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Don't they use Disqus? Is that really a very big expense?
by davesque 10y ago
Don't they use Disqus? Is that really a very big expense?
- mynewtb 10y agoIt would be sad if they let a(nother?) third party spy on their users.
- CM30 10y agoPretty sure Disqus is often set up so comments are also stored in the site's database. That's how it worked when I used it for a WordPress site. So all the comment text is likely being stored on the NPR website, even with Disqus.
- ec109685 10y agoThat isn't how Disqus works. It is a centrally hosted widget.
- CM30 10y agoNot quite: https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/472125-data-synchronization-for-local-storage https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/472125-data... At least for the WordPress plugin, the default functionality is to sync the comments in the database with those on Disqus servers.