I’ve been looking for a more efficient system to replace the flawed commenting practices that blogs currently employ. There are number of up and coming services that look very good, such as SezWho & Disqus. After much deliberation, I have opted to go with Disqus (with a bit of help from Louis Gray 
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Basically, Disqus allows me to centralize my comments and create a threaded environment that is far more intuitive than the current commenting system. For more information on Disqus, have a look at their FAQ.
I have two options going forward – the first is to only use it on old and new posts that have no comments (which is what I’ve already done – as you will see with this post), the second option is to apply it to the whole site and move all the historic comments into Disqus. I’ve very keen to do this, but before I do, I thought I’d test it out and get your feedback!
Join the “Disqussion” and let me know if you think I should move everything across…
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Comments On This Post
June 16, 2008 at 6:05 pm
And this also allows me to build a community around my readers…which is the really cool part!
June 16, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I’ve found it interesting how it creates referals to you site (you see someone’s comment on Friendfeed or their blog and head over to the initial post). I’ve enjoyed playing with it.
Welcome aboard!
June 16, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Yup – I hope that my community embraces this
June 16, 2008 at 10:53 pm
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June 16, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
June 17, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Oh geez Vinny!
The video attack is too much..
June 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Come come, it was thaaat bad!
June 18, 2008 at 6:24 am
This app is most engaging and facilitating. Even though my company blog is still under development, I am convinced Disqus will grow into a “gotta have” in no time. It kinda “forumifies” your site, so now there is no more need for a blog and a forum.
June 18, 2008 at 6:36 am
works beautifully
June 18, 2008 at 2:20 pm
The more I think about it…the more I believe you!
June 18, 2008 at 2:30 pm
the one major challenge we still have (not just here in South Africa) is that more people have mobile handsets than have PCs.. even in countries with bandwidth but no real hardware. how do we bridge that gap?
i’m in discussions with a programmer friend of mine who worked for clickatell on the viability of developing technology that can stream radio to mobilephones via the WAP platform. perhaps the same could be done for blogs and blogging.. some type of micro technology that includes the .mobis and other WML-developed properties…
then again.. i could not be as well-read as i think i am..
June 18, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I think that the new iPhone 3G will be a game changer. Everything we have thought about before then will have to be rethought…
June 20, 2008 at 8:29 am
i salute you for making the move to silicon valley. south africa lags behind in almost everything tech-related. now i believe all eyes are on you to bring us up to scratch with whatever happens in the technosphere..
June 21, 2008 at 1:51 am
Disqus is very interesting. Would love to try this out blogs and see how it works!
July 1, 2008 at 2:01 am
I like it…. Disqus turns static blog posts into something social and interesting.
July 1, 2008 at 5:39 am
Way to go…… As Czar says it turns static blog into something social and interesting……….
July 8, 2008 at 9:38 pm
On another blog I was reading a post in which owner of the blog reported some bugs with Typepad and diqus. He had to switch again with pagination. I think many content management systems have many flaws.
October 21, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Disqus is one of the best commenting systems
November 19, 2008 at 5:13 am
I think that disqus rulez
February 22, 2009 at 4:29 am
I use the disqus plugin on my wordpress blog, and i don't find any problems with it. Check it here: http://codefusionlab.co.cc
March 26, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I'm liking it but just waiting for all my commenters to sign up, too. You're one of the only blogs I comment on that uses it so far…
July 14, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Disqus seems to be working great, I definitely like. AJAX rules, especially for any true 2.0 website.
July 17, 2009 at 2:52 pm
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July 18, 2009 at 10:06 am
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July 20, 2009 at 8:41 am
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July 27, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I had try Intense Debate before, and I doesn't like it very much, may be I will try to use Disqus, but does Disqus had a different color for author comment?
July 28, 2009 at 6:44 am
very interesting how it creates referals to you site (you see someone's comment on Friendfeed or their blog and head over to the initial post). I've enjoyed playing with it. thanks
August 2, 2009 at 7:23 am
I have never used Disqus, until this morning. Will be interesting to see how it does for building a community.
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September 8, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Disqus seems to be working great. I definitely like it. AJAX rules, especially for any true 2.0 website
September 10, 2009 at 7:32 pm
On another blog I was reading a post in which owner of the blog reported some bugs with Typepad and Disqus. I hope it has been fixed
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