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The 'bonus' section is a rant against the popularization of systems like IntenseDebate or Disqus. Is really WP so afraid of these?
by barredo 17y ago
The 'bonus' section is a rant against the popularization of systems like IntenseDebate or Disqus.
Is really WP so afraid of these?
- behe101 17y agoAutomattic owns IntenseDebate, so I don't think they are. He is in fact arguing against JS commenting systems that have no non-JS alternative. IntenseDebate is meant to augment the existing Wordpress commenting system, rather than replace it entirely with a fancy Ajax widget that can't be read by search engines.
- mgrouchy 17y agoI'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with intense debate, considering Automattic(the company behind WordPress owns IntenseDebate). However, disqus would probably be a prime target. I think the issue is that if the services like Disqus goes away, you don't have the comments anymore either(I believe). With things like IntenseDebate and Backtype you still own the comments, as they are saved in your database with appropriate plugins. Also some talk about appropriate SEO, etc. but I haven't researched that.