> federated

Make a browser plug-in that searches the URL of the currently shown page on all Kbin and Lemmy instances (federated alternatives to Reddit).

Show the comments in a sidebar.

That’s a modern federated “Sidewiki” right there :D

How about all discussions occurring in major communities. Why ignore places like metafilter and Fark and slashdot.

> Why ignore places like metafilter and Fark and slashdot.

Because they are not federated.

I've wondered about a federated web comments system for a while. At least that makes moderation someone else's problem, lol.

You can federate whether you want, but the key take is people have to actually host it to avoid big FAANG