Lately I have been looking into changing the commenting system on this blog.
Like a lot of bloggers, I have Disqus. The reason I want to change is not really because I am experiencing challenges in particular but because I am this kind of person, I need a change. I have never bought the same mascara twice for example, I always have the compulsive need to try the “latest” one.
It is the same with technology, always on the look out for the new thing. At the moment the new thing seems to be Facebook and I like the idea.
With Facebook Comments you have the possibility to bring more exposure to your blog if every reader post their comment to their blog. The question is would they do this? Would that put them off rather than encourage them to comment?
Could I possibly keep 2 commenting systems?
So anyway I decided to research what is available at the moment and which seem to be the most popular commenting systems available.
So far 4 stood out:
The criteria I am looking for in a commenting system as a blogger are:
- Simplicity and efficiency
- Good anti-spam abilities
- A system that facilitates conversations and that notify the commenter when a reply is posted to his/her comment, so that he/she doesn’t necessarily have to come back to the blog to check if someone replied.
As a commenter I like it to be straightforward, not lot of logging in, etc and I like to be notified if a reply to my comment has been made.
I personally don’t mind if I have to login with a social network ID like Facebook or Twitter, do you?
Which of the following is your favourite commenting system?
Can you explain why in the comment section? Also do you think I am over looking important criteria in my quest to the best commenting system? Should I simply use my original WP comments?
Thank you!
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I prefer not to use the Facebook comments when posting on other people’s blogs simply because I have quite a private FB profile and a public FB page. I don’t want my FB profile feed flooded with comments that I’ve left on blogs, maybe having to explain the comment (or even “blogging”) to one of my friends and even though I’m a great user of social media I don’t actually like the concept that appears to be “SHARE MORE, SHARE IT ALL”.
Disqus, like Livefyre, allows you to share comments on Twitter or Facebook by ticking a box – I prefer that option. Choice. I don’t like being forced into using public platforms that I need to sign up for. I also like being able to sign in as a “guest” in some places.
(and if I find that I have to sign up for livefyre when I try to post this comment, I won’t be a happy bunny)
Edit – oh look at that – every option but “guest” (i.e. name & email). Hhhmmm. I’ve had to allow livefrye to access my Twitter account.
OMG AND livefyre wanted me to sign up with them in my Twitter name anyway.
Ended up having to post here – not ticked the “post to fb” box – the other comment box won’t accept my comment for some strange reason. Sorry for ranting a little but point made, I think.
Final edit – this went through on Disqus. I do think that commenting should be as easy as possible and I still have issues with Disqus but IntenseDebate threw up ghost threads for me and Blogger (my own platform) doesn’t give threaded comments.
Great, thank you for such a thorough comment!
Which commenting system do you use or prefer? http://goo.gl/fb/Pt22x can you help me choose one lovely people?
I am wondering which commenting system you use or prefer? http://goo.gl/fb/Pt22x can you help?
I voted for IntenseDebate as that’s the only system I’ve found which will reliably email me when someone replies to my comment, rather than the whole post. I’ve had rather one too many Silent Sundays with an inbox full of other people’s comments!
It is entirely possible that this is possible through Disqus, as I’ve never really explored the options there tbh! If it is, then I like Disqus too
To be honest, I very regularly miss emails from Disqus when I have comments and that’s something that really annoys me as I tend to rely on this to follow comments rather than checking on the blog. I am trying the new commenting system that was promoted by mail chimp last week called Social and I am liking it to so far. Will review it in a couple of days to update this post. Thanks for your input!
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I prefer using a system that is attached to a blog, I don’t use FB because I keep that separate from my blog. To br honest I don’t know much about commenting systems….
Thanks for your input, quite a few are saying they don’t like commenting via Facebook and that makes sense if you are using FB for personal purpose only.
I like blogs that keep it simple. I just use the basic WP commenting system on my own blog, and have a plug-in that notifies commenters when they have a reply. This works fine for keeping the conversation going.
I don’t really like disqus since it adds an extra step, and I definitely try to keep my personal life Facebook as separate as possible from my blogging stuff. I use FB to keep up with friends/family and it’s hard to do that when it’s flooded with blogging updates.
Fair point and it makes great sense, thank you for your input
I agree with Nikkie, I like to have choice and I don’t want all the comments on my Facebook, though I’m a novice blogger and just use WordPress & their own comment system myself
Wendy
I prefer Disqus as it has pretty good antispaming system and allows the user to login with whatever account they want(Facebook, Twitter,Google,OpenId and Yahoo).
As a user I do like the fact that if you have a Disqus account you have central access to all your comments to every blog you ever commented in one place.
I don’t like using my FB to comment on blogs as I only use it for private use.
Great article Peggy, thanks for sharing your learnings.