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Congrats to Disqus guys. Presumably the $10M includes a couple million for the founders to cash out, which is great. They seem to be in a pretty difficult posi

by staunch 16y ago

Congrats to Disqus guys. Presumably the $10M includes a couple million for the founders to cash out, which is great. They seem to be in a pretty difficult position though. The product is the very definition of a "feature", and one that is most definitely a commodity. Facebook Comments just launched and it's quite well done. Since most people are logged into their FB accounts all the time it means instant commenting with real identities. Exactly what most sites need to increase commenting while maintaining civility. Revenue is also a big problem. Between Facebook Comments and other free competitors there's not much room to charge for pro features or add advertising. I'm a fan, but don't really see how they're going to become a big business in the future to return 5-10x on this $10M.

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pclark 16y ago
Disqus already has a freemium product (Disqus VIP amongst the potential for other things) and Disqus has said that in fact Facebook Comments is increasing their potential Market via validation and growing awareness of 3rd party commenting systems. I don't know why you think Disqus is a feature - it's a product growing into a company. It seems like a no brainer that Disqus will take over the web in the same way Facebook Connect has for registrations. Its simpler, faster and superior to what websites can offer themselves.
zeeg 16y ago
Try using Facebook Comments as a large publisher. There's quite a few powerful tools that we (Disqus) provide that Facebook hasn't yet. Granted, they might in the future, but commenting is our sole product right now, and you can bet we'll do the best we can do make it awesome :)
- suking 16y ago
  I can't even go on TC anymore because there is no trolling or funny comments. FB comments killed the discussion there. BRING BACK DISQUS! Also - they have a digg button where every article has 0 diggs, wtf is the point? I bet Arrington is an investor with someone high up at Digg, etc.
vsearch 16y ago
My company recently switched to Disqus as a test on some of our sites. So far we're happy. The mobile version needs some work including their app but overall good. I don't like Facebook and their attitude towards their users so we won't be using Facebook comments.

by staunch 16y ago

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pclark 16y ago

Disqus already has a freemium product (Disqus VIP amongst the potential for other things) and Disqus has said that in fact Facebook Comments is increasing their potential Market via validation and growing awareness of 3rd party commenting systems. I don't know why you think Disqus is a feature - it's a product growing into a company. It seems like a no brainer that Disqus will take over the web in the same way Facebook Connect has for registrations. Its simpler, faster and superior to what websites can offer themselves.

zeeg 16y ago

Try using Facebook Comments as a large publisher. There's quite a few powerful tools that we (Disqus) provide that Facebook hasn't yet. Granted, they might in the future, but commenting is our sole product right now, and you can bet we'll do the best we can do make it awesome :)

suking 16y ago
I can't even go on TC anymore because there is no trolling or funny comments. FB comments killed the discussion there. BRING BACK DISQUS! Also - they have a digg button where every article has 0 diggs, wtf is the point? I bet Arrington is an investor with someone high up at Digg, etc.

vsearch 16y ago

My company recently switched to Disqus as a test on some of our sites. So far we're happy. The mobile version needs some work including their app but overall good. I don't like Facebook and their attitude towards their users so we won't be using Facebook comments.