Engagement
Real-time comments and engagement
Why timely, lively threads hold attention, and how to make comments feel immediate without a heavy widget.
Better conversations,
fewer headaches.
Practical guides, comparisons and playbooks on blog comments, moderation, community and privacy-first engagement, from the Gabden team.
Guides
A comment system migration checklist
A step-by-step checklist for switching comment systems without losing threads or search rankings.
Engagement
Comments on ecommerce product pages
How questions and discussion on product pages build buyer trust and help lift sales.
Comparisons
How to choose a comment system
A clear framework for evaluating comment systems on privacy, speed, moderation and cost.
Guides
Add comments to Docusaurus
Add a comment thread to Docusaurus docs pages with a single embed, keyed to each page canonical URL.
Product
Gabden 1.0 is here
Gabden 1.0 is our first stable release: privacy-first comments and community you add with one script tag.
Guides
Add comments to a Notion blog
Add real threaded comments to a Notion-published site or blog with one embed, no account required to read.
Comparisons
Self-hosted vs hosted commenting
Maintenance, privacy, control, and cost compared for self-hosted and hosted comment systems.
Guides
Add comments to Jekyll
Add comments to a Jekyll static blog with a small include and one embed, no database to run yourself.
Comparisons
An IntenseDebate alternative
A privacy-first, lightweight alternative to IntenseDebate that works on any platform and imports your existing comments.
Comparisons
A Substack comments alternative
Move discussion off Substack and onto your own site with a privacy-first embed you control.
Privacy
Disqus privacy issues and why publishers switch
The ad and tracking concerns that push publishers off Disqus, and what a privacy-first replacement looks like.