A week or so back I write a post on the back of the Intense Debate acquisition that was quite critical of third party blogging services. Honestly I didn’t really get the point. Now I’m here to say I’ve changed my mind, and to explain why.
Let me ask you a question: Are you looking forward to the comment changes in 2.7?
Are you interested to see how Intense Debate will give you more comment options?
Why wait?
I’ve been using Disqus on four blogs for a few weeks now and there are a few things that it provides that I really love, especially in light of the upcoming 2.7 changes.
The main features that Disqus provides are:
For WordPress, Disqus integrates really well. When you install the plugin you have the option to import all your comments into Disqus so not only do you not lose the old comments, they are displayed in the same way as the new ones, and your WordPress admin still shows your comment counts and new comments in the dashboard.
I particularly like that I can see the comments form all of my blogs on one page if I want to.
I also find it nice to simply hand over the theming aspects of comments to Disqus. The fact that the plugin simply replaces the standard comment form without needing any theme changes is great and I like knowing that I won’t have to make any changes to my theme when 2.7 is released, and almost inevitably any changes that happen in 2.8.
It is surprising just how satisfying it is to go through the WordPress plugins page turning off all the commenting plugins. No more Akismet, Subscribe to Comments, Ajax Edit Comments, Comment for Humans, etc and more
Using Disqus has genuinely been very easy and satisfying and I do honestly think that it is helping me engage better when people comment on the blog. At least I hope that is your experience of it. So, without wanting to come over all conspiratorial on you, I urge you to give it a try, even if it is just on a test install on the back of your domain ( I don’t think it will work on a local server ), before Intense Debate becomes the de facto default for WordPress blogs and before you have to make theme changes under 2.7.
If you have tried it what did you think? If you haven’t then let me know how you think it changes this blog: for the better? or do you find commenting harder or less satisfying than previously.
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I was little confused about what this Disqus commenting is about. Thanks for highlighting all the good features that Disqus provides. I am going to try it on one of my new blogs.
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Disqus is fantastic. As a webmaster, I'm quite pleased with the reduction in approvals that need to be made. I find it quite attractive and it integrates well with my system. Overall, I doubt i'll use anything else!
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What a pity
I'm using blogspot platform :(, so I cant use disqus
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I'm using wordpress and I think disqus plugin is good
But i'm using askimet for comment form
Disqus can make dofollow link, and i love it for this reason
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I used IntenseDebate for the first time today and I must admit that I do like it. I haven't had a chance to look at all the social stuff yet, but I will.
I must admit that it occurs to me that if it really takes off, and it might, that a blog without it, like mine, may suffer. I hope they do a Habari plugin sometime soon.
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I haven't used Disqs however am using Intensedebate and I'm loving the concept of threaded comments. This is not only making this look neat, it also shows that who is talking to whom.
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[...] wrote a post a few weeks back: Why you should try Disqus before 2.7, and I think the same applies to IntenseDebate. It may well be the best way to upgrade the comments [...]
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Hi Andrew
I 'm an old internet girl – threaded — the first you've learned in new foren software 1995 ;) And since this time I hate them.
Yes, this is a positive potential. I prefer “quotes” – with quotes you can talk to each other and have a stringent timeline.
And … threaded comments are heavy to design for PDAs –
Maybe very young blogger like them – and maybe WP must bring new features by hook or by crook ;)
kindly regards
Monika
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2.7 won't force threaded comments on anyone. It will be possible to decide on a post-by-post basis whether you want paging or threads and how many levels deep.
I used to be of the same opinion about being able to follow the conversation but now I am leaning more towards it because it encourages commenters to talk to each other as well as just to the author.
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I wouldn't have threaded comments – they are most of the time unreadable for me. I can't find new comments. I can't find a regular diskussion. One person speaks with another – no many persons talk to each other.
So why should I change my theme for 2.7? Is there no chance to have no threaded comments?
Monika