# Idea: Integrate forum to discuss podcast episodes

**URL:** https://forum.antennapod.org/t/idea-integrate-forum-to-discuss-podcast-episodes/263
**Category:** Feature request
**Created:** [October 18, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/idea-integrate-forum-to-discuss-podcast-episodes/263 "2020-10-18T18:37:21Z")
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### Author: ![keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/keunes/32/61_2.png) [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/idea-integrate-forum-to-discuss-podcast-episodes/263/2 "2020-10-18T21:00:30Z")

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Thanks for sharing!

In short: I think it’d be a nice feature to have integrated comments in AntennaPod, and also to use it to drive users to our forum to help build an AntennaPod community. But it’s not within our project’s remit. Have a look at [Possibly a way to get podcast comments?](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/possibly-a-way-to-get-podcast-comments/224) - it requests kinda the same and my reply there would be applicable here, too.

> [@tonytamsf](#):
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> There are downsides, because we have to decide on whether these comments are moderated or not.

Well, if it’s on our servers (which won’t be possible - see the linked post), it would certainly have to be moderated. We don’t want the AntennaPod brand to be associated with hatespeech and stuff like that. The time needed for that moderation is one huge downside. A second big downside is the extra resources the project would need to host this. A third the responsibility as a (then to be) [data controller](https://gdpr-info.eu/art-24-gdpr/).

> [@tonytamsf](#):
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> The upside is that we will drive up the usage of the forum and ultimately the user community not AntennaPod and a pretty unique feature

Can’t argue with that 🙂 In my reply in the other post I share how I think a comment section could be implemented without requiring AntennaPod’s infrastructure (though it wouldn’t lead users to our forum).

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