DISQUS

leolaporte · 1 year ago

This is the first Disqus comment... What do you think?

zmama · 1 year ago

I like, especially the threading bit. In fact, I added it to my blog (not that anyone reads there much, but still) ;-)

88michael · 1 year ago

Yeah, it adds so much more interaction. I'm gonna add it to my blog too. Thanks Leo!

suzemuse · 1 year ago

I like this Disqus thing! Especially the threading. What's the 1 point 2 point thing all about?

Zoyx · 1 year ago

Those up/down arrows to the left of commenters icons allow you to "digg" up or down a post. If you like the comment you hit the up, if you don't you hit the down.

Rendclaw · 1 year ago

I like this... its much more improved over the previous system.

Interesting comments about CFH, I loved that show as well as the Screen Savers. You and Patrick originally turned me onto Firefox, and you haven't steered me wrong since. I found TWiT about seven months ago, and its almost like a drug nowadays. I look forward to when Castle Laporte is finally finished and viable!

dodgema · 1 year ago

Looks great ... but not a blogger so can't judge its features.

BTW, when are you going live from the TWIT studios? Looking forward to it, though I'm more a listener than watcher.

Mike K · 1 year ago

This seems to have more of a forum feel to it. I prefer the simplicity of the typical non threaded commenting system.

Plus that "discussion by Disqus" link is totally unnecessary.

Kurt Nelson · 1 year ago

The link could probably be removed by modifying the plugin files.

Daniel Ha · 1 year ago

Hi guys,

I'm Daniel, one of the founders of Disqus. I just wanted to stop by.

Thanks for all the feedback! We're generally aware of some of the minor kinks and we're working to address those. For more information about Disqus is about, we have a tiny features tour and faq. I know how much everyone loves reading faqs! ;)

Regarding video comments, we're working on some things that I think is pretty cool. I'd love to hear some suggestions about what'd you'd like to see though.

Leo - Great to see Disqus on this site. I remember enjoying The Screen Savers a lot before TechTV became... not TechTV and, well, not good.

I notice you're using the second WP plugin available. Just FYI, it's slightly outdated and we'll be working to update it soon. The first plugin (non-API version) is more up to date if you'd like to try that out.

Hope you all enjoy using the system and feel free to contact me directly if there are problems: daniel@disqus.com

leolaporte · 1 year ago

Hi, Daniel.

There's a lot to like about Disqus - we'll definitely use it on the new Tech Guy site. We were looking for a better way to include commenting with threading and karma on that site. It's going to be running on Wordpress, too.

And I'll upgrade to the latest version right now. Thanks!!

j5_jhallgren · 1 year ago

Interesting setup! Was easy to create an acct and extremely easy to adapt/crop an existing photo into an avatar!

Also one is able to view comments either here or via Disqus site, and thus gives more choices on display setup.

Adam · 1 year ago

New comment system? What is this madness?

jtyost2 · 1 year ago

I really like Disqus, especially as more blogs integrate it the conversation on a topic is easily followed. I integrated it with my blog just this week.

Michael · 1 year ago

Comment...comment. The new commenting system does look prettier.

JeffParsons · 1 year ago

Interesting. I like the Disqus concept. I wonder how simple it is to apply to Word Press.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

It's REALLY easy - it's just a plugin. I didn't do much of anything at all.

I do wish they'd add Textile or Markdown to comments, though, so I wouldn't have to emphasize words with caps!

JeffParsons · 1 year ago

Do we know if Akismet will work with this? Or does Disqus have their own spam blocker?

leolaporte · 1 year ago

It doesn't use Aksimet - but there seems to be some spam filtering. I'll let you know when we get some spam. It seems to be baffling the spambots right now.

mndoci · 1 year ago

I am probably not the worlds biggest fan of Disqus. For one, it breaks the Viddler Comment plugin, and second, it does not integrate with older posts.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

It does disable the video commenting - that's a minus, although not a lot of people use that.

It looks like they are planning to have a way to import old comments into Disqus. Not planning on using that at the moment.

mndoci · 1 year ago

Might give Disqus a try again if they find a way to import the old comments. I wish there was a way of using the video comments. While no one really uses it, that's such a cool plugin.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

I bet we could talk Disqus into supporting video comments (maybe even a partnership with Viddler).

mndoci · 1 year ago

You should invite the Disqus folks onto net@nite and tell them about supporting Viddler comments :)

88michael · 1 year ago

That's a great idea!

88michael · 1 year ago

Interesting...I wonder how many replies can you do...

Ted · 1 year ago

I shall type my comment here. Love the TwiT network. Can't wait to see the video studio.

mace · 1 year ago

Nice find. I might try this out on my tumblr blog.

N-Hat · 1 year ago

um... it's definitely looks better. i like it. it adds more appeal. very livejournal-esk

Me · 1 year ago

Leo,
When you get your Video thing going, please look into Tivo HD delivery, don't know if that cost$, but is very nice to have Geek on the TV. Though Ubuntu MythTV w/ icePodder works fine.

