Isso is a lightweight, self-hosted commenting server designed as an open-source alternative to services like Disqus. It allows users to post comments in Markdown, uses an SQLite backend, and supports importing comments from Disqus and WordPress.
Rationale
The candidate, Isso, is a commenting server, described as a Disqus alternative. While it deals with user-generated content (comments), it does not align with the concept of an online publishing platform for long-form articles, nor does it offer features like a rich text editor for article creation, a recommendation engine for content, or a membership monetization model for writers based on reading time. The features listed for Isso (Markdown comments, SQLite backend, Disqus/WordPress import, configurable JS client) are specific to a commenting system and do not match the features of a content publishing and distribution platform like Medium.
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