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Facebook's next big media move: Comments

23 points by ssclafani 16y ago

bpeters 16y ago
Facebook once again trying to be the foundation on which all communication and exchange is based on.
- efields 16y ago
  For better or for worse is certainly up for debate too. On the one hand, closed systems suck and these valuable comments could get locked out of search engines. On the other hand, I've seen article commenting go through the roof with a simple Disqus include. Ease of sign-in and uniform appearance probably has a lot do with it. It'll be interesting to see how they implement this.
u48998 16y ago
All the more reasons to comment less on the websites.
taylorbuley 16y ago
Facebook already has a "plugin" for commenting, so I'm curious as to how -- if at all -- this will be different. http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/commen...
- pavel_lishin 16y ago
  Or how it'll be superior to Disqus.
  - ashconnor 16y ago
    Disqus already has the added bonus of not showing my profile picture to the world.
    - taylorbuley 16y ago
      With the pervasiveness of Open Graph (nee Connect) I'm not sure it'll necessarily have to be "better" than Disqus in order to win its marketshare
- mikeknoop 16y ago
  And it matches the screenshot in the article 100%.
  - alexgartrell 16y ago
    They also mentioned having not seen mockups. I'd imagine they just lifted the picture from the plugin page, and that the real thing will have much deeper Facebook integration.
- rwwmike 16y ago
  This is what I've been wondering ALL DAY.
rwhitman 16y ago
Hasn't this existed for over a year now?
- sursani 16y ago
  Exactly. I really don't know what the news is... Also, having Disqus is better since users can still do anonymous commenting
zaidf 16y ago
They should (try to) acquire Disqus.
xtacy 16y ago
Do you think that Facebook starting to add more and more features that people might find creepy (it could take a while) can negatively impact its progress?
huntero 16y ago
According to Facebook, they've been testing it on their Developer and Facebook blog. I remember seeing it last week and thinking, "Oh, I've never seen that Facebook commenting system before". Example: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130 http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130

23 points by ssclafani 16y ago

bpeters 16y ago

Facebook once again trying to be the foundation on which all communication and exchange is based on.

efields 16y ago
For better or for worse is certainly up for debate too. On the one hand, closed systems suck and these valuable comments could get locked out of search engines. On the other hand, I've seen article commenting go through the roof with a simple Disqus include. Ease of sign-in and uniform appearance probably has a lot do with it. It'll be interesting to see how they implement this.

u48998 16y ago

All the more reasons to comment less on the websites.

taylorbuley 16y ago

Facebook already has a "plugin" for commenting, so I'm curious as to how -- if at all -- this will be different. http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/comments http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/commen...

pavel_lishin 16y ago
Or how it'll be superior to Disqus.
- ashconnor 16y ago
  Disqus already has the added bonus of not showing my profile picture to the world.
  - taylorbuley 16y ago
    With the pervasiveness of Open Graph (nee Connect) I'm not sure it'll necessarily have to be "better" than Disqus in order to win its marketshare
mikeknoop 16y ago
And it matches the screenshot in the article 100%.
- alexgartrell 16y ago
  They also mentioned having not seen mockups. I'd imagine they just lifted the picture from the plugin page, and that the real thing will have much deeper Facebook integration.
rwwmike 16y ago
This is what I've been wondering ALL DAY.

rwhitman 16y ago

Hasn't this existed for over a year now?

sursani 16y ago
Exactly. I really don't know what the news is... Also, having Disqus is better since users can still do anonymous commenting

zaidf 16y ago

They should (try to) acquire Disqus.

xtacy 16y ago

Do you think that Facebook starting to add more and more features that people might find creepy (it could take a while) can negatively impact its progress?

huntero 16y ago

According to Facebook, they've been testing it on their Developer and Facebook blog. I remember seeing it last week and thinking, "Oh, I've never seen that Facebook commenting system before". Example: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130 http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=486790652130