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I've dug into this a bit, and while it's possible to use Twitter as comments for a blog, it's not straightforward. Wish it was and wish Twitter cared enought to make this easy - would be a great resource for news websites as well as blogs. (Imagine if every Wikipedia page had one! :)
The perfect experience is, links to your blog posts appear on Twitter. Each of these Tweets has a Reply button. Each blog post has a Reply button, which does exactly what the Reply button on Twitter does. Each of these Tweets has a link to display the Tweet and all its Replies. Each blog post has a Comments button, which links back display the Tweet and all of its Replies.
Appears to do the parts in bold above I have to dive into the Twitter API, with oauth and application Ids and all the rest of it. So be it. I have applied to be an authorized Twitter developer. Stay tuned...
[Update: yep, trying Mastodon...]
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