ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions

You know how sometimes you want to leave a comment on something you saw on the internet, like a picture or a blog post? A lot of different websites have different ways of letting you do that, which can be confusing.

To make things easier, people came up with something called a "universal comment extension." This is a set of rules that different websites can follow to make it easy for everyone to leave comments in the same way.

Just like how all kids in a classroom follow the same rules for raising their hand to ask a question, all websites that use the universal comment extension follow the same rules for letting people leave comments.

These rules say things like: where on the website the comments should show up, what information people need to give to leave a comment (like their name and email), and how the comments should be formatted (like how they line up and what font they use).

By following these rules, it makes it easier for people to leave comments no matter what website they're on. It's like everyone in the classroom knowing the same rules for asking a question - it makes things go smoother and easier for everyone.