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@Disqus Comments at the Independent

Posted: June 10th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: wordpress | Tags: , , , | 8 Comments »

I was very excited to stumble upon this (recent I presume) development at the Independent newspaper: an abandoning of their old comments system and it’s replacement with the Disqus system of comments I use here at nealandassociates.co.uk and for most of my other clients.

Now I like to comment on stories I read, and I read alot, and before I stumbled across disqus I was constantly frustrated by the login processes normally involved with commenting on a story. The Disqus system, however, makes this a synch and means I can comment, easily and be updated on a story in just a couple of seconds.

The service is free (with a premium version available) and I can’t praise it more highly or wish for it’s adoption on more sites. It’s great to have feedback and it’s great to give feedback and disqus really helps with both of these processes, as well as nesting comments so your readers can keep track of a discussion (yes dear guardian keep track).

I can only hope that my favourite news site (the guardian) implements it soon… (hint, hint) I’m sure there is also a cost saving for them somewhere in there…

If you use wordpress and want to add the system you can grab a copy here.

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  • http://pattayagirls.blog.com/ Pattaya Girls

    perosnally i find disqus by far the easiest to use of the well known comment systems.

  • sam

    i cant get disqus today…it just isnt there on the indy pages…have you any idea why?

  • http://blog.nealandassociates.co.uk Peter Neal

    Hi Sam,

    The Indy doesn’t let you comment on all articles. I’ve mainly seen it present on the opinion pages. I checked today and could see it. Perhaps give it another go?

    Regards,

  • http://blog.nealandassociates.co.uk Peter Neal

    So do I Pattaya Girls.

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    I like Disqus for commenting. It is the easiest way of commenting.

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    Disqus is the best profile used for commenting.

  • Mickael Huckerby

    No disqus on the Indy again today! I guess such is the sense of outrage that the comments would overwhelm their system.

    We all knew this was a large issue, we all knew Murdoch, and we all knew there would be the attempts at cover up – even a decade long cover up. We know know much of NI’s wealth in the UK came, and still comes from illegal activities. We know much of the Met was and still is corrupted. We know that Tory Blair spent much time cosying up to Murdoch, but not quite so sure about Brown. We know that Cameron and the Tory high command are real close buddies of Murdoch.

    The questions now is how close was/is Cameron? Close enough to have recieved illegaly mined information on his enemies sufficient to have done for them?

    How did Cameron know where to just pitch his bid for coalition unles he was aware of the positins of the Liberals and Labour?