That's correct. I am reading through ascraeus.org/embracing-the-…, but I still cannot put the pieces together.. "What do I need to bake into my site, so that people can reply without having to write whole reply blog posts?". I'll check out that chat link too. Thanks.

Hi Kaushal. I'm afraid I can't answer your question about replying without writing blog posts. I made the choice to not have replies, other than blog posts, and replies to syndicated content using webmentions/bridgy. I'd be happy to talk to you about it.