With cross-app comments using ActivityPub, podcasters don't have to delegate interactions with their audience to a third party social media site anymore.
Cut out the middleman.
Stay in control.
The podcast IS the social network.
From “Podcasting 2.0 for October 29nd 2021 Episode 60: Crossing the Line”
http://adam.curry.com/html/PC206020211029Podcas-cSxKHXdrrWJfNf6tC0SjknfmFz2Tf9.html