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What our comment system is, and how signing in works.

What This Is

Every article on The Dingo Daily has a comment section at the bottom, powered by Comentario, a comment platform we run ourselves rather than handing off to a third-party ad network. Anyone can read comments without an account. Posting one takes just a moment either way, whether you sign in or not.

Ways to Comment

You can create a local account with just an email and password, or sign in using an existing account you already have with one of these providers: Discord, Facebook, GitHub, Google, X (Twitter), or YouTube. We don't ask for anything beyond your basic public profile (name, email, and profile picture) from whichever provider you choose — enough to identify you as a commenter and show your name next to what you post. We never post, message, or take any action on your behalf on any of these platforms.

Signing in with YouTube specifically shows your YouTube channel's name and avatar next to your comments, instead of your underlying Google account name — the same separation YouTube itself offers between your Google identity and your channel identity, for anyone who'd rather keep those separate.

Don't want to create an account at all? You can also comment without registering, with an optional display name of your choosing (or "Anonymous" if you leave it blank). Comments left this way go through moderation review before they appear publicly, rather than showing up immediately like a signed-in comment does.

What You Can Do

  • Formatting — comments support Markdown: bold, italic, strikethrough, links, images, tables, block quotes, inline code, and numbered/bulleted lists, all available from a toolbar right in the comment box. Comments can run up to 10,000 characters.
  • Replies — reply directly to a specific comment to keep threaded conversations easy to follow.
  • Voting — upvote or downvote comments; by default, each article's comments are sorted by score, with the highest-voted at the top.
  • Sorting — switch between sorting by votes, newest first, or oldest first.
  • Editing and deleting — signed-in users can edit or delete their own comments after posting.
  • Live updates — new comments from other readers appear on the page automatically, no refresh needed.
  • RSS — every article's comment section has its own RSS feed if you'd rather follow the discussion in a feed reader.

Moderation

Comments are reviewed by our editorial team, and we reserve the right to remove anything that's spam, abusive, or off-topic. We're not trying to run an open free-for-all — we want the comment section to be worth reading.

Your Data

Full detail on what we collect and how it's used, including exactly what each sign-in option shares with us, is in our Privacy Policy. Our Terms of Service cover the rest.

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