Hey hey, I have a static hugo web site online, for me personally, on a free netlify account. It’s extremely low traffic and currently the only way to interact with me via that site is to submit a contact form.
I am considering my options for making the site more interactive. I am concerned about the cost mostly - I have no budget or maybe could spend a very small amount - and the privacy of the data people might provide.
I’ve done some searching and see the options out there – disqus has no privacy, commentbox.io seems OK – but I am curious how you all solve this / what you recommend for someone with my very low-end requirements. Thanks for sharing what works for you.
There’s always Disqus. But here are a few more alternatives:
If you move to free hosting on github pages, you could also use Github discussions: https://github.com/features/discussions