I have no idea what it would take to implement it, but I think it would be really cool to have a commenting system for things like blogs that essentially acts like a footnote system. I think this would be especially beneficial in cases like mine where, notably in my travel posts, I have pretty long and in depth posts that cover a lot of ground. Instead of a user reading through the whole thing then posting general comments about what is most prominent in their head by the very end, users could place comments essentially inline with the text.1 I envision it exactly like a footnote or bibliography where a user could click in the post at the point where they would like to make the comment, type the comment, then when it is submitted the appropriate number superscript is left in the text. If you noticed, I'm including an example in this very post! So the comments would still aggregate at the bottom, but could be in direct response to parts of the post. Another feature that would make this really handy would be if the blog owner had an option to use a mouseover to pop up the relevant comment. So if you put your cursor on the "footnote" number, you could see (similar to alt text for an image) the comment. I think this could add to the functionality and interactivity of a blog. I actually made this post include an example of this with a little html hacking (put your mouse over the 1 above). Just thought I would share!
1This is a really cool idea!
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Monday, March 22, 2010
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that is soo cool! awesome way to comment!
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