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Glad to have you as a subscriber! I understand that some people don't jibe with Facebook and want me to move away from FB comments (I've received several reque
by coderdude 15y ago
Glad to have you as a subscriber!
I understand that some people don't jibe with Facebook and want me to move away from FB comments (I've received several requests). If I do that then I'll have to write an auth system. Not difficult to do but I'd rather focus my time on content right now. Eventually I plan on implementing an auth system and including Twitter and Facebook logins. Once I have that I'll probably move to an in-house commenting system. I can always export the comment data using Facebook's API later to keep the existing comments.
As far as the audience goes, I know you're not alone in this but the people who have boycotted Facebook aren't the majority of users (even HN users). They're just a rather vocal group. ;)
For now I think I've got most users covered for their commenting needs.
- Gormo 15y agoWhy not use Disqus? It supports Facebook logins, but also Google, Twitter, and generic OpenID.
- coderdude 15y agoDisqus is fine I suppose. I've used it in the past but didn't feel the urge to use them again. One thing I really like about the Facebook comment system is when someone posts a comment to a product or in the blog it posts that comment on their wall with a link back to the page. It has helped with generating traffic. Certainly a feature I will try to add for the in-house comments (of course though, that would require extra permissions).
- danmaz74 15y agoWhy don't you simply use Disqus? It should be as easy as FB and much hacker friendlier... I for one can't stand the fact that FB comments don't zoom.
- thatjoshguy 15y agoHave you looked at Disqus? Provides the same pre-built commenting system, and you can log in with whatever service you want. http://disqus.com http://disqus.com