# Adding Comments to your Blog

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-comments-to-your-blog/1146>\
**Category:** Walkthrough\
**Created:** [March 2, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-comments-to-your-blog/1146 "2020-03-02T20:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisaldrich](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/chrisaldrich/32/485_2.png) [@chrisaldrich](https://discuss.write.as/u/chrisaldrich)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-comments-to-your-blog/1146/24 "2021-03-25T21:22:22Z")

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I’ve wanted @mention/Webmention support on Hypothes.is for a long time. I had URL hacked my way into a solution a while back but never wrote about it.

I was [reminded](https://hyp.is/A4A_EojsEeujf0cs-uiH_w/web.hypothes.is/help/embedding-hypothesis-in-websites-and-platforms/) today that one can subscribe to an [RSS/ATOM feed of annotations](https://web.hypothes.is/help/atom-rss-feeds-for-annotations/) on their site (or any site for that matter) using the feed format `https://hypothes.is/stream.rss?wildcard_uri=https://www.example.org/*` and replacing the [example.org](http://example.org) URL with the desired one. Nota bene: the /\* at the end makes the query a wildcard to find anything on your site. If you leave it off you’ll only get the annotations on your homepage.

If you’re using Hypothes.is in an off-label use case [as a commenting system](https://boffosocko.com/2020/05/26/55771462/#blog%20commenting%20system) on your website, this can be invaluable. I recall [Tom Critchlow](https://tomcritchlow.com/) and [CJ Eller](https://discuss.write.as/t/adding-comments-to-your-blog/1146) trying this out in the past.

To go a step further, one can also use this scheme to get a feed of [@mentions of their Hypothes.is username](https://web.hypothes.is/blog/diy-mentions/) too. If I’m not mistaken, based on some preliminary tests, this method should work for finding `username` both with and without the `@` being included.

These are a few interesting tidbits for those who are using Hypothes.is not only for the social annotation functionality, but as a social media site or dovetailing it with their own websites and related workflows.

(originally posted at [Hypothes.is as a comment system: Receiving @​mentions and notifications for your website](https://boffosocko.com/2021/03/25/hypothes-is-as-a-comment-system-receiving-mentions-and-notifications-for-your-website/))

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