I suppose I’d have to see more blogs implement Disqus to really get a good idea of how I feel about it. I’m glad they don’t force people to join, however, as you can leave comments as you normally would.

BTW: It’s quite easy to get an OpenID account. Just sign up for an account here:

https://www.myopenid.com/

And if you’d rather use your own URL for your OpenID, just follow the instructions here:

http://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/19/openid/

It’s a matter of adding two lines of HTML, and means you could instantly switch OpenID providers whenever you’d like.

I like the idea of an ‘Export’ feature. The ability to switch on a whim is generally what keeps me using particular services, like del.icio.us and such. Nice.

The more I think about it, the more something like Disqus makes sense. As of now, if you run a blog you’ve got to set it all up yourself — Gravatars, Subscribe to Comments, spam protection, etc. And you’ve got to keep it all up to date, and be on the lookout for new solutions as they arise.

The ability for people to impersonate you, too, is there. Hmm.

You know what would be nice? If Disqus supported OpenID. Seems like they’re both aimed at solving similar problems.

(1 minute later)

Holy crap, they support OpenID. Nice. I’m signed up.

I like the idea of an ‘Export’ feature. The ability to switch on a whim is generally what keeps me using particular services, like del.icio.us and such. Nice.

The more I think about it, the more something like Disqus makes sense. As of now, if you run a blog you’ve got to set it all up yourself — Gravatars, Subscribe to Comments, spam protection, etc. And you’ve got to keep it all up to date, and be on the lookout for new solutions as they arise.

The ability for people to impersonate you, too, is there. Hmm.

You know what would be nice? If Disqus supported OpenID. Seems like they’re both aimed at solving similar problems.

(1 minute later)

Holy crap, they support OpenID. Nice. I’m signed up.

Since installing Disqus I have only had to deal with about 5 pieces of comment spam and that were ones that got by Akismet for older posts. 3 or 4 times I have had Disqus put a comment in the “Please check this” queue which I ended up removing but that is few and far between.

Since installing Disqus I have only had to deal with about 5 pieces of comment spam and that were ones that got by Akismet for older posts. 3 or 4 times I have had Disqus put a comment in the “Please check this” queue which I ended up removing but that is few and far between.

But I do feel a little odd with handing all the comments over to another company. I think my solution for now is to hold off, see if other blogs I read start using it, and see if they add trackback support as Steven says is in the works.

I mean, what if Disqus goes away one day? Though, I suppose blog comments on old articles aren’t a tremendous deal.

Do you use trackbacks? As a reader/commenter, I skip over them entirely. I’d prefer to discuss things here on the site, and trackbacks seem like noise to me. Some themes segregate them into a separate section other than the comments, which makes it easier to read.

When I have talked with Daniel he has said that trackback support is something that they are working hard on but want to make sure they do it right — which included being able to deal with the trackback spam.