Yeah, Facebook comments are what originally drove me away from TechCrunch. It was actually a blessing as the site took a nosedive in content quality around that

Yeah, Facebook comments are what originally drove me away from TechCrunch. It was actually a blessing as the site took a nosedive in content quality around that time anyways. Disqus has been making some poor moves lately as well, I don't like their new embedded comment form and surprising everybody with stealth ads is just bad taste.