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3 months ago

in Blog commenting: I guess I’m wired differently on duncanriley.com
I agree that commenting needs to be made simple and user friendly, but after trialing Disqus on my blog, I don't know what I'd get out of using it overWordpress' standard comments with Ajax Edit Comments and Subscribe To Comments plugins (and at least I get to host my own comments that way).

I've been watching the Facebook Connect plugin very closely - I think it would suit my commenters quite well (although not all of them will want to use it - it's much harder to talk absolute crap when your real name and picture is above the comment!)

3 months ago

in Blog commenting: I guess I’m wired differently on duncanriley.com
Is FriendFeed integration and using Disqus really important for non tech blogs? I'm working on a music blog and while my users are familiar with Facebook, Myspace and maybe last.fm; very few would use Twitter and none would use FriendFeed. If my users are going to comment based on the content being decent quality, surely they couldn't care less what type of commenting system is in place?
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Duncan Riley Mike, fair call, and I guess I could have been a bit clearer; they're my two choices, but it doesn't have to be yours, but the underlying prinicple remains the same: you need to make the commenting experience as simple and as user friendly as possible. FF may not fit your blog, but Disqus, or any one of its competitors might, for example, b5media runs Sezwho on its celeb blogs. The key is offering simplicity AND followup. There most definitely is a difference in my experience, and with others I've spoken to, between not running a commenting 2.0 service and running one...besides, you've got nothing to lose if you do try running one :-)

As a side note, Facebook is moving into blog commenting, so this might be something you want to look at. There was a WP plugin leaked in September, it was pulled because it wasn't ready apparently, but certainly FB integration with blog comments is going to be a reality this year. If so, I'd definitely recommend taking a look.

5 months ago

in The New Facebook will actually come as a surprise on The Inquisitr
My thoughts: you play on Stars? :)

It does look a lot neater but I'd rather that your friends status updates are mixed in with the rest of your new feed (your own status withstanding).
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