We Migrated from IntenseDebate to Disqus for Blog Comments

Our readers feedback in very important to us. This is why we installed the IntenseDebate comment plug-in back in May. It was designed by Automattic, a company that is literally intertwined with WordPress. The IntenseDebate comment engine was a noticeable improvement over the standard WordPress commenting system.

Back in May, I also noticed a couple of other companies that had developed blog commenting plug-ins. Disqus being one of them. Needless to say, they have taken the blogosphere by storm and have expanded past a commenting plug-in and into a blog commenting community. Every time you leave a comment on a blog, it gets added to your Disqus profile. People can track your comments by following your profile, just like Twitter. In addition, when you comment on blogs with Disqus installed, you can automatically post a link to your comment on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and more….

I did a quick video interview with Ro Gupta, VP of Business Development at Disqus to explain more. We were also giving WeToku a test-drive, it’s a free service for recording video interviews online; the system is still in early beta, so the quality of the audio and video isn’t all that good, I hope that doesn’t detract too much from the quality of the content. Our goal was to give you a 10 minute explanation on how Disqus can benefit bloggers and commenters.

Here is a screenshot of my Disqus Profile:

You can see how the Disqus Commenets plug-in works, at the bottom of this post.  If you don’t have a blog, click the Disqus logo below and create a Disqus Profile.  Whenever you comment on this blog, or another blog that has Disqus Comments, your comments will be centralized to your Disqus Profile.  If you have a blog and want to install or migrate to Disqus, visit their website.

Do you have a question about Disqus?  Just leave a comment below and I will do my best to answer it.

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