Vol. I · No. 1

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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The Open Times

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The conversation stays with the post

A post that gets replies on four networks has its conversation scattered across four companies. Comments keep the discussion attached to the thing being discussed, in a table you can read.

Threads under the piece

Replies nest under the comment they answer, so a long disagreement stays readable instead of collapsing into a flat list of fragments.

Open, or subscriber-only

Let anyone reply, restrict comments to subscribers, or restrict them to paying subscribers. The setting is per post, because not every piece wants the same room.

Moderation without a queue to babysit

Block, delete and turn off replies from the post itself. Comments are rows in your database, so a bad week is a query rather than a support ticket.

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