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There are ways to automatically grab feeds of specific hashtags on Twitter

Maybe post your blog with something "unique[ish]"?

Or turn tweets into webmentions using https://brid.gy/

I've thought about this, and would love a browser extension that would let me see all the past discussions when I visit a website that has previously been submitted to HN. Maybe one day I'll make it.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/what-hacker-news-s...

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/what-hacker-n...

Comment sibling of yours by turoczy suggests that already exists?

> I tried a few of those "commenting" solutions that attempted to pull the social channels into the blog itself, but they never seemed to recreate that 2005-2010 dynamic of active and engaging conversations occurring on a single post.

I believe Lobste.rs is a good citizen and sends a webmention. Other services could follow suit. There'd be no need for an additional product then.

> Not sure how big the market is, but...

Probably, good enough for a Wordpress plugin.