Keep up the great work!

Gary Katsevman · 1 year ago

hm trying out the commenting system. its cool, looks better than the other one, also, it remembered the text i had in the box when i when to a different page than came back to this one.

you should post more on your blog.

kevinpshan · 1 year ago

This looks very nice. Of course I had to sign up first to get my picture there. It would be nice if these commenting systems really gained wider acceptance, then we're really see the benefit.

j5_jhallgren · 1 year ago

When seen on leoville site, our avatar/pictures are quite fuzzy and pixelated, while on disqus site, they appear much cleaner, so maybe it has something to do with display size and/or file size used? Is that setable to different values?

gordon · 1 year ago

I don' really see he point, but I'm openminded

sunkenplanet · 1 year ago

I like it, the only thing is that it took me a while before I realized that the comments were sorted by newest by default. This can EASILY be changed though, so two thumbs up for me.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

I've changed it to go from oldest to newest by default - but you're right, it's a setting users can control individually.

Father_D · 1 year ago

Leo,
Love your show, I've followed you since ZDNet

Father_D · 1 year ago

Love your shows. I listen on Itunes. Any chance of gettint on a station in the Medford Oregon area? I like this...

Anthony Thompson · 1 year ago

I am now using this on my WP blog. The setup was easy peasy, but now my Add New Comment header is ginormous. Oh well, doesn't look too bad.

Jill · 1 year ago

Disqus is fairly popular with Tumblr users.

padre88 · 1 year ago

I can't remember what the old system looked like. On a more serious note I could listen to guys like Calacanis and Scoble talk on TWIT for hours. They are just interesting people with interesting insights and perspectives. I don't think Dvorak has contributed anything of value in many episodes. Dvorak has become more about being cranky and less about making interesting comments and his has diminished his value on the show in my opinion.

Devin · 1 year ago

Always like to stress test new stuff

Joshua · 1 year ago

Hey Leo,

This is fun!!

ok. bye.

Eric B · 1 year ago

giving it a try, easy and clean interface, those blossoms though make me want to sneeze!

Brandice · 1 year ago

No more Viddler commenting? :(

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Nifty. Can someone reply to this comment so I see what happens at my disqus page.

The ranking is neat too, but I get nowhere near enough people to bother.

Thanks!
Gary

sunkenplanet · 1 year ago

I'll reply for you.
I think this commenting system will work great for the new Tech Guy site!

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Thanks!

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Nowhere enough people to bother AT MY SITE.

zmama · 1 year ago

Mine, either. But I added it anyway. Who knows... maybe this will generate a little traffic (I'll visit your site if you visit mine) ;-)

jkoon · 1 year ago

this is a reply

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Hmmm... I thought it would indent under mine...

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Like my comment did.

Did you hit "reply" or just type a comment?

jkoon · 1 year ago

i thought but it took me a couple tries to register, maybe i messed it up heh

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Very cool. It shows back up up at my disqus page (and e-mailled me too!).

Since it seems to have all the pieces I wish I could edit the message.

sgtret · 1 year ago

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9898697-2.htm... is a link to the Webware article: Battle of the comment add-ons: 6 services compared Disqus and Intense Debate are listed in the articles chart as "neck and neck" I use Intense Debate for no other reason than it was the first to flash across my information oversoaked eyes.

Ken · 1 year ago

Looks great, finally did the PayPal recurring, cant wait for the video. Great job, You are the best.

garylapointe · 1 year ago

Leo,

Are the comments hosted at your site and a copy is sent to discus, or do they have the only copy of the coment in their database.

Doug Stewart · 1 year ago

In re: avatars -- what's wrong with Gravatar?

In re: threaded comments -- there are plenty of WordPress plugins that'll do just that.

In re: cross-site, why not coComment or the like?

Last of all, what happens when you want to take your comments with you, should you leave the Disqus service?

edythemighty · 1 year ago

Leo, I'm pretty sure there's some AJAX Commenting plugin in WP. Just use Google ;D

Zipple · 1 year ago

Testing test test, i say test! =^)

Moochie · 1 year ago

With the latest Firefox and ZoneAlarm, every time I came to your blog I found the text unreadable against the background pic. I didn't seem to have this problem with IE7, where the white background appears without problems.

I've now installed Firefox 3 beta 4 -- still the same. I went into ZoneAlarm and enabled "Mobile Code" and "Web Bugs" for your site -- so far, so good. Looks like it may have something to do with how ZoneAlarm handles things. I still use it, even though you've (Leo) moved on. I find it a good, reliable security program.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

Sounds good and reliable to me! ;-)

Seriously, I can't think of why that would happen. It's probably not Zone Alarm but the fact that the CSS is not loading fully (there should be a white box between the text and the background picture - it's in the CSS definition). Can't think of what would cause that though. Press refresh whilst holding the shift key to force a reload and see what happens.

