I've always had a love/hate relationship with comments on this site. I love getting the feedback from readers, but hate the hassle of moderating comments. Spam attacks have made it virtually impossible to have an unregulated system. The result has been a constantly changing system of moderation, permissions and at one time a required registration with a third-party service, which essentially made it so cumbersome to comment that nobody bothered.
As an experiment to see if we can improve the conversation here I decided to implement a commenting system called Disqus. From an admin point of view it will make handling spam and moderating comments much easier. From a commenter's perspective there are many benefits, including:
Log in using your Facebook, Twitter, OpenID or Disqus credentials, and decide whether to share your comment on those sites as well
Track and manage comments and replies
Reply to comments through email or mobile
Edit your own comments
Verified commenter reputations across sites
More control over your own comments on websites
Never lose your comments, even if the website goes away
Build a global profile, or comment blog, to collect and show off what you're saying
Many of the advanced features (editing etc.) require you to log in, but you can still leave a comment without registering or logging in. Try it out and let us know if you like it.
Thanks,
Todd, Site Admin
New Comment System
I've always had a love/hate relationship with comments on this site. I love getting the feedback from readers, but hate the hassle of moderating comments. Spam attacks have made it virtually impossible to have an unregulated system. The result has been a constantly changing system of moderation, permissions and at one time a required registration with a third-party service, which essentially made it so cumbersome to comment that nobody bothered.
As an experiment to see if we can improve the conversation here I decided to implement a commenting system called Disqus. From an admin point of view it will make handling spam and moderating comments much easier. From a commenter's perspective there are many benefits, including:
Log in using your Facebook, Twitter, OpenID or Disqus credentials, and decide whether to share your comment on those sites as well
Track and manage comments and replies
Reply to comments through email or mobile
Edit your own comments
Verified commenter reputations across sites
More control over your own comments on websites
Never lose your comments, even if the website goes away
Build a global profile, or comment blog, to collect and show off what you're saying
Many of the advanced features (editing etc.) require you to log in, but you can still leave a comment without registering or logging in. Try it out and let us know if you like it.
Thanks,
Todd, Site Admin
