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TFA is kind of misleading. It's not Jekyll et al. that are harmful to FOSS. The author talks about Disqus being a closed system, which is true. However, assum
by yuvadam 15y ago
TFA is kind of misleading.
It's not Jekyll et al. that are harmful to FOSS. The author talks about Disqus being a closed system, which is true.
However, assuming that I'm using Disqus just because I'm running a blog on Jekyll isn't a fair claim.
- d0nk 15y agoExactly. Plenty of high-profile blogs that are powered by wordpress also use disqus. Using disqus != using a site generator (jekyll), and using jekyll != using disqus. The same could be said for those of us who use posterous to power our blogs. I think what the author of the article really wanted is to suggest a free/open commenting platform similar to disqus. I wonder how long until we see a "Comment.js" type post now? Could be cool.
- streptomycin 15y ago> I think what the author of the article really wanted is to suggest a free/open commenting platform similar to disqus. From TFA: > So I guess what I’m saying is that we need an open source (preferably AGPL) Disqus.
- streptomycin 15y ago> However, assuming that I'm using Disqus just because I'm running a blog on Jekyll isn't a fair claim. Assuming every jekyll user also uses Disqus? Not fair. Assuming a significant correlation? Very fair.