This also means that adding dummy accounts is dummy simple.
Generate some random strings and slot it into the database. There's no foreign keys either (SOMEHOW) so I don't have to worry about that too much.
The only real issue would be emails since Commento would want to send out alerts. But I think I can solve that with a tweak or two.
If anyone feels like being a beta tester for something that's horribly broken, go follow @tekdmn_blog which I'll start connecting shortly.
So the flow would go like this:
- Create a "commenter" with a random hex ID, random bcrypt password (of good length), email is mastodon handle, link is mastodon page, photo is... photo, provider is "mastodon"
- Create an email config setting reply emails to FALSE for their "email" (mastodon handle)
- Create a comment referencing said commenter, interpreting their toot as markdown to render.
As well as local book-keeping to handle deletes, check toot privacy, and note passwords just in case.