If I am not misunderstanding what you are trying to built, it seems that it exists already: Https://www.powr.io/comments-website-app or https://commento.io/. Source: 11 months ago

Thanks - that one is on my short list along with Commento. Source: 11 months ago

You might wanna check out commento as I've heard good things. Haven't personally used but the impression I get from it is quite positive. Source: about 1 year ago

Commento (https://commento.io/ ) is a nice service that I've used with static site generators like Hugo -- very easy to add to a project - no real coding required to include it, and people can add comments to your blog etc... Honest straightforward pricing model for their SASS offering, and it's open source, so you can host it yourself if you have a server. Source: over 1 year ago

Given that I don't want to rely on proprietary services, does anyone know of a Commento to Notado's Disqus? (i.e. Equivalent but self-hostable and open-source). Source: over 1 year ago

Get a famous hunter — It's easy to say "meh, I'll just hunt myself or ask one of my friends" but PLEASE DON'T! You'll gain huge impact from big-name hunters. Most of them have thousands of followers, and they will all get notified once you launch. It's better for your brand, too :-) These hunters are mostly very nice and cooperative when you just ask them to hunt you. Here's a list of the top hunters you can... Source: about 2 years ago

I also found https://upvote-bell.com/. But both still lacks the overall result driven analytics. https://productwars.phantombuster.com/ focusses on today's launch. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago