Merge iNat Blog comments section with affiliated topics on iNat Forum

Feature Requests
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See: https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-comments-via-javascript/31963

Not suggesting it be done for all journals, just the official, staff-managed iNat blog.

Pros

  • nicely formatted discussions
  • drives more people to use forum
  • makes discussion more cohesive, prevents duplicative conversations
  • side conversations can be split to new topics
  • more robust tools for managing inappropriate or wholly off-topic comments
  • encourages people to heart comments rather add short, spammy feeling comments like “I agree” / “+1 me too” / etc
  • blog posts less hidden once they drop off the front iNat dashboard
  • users can set up emails or notifications for new topics posted in the official iNat blog category

Cons

  • requires users to log into the forum
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This would make trying to track long/branching conversations like the agree button one a lot easier, and people wouldn’t feel like they need to post the same comment in two places.

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Closing since I think this optional method works reasonably well:

Since the iNaturalist Forum has better tools for moderating and facilitating complex discussion, we’ve disabled comments on this post but have created a companion thread in the forum. We invite your thoughts or questions there.

from https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/49564-inaturalist-licensed-observation-images-in-the-amazon-open-data-sponsorship-program

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