Intense Debate versus Disqus, wow, what a quandary that turned out to be, obviously if you′ve noticed, I ended up deciding to implement Disqus, it wasn′t an easy decision. Until the clincher.
In case you don′t know Disqus and Intense Debate are comment management systems that integrate into a number of popular blog applications, including stand alone Wordpress, the technology this site is built on.
I′ve never been that keen on the standard Wordpress comment system. The latest revision combined with the Thesis theme I use, and recommend, is a significant improvement, but I was looking for something that had more on, and off site integration with Social Media applications, and the ability to aggregate my comments from other sites into a single location. Both Disqus and Intense Debate do this.
I′m not going to go into a detailed comparison of the two systems, do a search for Discus versus Intense Debate and you′ll find plenty of information. Alex Popescu′s post called Commenting Services face to face… is a good place to start. But, what I found was that, although I got a sense that Disqus was edging out in front of Intense Debate in terms of overall take up, I never read anything that gave me a clear winner. I was undecided.
So I went ahead and installed Intense Debate.
Twenty four hours later I′m using Disqus, and I′m happy with it.
Here′s the thing…Intense Debate would not allow me to edit comments, nor could I edit my replies after they were submitted. That, folks, was a show stopper for me.
Ok, so you can get around it with a bit of maneuvering backwards and forwards in Wordpress but that defeats the purpose. On the Intense Debate blog they cite concerns about censorship in their rationale, I’m really not sure this holds up, after all we still get a delete button – if I want to censor something, I′ll delete it.
It′s not about censorship, healthy debate and opposing opinions make great conversation and a lively blog. It′s about editorial discretion and quality control. If I want to fix a typo, repair a broken link, remove content that might be subject to a company′s confidentiality from an otherwise good comment, or any other quality issue, I should be able to.
For a regular reader, or commenter – especially if you comment on a lot of blogs – I recommend that you get a Disqus profile. You can have one for a commenter, publisher, or both. It′s free and helps you keep track of your online activity. I hope you enjoy this feature on my site.
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Intense Debate versus Disqus, the clincher…
by Damian Saunders on October 17, 2009 · Comments
Intense Debate versus Disqus, wow, what a quandary that turned out to be, obviously if you′ve noticed, I ended up deciding to implement Disqus, it wasn′t an easy decision. Until the clincher.
In case you don′t know Disqus and Intense Debate are comment management systems that integrate into a number of popular blog applications, including stand alone Wordpress, the technology this site is built on.
I′ve never been that keen on the standard Wordpress comment system. The latest revision combined with the Thesis theme I use, and recommend, is a significant improvement, but I was looking for something that had more on, and off site integration with Social Media applications, and the ability to aggregate my comments from other sites into a single location. Both Disqus and Intense Debate do this.
I′m not going to go into a detailed comparison of the two systems, do a search for Discus versus Intense Debate and you′ll find plenty of information. Alex Popescu′s post called Commenting Services face to face… is a good place to start. But, what I found was that, although I got a sense that Disqus was edging out in front of Intense Debate in terms of overall take up, I never read anything that gave me a clear winner. I was undecided.
So I went ahead and installed Intense Debate.
Twenty four hours later I′m using Disqus, and I′m happy with it.
Here′s the thing…Intense Debate would not allow me to edit comments, nor could I edit my replies after they were submitted. That, folks, was a show stopper for me.
Ok, so you can get around it with a bit of maneuvering backwards and forwards in Wordpress but that defeats the purpose. On the Intense Debate blog they cite concerns about censorship in their rationale, I’m really not sure this holds up, after all we still get a delete button – if I want to censor something, I′ll delete it.
It′s not about censorship, healthy debate and opposing opinions make great conversation and a lively blog. It′s about editorial discretion and quality control. If I want to fix a typo, repair a broken link, remove content that might be subject to a company′s confidentiality from an otherwise good comment, or any other quality issue, I should be able to.
For a regular reader, or commenter – especially if you comment on a lot of blogs – I recommend that you get a Disqus profile. You can have one for a commenter, publisher, or both. It′s free and helps you keep track of your online activity. I hope you enjoy this feature on my site.
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