I really like the idea of blogs “outsourcing” their comments to forums. A second best option would be for Scott to use Disqus for his comments. With Disqus you’re always logged in. Plus you can rate comments up or down.
I hate disqus. It’s hard to keep track of what you’re read or haven’t read, and since it doesn’t load all comments automatically, it’s inconvenient to search.
Seconding hatred for Disqus. I also find that it’s extremely slow to load, and causes page scrolling to lag severely when the browser is under heavy load (i.e. lots of tabs open.) It also has the problem of any third-party code inclusion, that it allows the third party to track you across sites; for this reason I keep it blocked with Ghostery which I use to block ads and tracking.
But you can sort comments by newest/oldest/best! Plus, you’re automatically subscribed to anything that you comment on. So any future replies are e-mailed to you. And you’re given a central page to find and reference any of your comments… Xerographica. And you can use HTML.
This is my preference breakdown for SSC’s comments...
I really like the idea of blogs “outsourcing” their comments to forums. A second best option would be for Scott to use Disqus for his comments. With Disqus you’re always logged in. Plus you can rate comments up or down.
I hate disqus. It’s hard to keep track of what you’re read or haven’t read, and since it doesn’t load all comments automatically, it’s inconvenient to search.
Seconding hatred for Disqus. I also find that it’s extremely slow to load, and causes page scrolling to lag severely when the browser is under heavy load (i.e. lots of tabs open.) It also has the problem of any third-party code inclusion, that it allows the third party to track you across sites; for this reason I keep it blocked with Ghostery which I use to block ads and tracking.
But you can sort comments by newest/oldest/best! Plus, you’re automatically subscribed to anything that you comment on. So any future replies are e-mailed to you. And you’re given a central page to find and reference any of your comments… Xerographica. And you can use HTML.
This is my preference breakdown for SSC’s comments...
LessWrong > Disqus > Current