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DISQUSS - New commenting system for blogs, I don't get it


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Check it out

http://disqus.com

Looks sick

I'm looking through it but I'm confused one one thing.

Is it something that replaces your wp comment system? And if so, does it means when people can login with their twitter or facebook account then they dont create a profile on ur site but they r doing it externally?

i dont get it totally how it works or what it idoes

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Check it out

http://disqus.com

Looks sick

I'm looking through it but I'm confused one one thing.

Is it something that replaces your wp comment system? And if so, does it means when people can login with their twitter or facebook account then they dont create a profile on ur site but they r doing it externally?

i dont get it totally how it works or what it idoes

That is what it is. :) It's a single-signon comment system. Winrumors.com uses it.

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Sooo then -

If you use this I guess you eliminate the possibility of having a system on your blog with your on registered users and their little profiles and gravatars right?

Coz their account is with DISQUSS which is then shared across lots of other sites - do you don't have your own unique users on your site

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If you have Disqus setup on a WordPress blog (or other platform) then those comments are synced between WordPress and Disuqus ("http://disqus.com/admin/wordpress/"). They are logging into Disqus (through Twitter, Facebook, OpenID, et al) to leave a comment--not your blog. If you want users to register on your blog, I wouldn't recommend Disqus.

Truthfully, I'm not a fan of Disqus but this is also because I like ~my~ blog to be the only source for the comments. I don't want them hosted elsewhere nor do I care for the idea of having other features integrated from an outside 3rd party source.

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I think the main draw for this are for sites that...

A. Don't want to discourage users from commenting by forcing them to sign up for another account on another site that they probably won't make another comment on in the future. You'll have a higher chance of someone commenting if they can just do it and not have to think about giving their email address to yet another site.

B. Are large and have multiple "child" sites under a larger umbrella of sites, like Gawker does. It keeps things consistent and easy to implement across their brands.

If I were to start a new blog today, I would use Disqus mainly because of point A. For me, when I go to a site and want to make a comment, I would hesitate if I have to create an account because I may just be browsing through and may not visit again in the future.

On top of that, Disqus actually lets you keep track of the comments you've left on different sites so you can always go back and check up on replies without having to keep track of it yourself. And I assume that they implement some sort of spam filtering as well (? have not confirmed) so that may be a plus as well.

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