Moochie · 1 year ago

I haven't tried your recommendation because the problem hasn't arisen since, but I think you are correct. The white background is the last, or one of the last things to appear just before the page finishes loading. In my prior config the page appeared to finish loading before the white background.

If I see that happen again, I will try the force-reload option.

Thanks for your comments -- cheers!

88michael · 1 year ago

What about the older comments? Can't they be transferred to the new system?

milehighsoapbox · 1 year ago

Interesting look and feel.

jay · 1 year ago

pretty slick, i like it

Theo Jones · 1 year ago

My main question would be - where are the comments stored?

kenjones · 1 year ago

Leo, did you notice that your Disqus community page at http://leolaporte.disqus.com has discovered 19 pages of past blog posts?

If you select the "newest" tab there, unfortunately, the sort order doesn't pick up the real, chronological timeline of postings/comments. It does, however, make for interesting, random post readings from years past :-) Such as one of the latest: "I‘ve just learned that G4 has fired the entire staff of TechTV..."

Are there any Disqus settings to better control updates on your community page?

Steven Mussey, M.D. · 1 year ago

My son is graduating from high school and will be entering the Virginia Tech School of Engineering to study Computer Engineering.

This week, Virginia Tech’s School of Engineering released its latest computer requirements for the entering class of freshmen this fall. The requirement echoes last year’s statement as a shocking condemnation of Vista versus XP.

Last year’s statement basically said: If you use Vista instead of Tablet XP, don’t come crying to us if you can’t finish your assignments on time!

This year’s statement is only slightly less anti-Vista:
http://www.eng.vt.edu/academics/comp_require.php
* Vista Statement: The College of Engineering is strongly advising its students to continue to use Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 as their primary operating system. Windows Vista continues to have performance and compatibility issues that make it more difficult to use and support. These are not issues isolated to the Virginia Tech campus and are known throughout the information technology industry. If you have purchased a machine preinstalled with a different version of Windows, you may obtain a copy (included as part of the Engineering Software Bundle) of Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 or Windows Vista Enterprise Edition as part of the Engineering Software Bundle from Software Distribution located at 3220 Torgersen Hall, or via the software download server at http://network.software.vt.edu.

A statement from such a major institution should be humiliating for Microsoft as it prepares to end XP in less than three months.

Steven Mussey, M.D.
Stevem64@cox.net
www.drmussey.com

Marcome · 1 year ago

OK....I am adding my newest comment as per your orders.....Hope you and your family have a very Happy Easter!!

Guest · 1 year ago

I don't really see how this commenting system is better or worse...

What's the benefit of using this instead the default wordpress commenting system?

leolaporte · 1 year ago

This is one of them - threaded discussions WITHIN the comments.

You can also have an avatar (if you sign up at http://www.disqus.com). There's better control for admins, as well. And a bunch of other features I'm just learning (like a karma system it looks like).

I'm just testing it out though. I'm primarily interested for the Tech Guy site.

Guest · 1 year ago

Speaking of which... when is the new Tech Guy site going live? If I remember correctly, its over year late... lol

88michael · 1 year ago

Yeah, I can't wait!I would assume that it will be based on Wordpress, right Leo?

missdaisy · 1 year ago

Well this is interesting, I like this threading feature.

I just finished up a Learning 2.0 course online that used a WordPress blog, among other things, for class discussion. We could have used this threading feature to follow the points in the discussions, especially where Q&As were involved. I can definitely see how this could work for the Tech Guy site. Think I'll pass this on to the course facilitator. TYL.

j5_jhallgren · 1 year ago

The downside of threaded comments in this particular format (compared to a phpBB forum) is that finding just the most recent comment isn't that easy, at least as far I can see. One has to scan previously read posts, it seems.

Update: Just discovered that by reading the raw RSS feed in IE, I'm able to find the most recent posts in a topic, but that's not the most user friendly way.

Update #2: Now found a good method! Via http://leolaporte.disqus.com/trying_new_comment... and using Newest and Flat, I'm able to see most recent at top, but I do NOT see that possibility or option directly on Leoville site but only via Disqus site.

Matt · 1 year ago

oooo pretty. ; )

Bryce Roney · 1 year ago

Thanks a lot - *I* wanted to say 'first'.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

Second!

Bryce Roney · 1 year ago

FAIL.

ajpresto · 1 year ago

I'm not smart enough to see a difference.

Zoyx · 1 year ago

My realtor made paint over the blue in the basement bathroom with beige. Might as well be the color of poo.

leolaporte · 1 year ago

This is an example of comments one might want to downgrade. Use the arrows to the left of the avatar. A comment scoring below -4 points becomes invisible.

Zoyx · 1 year ago

Whaaa!? Not a fan of off-topic random comments? Fine... digg me down. {winky emoticon that denotes sarcasm goes here}.