Oracle AppsLab - Latest Comments in Discussing Disqus

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:38:29 -0000

Sure, especially considering they didn't have trackbacks when we switched :) I probably would have stayed with WP's comments, but it's a bit late for that now. I suppose we could switch back, but who knows what would happen. Sleeping dogs for now.

Re: Discussing Disqus

Seln — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:12:35 -0000

Yeah, trackbacks are nice, but not historic, e.g. this post has a couple that won't be captured by the Disqus feature. So, I'm keeping the WP plugin for now.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:15:02 -0000

I have been considering installing DISQUS
I have a gadgets blog / site with very few commenting activity, I was hoping the "conversation" nature of disqus would entice visitors to comment

Thanks also for pointing out the good and the bad of this plugin

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:11:55 -0000

Yes you can, just turned on the Facebook Connect integration.

Re: Discussing Disqus

Brandon Cameron — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:45:02 -0000

can i use facebook login? for disqus?

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:08:22 -0000

Why is this post getting so much "attention" lately? We still use Disqus, so . . .

Re: Discussing Disqus

laurusnobilis — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:44:17 -0000

OK, trackbacks are OK, but there are lot more nice features on Disquss, like reply to comment.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:32:01 -0000

Yeah, trackbacks are nice, but not historic, e.g. this post has a couple that won't be captured by the Disqus feature. So, I'm keeping the WP plugin for now.

They say im/export are coming soon, and they're pretty responsive to feedback. So, we'll see.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jarek91 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:39:40 -0000

New Disqus user here...both as blogger and commenter. Looks like they did get the trackbacks in place but we still don't have an import tool for Wordpress blogs to get old comments in. Not huge for my tiny blog but I can see how that's a show stopper for many. Hopefully that'll be added real soon...

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:56:35 -0000

I'm happy with what Andrew says in his comments about data portability. I'm content to wait and see new features for now.

Re: Discussing Disqus

Anonymous Bosch — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:07:02 -0000

They aren't of course. But nor are they in the "erect a barrier to using Disqus" business.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:49:22 -0000

Hrm, I guess I'll keep using the hack for historical trackbacks then, or something. Is this planned? Not a huge deal.

Glad you're willing to listen to my whining. I'll try not to wear out my welcome.

Re: Discussing Disqus

andrew — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:29:15 -0000

Unfortunately, for this first trackbacks release, we won't be able to detect them for previous posts. Please keep giving us feedback (what you call whining ;) and we'll keep trying to make sure you're happy.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:10:14 -0000

It is a free service after all. I actually preferred when Twitter just went offline for no apparent reason. Now the mystery is gone, and they just continue to confirm how hosed they are.

Re: Discussing Disqus

andycowl — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:04:06 -0000

I appreciate that you guys engage whiners like me with real feedback.

Brilliant ! Signed - a fellow whiner. You have to keep these developer types on their toes :-)

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:15 -0000

Native trackbacks, FTW! The hack I got from Daniel (by Steve) is great, but the links are trickling in slowly, not sure why. Rather than muck around to figure it out, I'm stoked to hear you're deploying trackbacks soon. I assume they will pick up all the trackbacks for past posts, and that you're using the blog's trackback db, rather than your own?

Glad to hear about imp/export too. Those are key points. I wouldn't blame you for making it hard to get comments out of Disqus. So, gravy to hear that's on the radar.

Also glad to hear you're growing, which will help close the feature gaps. I appreciate that you guys engage whiners like me with real feedback.

Re: Discussing Disqus

andrew — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:34:14 -0000

Hi all, Andrew from Disqus here. Not only do we think data portability is the right decision for our business, but it's what we believe in on a personal level too. Better options for import and export are in the works, and will be part of our next major release. As for trackbacks, they should be out some time in the next week.

Disqus doubled in size this month as Devin and I joined as new software developers. After we're all up to speed, you can expect improvements at a faster rate.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:14:24 -0000

Heh, probably true and again understandable since they're not in the "leave Disqus" business.

Re: Discussing Disqus

andycowl — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:27:56 -0000

I suspect 'export' is there purely to say 'Look - you are free to export your data anytime, anyplace, anywhere. We don't own your comments.'

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:56:30 -0000

Spot on, the service has potential, but I think they need to close those gaps first before widespread adoption will happen.

We should all bang on Daniel to get this stuff done. I'd have nothing but kudos if they could address these features. I suspect they're already in development.

Re: Discussing Disqus

Anonymous Bosch — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:42:53 -0000

I've been looking into Disqus too. I think the issue of availability issue is the killer. Should Disqus go down (or go out of business) there go my comments. They do offer an export, but it doesn't seem to be one readable by my blog software, Wordpress. I suppose I could hack something together to slurp them into where they ought to go, but I don't want to.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:23:15 -0000

OpenID would be perfect for you, given "I don't want to understand another technology to comment on blogs... seems too much investment for a girl like me."

OpenID does away with registering and maintaining credentials for web sites; think SSO for consumer web. You register once with an OpenID identity provider and then you provide the URL to your OpenID. The web site does the rest w/the provider. Wikipedia entry may help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid

Not sure what "where" you mean. OpenID isn't a single place; many different providers exist.

Re: Discussing Disqus

jkuramot — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:18:43 -0000

Agreed, Disqus seems aimed at serial commenters, not casual ones. They do allow anonymous posting I think.

The hack didn't do anything for OpenID. It brought trackbacks back into the post view. WP track comments and trackbacks. Disqus doesn't do trackbacks yet, which is a key gap. The hack allows you to pull from WP's trackbacks list for a post and display it in Disqus' comment plugin.

Re: Discussing Disqus

megbear — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:32:24 -0000

hey -- where exactly *is* the openID?

Re: Discussing Disqus

megbear — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:31:46 -0000

Thanks for the @replies suggestion, didn't understand it until I went to Twitter but I'm of the mind if Jake says to do it then I do it (and figure it out later). Snaps to the hack-age that brought in OpenID. I have to tell you that your switch to disqus totally messed me up trying to comment (a bug I know) and somehow I had to sign up for something (again I did b/c I trust Jake) and so on... glad to know it's all worked out b/c I don't want to understand another technology to comment on blogs... seems too much investment for a girl like me.