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  StevenHodson

  7 months ago

  I've been using Disqus on WinExtra as well since I first heard about it and I've been pretty pleased with it as well. Like you I have found it excellent at handling the comment spam - I only hope that when they do come up with the trackback equivilent that it will deal with spam as well as it does for comments.
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  mathewi

  7 months ago

  I'm hoping it will too, Steven. I've grown to like Disqus quite a bit.
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  ianbetteridge

  7 months ago

  Am I right in thinking that Disqus completely replaces your regular commenting system, and stores the comments on their own servers? If that's right, then my biggest concern over Disqus is simply that there appears to be no way to get comments on your blog out of it - how, if you decide to drop it, do you get the comments that it retains back into your blog?
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  Daniel Ha

  7 months ago

  Couple things:
  
  1) You can export data out of Disqus at any time.
  2) Correct, we are a hosted comment service. We power, manage, and enhance discussion on websites -- and this is a plus for most. In the near future, there will be a solution that allows you to retain the comments on your own server (and sync with Disqus).
  
  Thanks Ian.
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  ianbetteridge

  7 months ago

  Daniel - thanks for clearing that up! I look forward to your new solution.
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  koichi

  7 months ago

  I am glad to hear that disqus is planning on fixing the extra early preview problem. I noticed that people were commenting on things before they were even done, and I was confused, and then disappointed that it did that. I hope they fix it it soon!
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  Cynthia Blue

  3 months ago

  Thanks for the post... I've been looking into the different commenting systems and I like the idea, but I'm not sure which I want to chose or if people will comment more, or less, with one.
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  joaquin

  7 months ago

  Hi, great post. We are excited to see more players in this space. We at coComment are always looking for better ways to serve users needs. As it seems you have used few of the comment tracking services, would love to hear your thoughts about coComment and why you chose Disqus over coComment.
  
  Thanks and feel free to email us anytime at joaquin@cocomment.com
  
  Joaquin
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  sidmarks

  7 months ago

  Am I mistaken or does coComment not even do what Disqus does. It appears they're completely different services.
  
  Can't speak for anyone else, but coComment never really worked for me.
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  mathewi

  7 months ago

  I thought CoComment was pretty good, Joaquin. But Disqus is more of
  an all-in-one kind of thing -- which could be good or bad, depending
  on your perspective, I suppose. As I said in the post, I like the
  fact that it ties in with your email, making it easy to respond to a
  comment. And it handles spam as well, which is a pretty killer
  feature for me.
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  tedd

  7 months ago

  Just wanted to clarify -- unlike Intense Debate and Disqus, SezWho is not a comment replacement system. We augment existing comment systems by providing additional functionality such as filtering, rating and reputation, and linkage to other contributed content. There's no separate registration to deal with and your comments stay on your site, so you never have to worry about access or loss of your comment data.
  - tedd at sezwho
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  mathewi

  7 months ago

  Thanks, Tedd -- I should have made that clear. The same goes for
  CoComment, which enhances comments that remain on your site.
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