Suggestion : consider disabling comments on the blog. I noticed that on most technical blogs, the discussions in the comments are either non-existent or an "Aw

Suggestion : consider disabling comments on the blog. I noticed that on most technical blogs, the discussions in the comments are either non-existent or an "Awesome post" type response. The real discussion happens on sites like HN, reddit. There is no real downside to disabling comments altogether on technical blogs. Just leave a PS asking for comments to be sent over email. The upside to disabling comments : way faster load times and less data transfer per request. Disqus makes like 30 odd requests to load their comments. Disqus also does some creepy things : when my blog experienced a spike in traffic, Disqus suddenly decides to run ads on my blog without explicit permission. Regarding Facebook comments : :|