Just wanted to throw an update over here. The examples in my post are specifically geared towards a basic threaded comment structure, which Disqus is not. Our u

Just wanted to throw an update over here. The examples in my post are specifically geared towards a basic threaded comment structure, which Disqus is not. Our usage is much more complex than this example, but we are able to handle sorting by dynamic data (which we use in our "Most Popular" sort algorithm). In other words, recursion still works, and in our tests has proven faster than doing it at the application layer (no matter how you sugar coat it).