasons.

1. Some were not privacy-focused. They collected a bunch of user's data and placed ads on users' sites.

2. Most of them were not modern-looking.

3. Most of them were expensive.

So, I created my own commenting system for my website with only comments and replies. After a few weeks, I thought it would be better if I could allow others to use this and solve the above 3 problems. So, in December 2019, I started working on this full time. Since then, I have developed many features (most of them are based on suggestions I got through our Discord server).

Here are some features/facts about it.

* It does not collect users' data. * It's fast because of no third party code, ads, etc.

* It has a powerful AJAX-based moderation console. * It's completely free up to 40,000 page views per month.

* It's fully customizable (colors, fonts, texts) - You can see some customized pages in our landing page.

* It has a built-in spam detector.

* I and my girlfriend (a graphic designer) worked hard to make the system as much as user-friendly and attractive.

At the moment, I'm happy to say, 20+ websites use this commenting system actively. More than 1000 users have signed up as commenters.

Thank you for checking this out! I'd love to hear your feedback.

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I think this looks really awesome. Love the design. I would put the comments higher up on the landing page (definitely above the list of features / installation guide etc).
Hey!

I cannot imagine how this coincide. An hour ago, I added comments to the homepage. However, I added it to the bottom of the page. As you say, it would be better if I add it to the top.

Thank you very much!