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my startup will have threaded comments. I started making my own comments engine, but realized I'd just be making Disqus (YC startup). Disqus is very easy to in
by pclark 18y ago
my startup will have threaded comments. I started making my own comments engine, but realized I'd just be making Disqus (YC startup).
Disqus is very easy to integrate with your design, has a fantastic feature set, Facebook connect and great development team.
Some issues are that it won't integrate with your accounts (obviously) and it can be quite slow sometimes.
- dasil003 18y agoThe big downside is what happens when they go belly-up?
- compay 18y agoThey have an API that lets you access all your data. You can back it up nightly as XML files and just port it into something else if you ever want or need to.
- dasil003 18y agoMy comment was a little harsh. It's great that they offer that, and I'm probably rushing to judgement. But honestly the idea that at some point in the future when my site is humming along and I'm not thinking about it I'm going to have to drop everything and port the comments to a new system to avoid losing them makes me want to just implement my own comment system and be done with it.
- pclark 18y agoeasier said than done :) I believe if they were going to do something controversial (eg, close down / remove big features) they'd let us know in advance. They need me far more than I need them.
- compay 18y agoI don't think it was harsh, I think it's a good point. Like you said, you have to balance the convenience vs. the risk.
- dominik 18y agoIf you so desire, you can get all your site's comments out of DISQUS using their API: http://disqus.com/docs/api/ http://disqus.com/docs/api/