Re: [Help-librejs] About non-free JavaScript files

[Dmitry Alexandrov]

>> Dmitry Alexandrov <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> The FLOSS Information <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> I think there are non-free JavaScript files on my blog. It seems to be a 
>>>> bit difficult for me to throw them out because Disqus and Google Custom 
>>>> Search... What can I do?
>>>>
>>>> https://theflossinformation.gitlab.io/
>>>
>>> You can stop using Google Custom Search and Disqus, of course.  As for 
>>> Google, the freedom-friendly replacement is rather straightforward, as 
>>> Google _does_ allow you to embed their normal search (which, as you know, 
>>> works well with no any client-side programs), if you know the magic option. 
>>>  MWE:

>>> As for Disqus, I am not aware of any direct replacement.  The approach 
>>> itself, that is placing the initial post of the thread on your own website, 
>>> while outsourcing replies to it to some third-party network, actually, 
>>> looks dubious to me.

The FLOSS Information <address@hidden> wrote:
> I think I can use Mastodon instead of Disqus as we do on Google.

That is, you’ve already done with Google?  I do not see it.

> The two are a little different,

Mastodon and Disqus?  They are hardly has anything in common.

Disqus is a proprietary service, specifically created for outsourcing comments 
from websites.

Mastodon is a server for GNU Social-compatible network (also called 
‘Fediverse’) — a weird hybrid of mailing lists with Twitter, that promised to 
bring more freedom to microblogging for general audience, but as of now it 
rather brought silly character limits to forums for tech-savvy audience.

> but I think they can do the same.  I have little knowledge of HTML.

You do not need to “know HTML” to do it.  When all you have is a static 
hosting, you need to know a service on the Net, that provides a content 
embeddable in a frame, that presents a visitor a certain thread and allows him 
to reply in other way or another.

To repeat, I am *not* aware of any ready-to-use replacement of Disqus, usable 
with no ad-hoc programs in browser.  If you believe, that certain Mastodon node 
do provide such a service, I definitely would like to know.

> Can you help me?

If you ask whether I can host such a service, then yes, presumably I can, 
thanks to aforementioned GNU Social [1], which is nojs-friendly.  But _no_, I 
won’t, since, to repeat, the approach itself, that is placing the initial post 
of the thread on your own website, while outsourcing replies to some 
third-party network, actually, looks dubious to me.

[1] https://gnu.io/social/

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