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I use this for my blog. To my knowledge, this is the only non scummy and free comment system
by clircle 5y ago
I use this for my blog. To my knowledge, this is the only non scummy and free comment system
- Dedime 5y agoLook into Cactus comments! https://cactus.chat/ https://cactus.chat/ Not affiliated. Just think it's cool.
- _fat_santa 5y agoWhat's not to like about a service like Disqus? /s
- contravariant 5y agoActually, does anyone mind answering this question (non-sarcastically)? I'd be pretty interested in the answer.
- _fat_santa 5y agoSure. The gist is that Disqus collects your data like no one's business, and other shady things like ads. It's a very popular commenting system because it's free to use and easy to setup, but there's an obvious downside. I would go more in depth but honestly the articles below do a much better job. https://supunkavinda.blog/disqus https://supunkavinda.blog/disqus https://jacquesmattheij.com/disqus-bait-and-switch-now-with-ads/ https://jacquesmattheij.com/disqus-bait-and-switch-now-with-... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=disuqs&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- rapnie 5y agoSee also "Disqus, a dark commenting system" at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26033052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26033052
- nsonha 5y agoif your content is in github then there is a benefit to having content and comments in the same place. Otherwise it's still a good thing to have your comments in a repo because it'll live forefer and can be replicated anywhere.