I think there are many applications where it's fantastic - but at least one notable exception: Engadget. Engadget's commenting system has always been its weakn

I think there are many applications where it's fantastic - but at least one notable exception: Engadget. Engadget's commenting system has always been its weakness. The site has (I blieve) the best gadget reporting on the internet, but its comment section is on-par with YouTube's. I can't remember the last time I tried to read the comment's on a popular article that didn't devolve into a flame war between some kind of fanboy faction. If that site's planning to rescue its users from inane, inflammatory or outright inaccurate commenting, it needs to use a moderation system that's much more aggressive about filtering and burying the bad, while promoting the good. And that's not something that Disqus does very well.