@pfefferle I think that's semantically wrong. Replies, especially in AP, chain together a conversation. Implicitly when you reply you're expecting a reply to your reply. But blog posts contain links that are more like "over here X said Y and it got me thinking: perhaps Z?" or "Remember A? Well, I'm now proposing B." In cases like that you're not really participating in the conversation, you're starting a new conversation. The person you're "replying" to would probably consider your comment intrusive, and if they replied to you, you would probably consider that intrusive too.
There's also the problem, especially on Mastodon, that posts are expected to be short and part of a back-and-forth, but Wordpress articles are often long. "Replying" to a two-sentence toot with a six-paragraph dissertation makes people really angry.
In fact I actually would like my blog posts to be replies, but only to particular posts that I specify. I'd only want to do that if I really intend to inject myself into someone else's conversation. So it should have a UI similar to adding an excerpt or categories - an extra step, not automatic.
@lascapi if we think about the same: it is hard to prvent spam, because the plugin is open source and with some changes spammers could implement that feature already 😔
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