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I'm just curious, since it wasn't touched upon in the README or the landing page: what's wrong with Disqus? Alternatively: what problem are these Disqus alterna
by ryannevius 9y ago
I'm just curious, since it wasn't touched upon in the README or the landing page: what's wrong with Disqus? Alternatively: what problem are these Disqus alternatives trying to solve that Disqus doesn't?
As someone who has added Disqus to many projects, I'm genuinely not sure what added value I'd see by using an alternative.
- detaro 9y ago9$ a month to turn off ads. Various other things like (supposedly accidentally) injecting affiliate links (http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/switching-away-from-disqus-review-increased-comments-by-304/ http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/switching-away-from-disqus...). Control about your comment data in case they pull yet another one of these things and you want out. Not wanting to expose your users to yet another tracking company.
- darekkay 9y agoMostly because of privacy and performance issues [0][1]. Additionally, you may not want to force your readers to register to Disqus to leave a comment (you can post as a guest without an account, but this is quite hidden). [0] - https://notes.ayushsharma.in/2017/09/im-killing-disqus-comments-on-my-blog-heres-why https://notes.ayushsharma.in/2017/09/im-killing-disqus-comme... [1] - http://donw.io/post/github-comments/ http://donw.io/post/github-comments/
- zhte415 9y agoI have never seen better conversation come from Disqus than from originally hosted, or even "let's do this on Twitter?" comments. I have never seen value in such a centralised comment-tracking system.
- foxhop 9y agoHi ryannevius, I list some of the reasons to switch here: https://www.remarkbox.com/finally-a-disqus-alternative.html https://www.remarkbox.com/finally-a-disqus-alternative.html