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Disclaimer: I work at DISQUS. Aside from content and traffic, it's important to lower the barrier for people that may want to comment. I'm not sure what you'r

Disclaimer: I work at DISQUS. Aside from content and traffic, it's important to lower the barrier for people that may want to comment. I'm not sure what you're using now, but nobody wants to make an account, and people generally like being e-mailed if someone replies to them. DISQUS is a very easy win there. The list goes on, but I don't want to turn this into an informercial.

corin_ 16y ago
Some of your features are great, but my personal view is that your solution is suitible for people who don't understand how to get the best out of their websites. I'd far rather maintain full control over the features I do/don't have, and full control over the database and how I access that data. Still a nice service for some, though :)
- bretthoerner 16y ago
  Fair enough. If you have ideas (re: features you want/don't want that we don't currently offer) we'd certainly like to hear them. For what it's worth we do have an API to access/export your comments if you ever want to leave. I used DISQUS personally before I joined the company because I didn't want to implement login/avatars/sharing/notifications for what amounts to a pretty small blog, but ymmv.
mattmiller 16y ago
I see what you are saying, but that is not the result I have observed. Most sites that I have seen using disqus don't have a lot of comments, or they at least not a lot of valuable comments. The best commented sites I have seen have been basic wordpress sites. I don't think that means that people like to make a new login for each site, I think it means that there is more to creating a contributing community on your blog than lowering the barrier to entry.
- bretthoerner 16y ago
  Sure, starting a real conversation will always be left to the writer. But there have been plenty of times when I've wanted to contribute something but couldn't be bothered because I'd have to return to site for the next few days to check for replies. While I may do that on HN (like right now) I won't normally do that for Joe Random Blog.

corin_ 16y ago

Some of your features are great, but my personal view is that your solution is suitible for people who don't understand how to get the best out of their websites. I'd far rather maintain full control over the features I do/don't have, and full control over the database and how I access that data. Still a nice service for some, though :)

bretthoerner 16y ago
Fair enough. If you have ideas (re: features you want/don't want that we don't currently offer) we'd certainly like to hear them. For what it's worth we do have an API to access/export your comments if you ever want to leave. I used DISQUS personally before I joined the company because I didn't want to implement login/avatars/sharing/notifications for what amounts to a pretty small blog, but ymmv.

mattmiller 16y ago

I see what you are saying, but that is not the result I have observed. Most sites that I have seen using disqus don't have a lot of comments, or they at least not a lot of valuable comments. The best commented sites I have seen have been basic wordpress sites. I don't think that means that people like to make a new login for each site, I think it means that there is more to creating a contributing community on your blog than lowering the barrier to entry.

bretthoerner 16y ago
Sure, starting a real conversation will always be left to the writer. But there have been plenty of times when I've wanted to contribute something but couldn't be bothered because I'd have to return to site for the next few days to check for replies. While I may do that on HN (like right now) I won't normally do that for Joe Random Blog.