Author: Alex Kirk
Published: December 21, 2022

---

December 21, 2022

[https://cactus.chat/](https://cactus.chat/), Cactus Comments is a federated comment
system for the web, based on the Matrix protocol. Good idea but I am not sure why
this needs an [appservice for synapse](https://cactus.chat/docs/server/introduction/).
I think it could also be just done using a single room and storing the post metadata
inside the chat message JSON.

###### Fediverse reactions

[Web](https://alex.kirk.at/category/web/)

Read this next

[Previous Post](https://alex.kirk.at/2022/12/16/1466127/)

![Alex Kirk](https://alex.kirk.at/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/06/cropped-2025.
Alex-512x512-1-120x120.jpg)

Alex Kirk

@alex@alex.kirk.at

 **273** posts

 **284** followers

### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://alex.kirk.at/2022/12/21/1476023/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comment *

Name *

Email *

Website

Δ

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. [Learn how your comment data is processed.](https://akismet.com/privacy/)