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+# Proposed Plan to Integrate Mastodon Comments into HPR
+
+## Background
+
+- The HPR comment system is unique and may be unfamiliar to some who want to comment.
+- Mastodon's design makes it easy to leave comments on a Mastodon post.
+- The proposed goal is to augment the existing HPR comment system with the ability
+  to comment on a HPR episode using Mastodon replies.
+
+## Process Overview
+
+- The HPR Mastodon bot makes a post announcing a new HPR episode is release
+- A HPR host replies to the Bot's mastodon post
+- Relies to the post are pulled via the mastodon API
+- If the reply belongs to a verified HPR host
+  - Copy the reply into the comment database
+  - Display the comment on the HPR website
+  - Read the comment in the Community News
+
+## Changes to existing Database/Website
+
+- Add a new Mastodon Account field to the hosts table
+- Add a new field to the submission form.
+- Make it explicit that adding a mastodon account to the account field in the for:
+  - is optional - not required to submit a show
+  - Required for the hosts mastodon comments to be included in HPR
+  - Grants permission for HPR to use the comment under a CC license
+
+## Pulling Mastodon Comments
+
+- Develope a script to
+  - Parse the HPR bot posts
+  - Extract replies to the Bot's post
+  - Verify comment authors mastodon account is included in the hosts table.
+  - Format the replies so they can be used by the existing comment moderation process.
+
+## Moderation
+
+- The script can written to output data in the same format as the existing comment system
+- Comments can be moderated using the existing process.
+
+## Variations
+
+- Another Method for the commenter to grant permission to HPR to reuse the content
+  - CC declaration in comment or profile
+  - ??
+- Use hash tags to identify a post as a HPR comment