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Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by anigbrowl »

thinkxl wrote: post #10
jaimex2 wrote: post #6

Genuine question which I think should be on the site's FAQ: Why should I use Isso over Disqus?

You shouldn't if you are happy with Disqus. Isso is an open source, self hosted alternative.

Yes, but what advantages accrue to the person using it? It's become fashionable for people to identify which boxes they tick in a single sentence when describing their product, but this is basically preaching to the converted. For people who are not already exercised about always preferring an open-source option (ie potential new entrants to the OSS community), it's worthwhile to provide positive reasons to use it, because otherwise you're limiting your potential take-up from the outset.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by LordWinstanley »

jaimex2 wrote: post #6

Genuine question which I think should be on the site's FAQ: Why should I use Isso over Disqus?

Maybe if you don't want links in your comments surreptitiously hijacked by Disqus and used to try and generate ad revenue:

https://stiobhart.net/2017-02-21-disqusting/

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by anigbrowl »

reitanqild wrote: post #3

SQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.

Because comments are not Big Data.

I'd like to understand the significance of this. I'm extremely interested in comments as big data (to try to understand social networking patterns better from studying the structure of nested comments) and I'd like to get a handle on the opposite point of view - what is it that you prefer about this approach?

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by asitdhal »

reitanqild wrote: post #3

SQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.

> Because comments are not Big Data.

Big data is mostly used when you want to monetize those comments.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by LordWinstanley »

radlad wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of Isso, and have been running it on my (not at all notable) blog for a while! I do however wish that the commenter icons were customizable (e.g. Gravatar, Facebook, etc.). There have been Github issues open for it since 2014, but nobody seems willing to put in the effort to implement it. :)

Yeah. I'd like this too, but I'm not holding my breath as the developer comes across as a bit of an arrogant arsehole.

When I first set up isso, I had a hell of a time getting it configured and running, following the pretty poor official documentation. So I visited the Github repo to ask for help but, after seeing the dev's condescending attitude to other people in difficulties, I thought better of it and [fortunately] managed to muddle through by myself.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by therealmarv »

radlad wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of Isso, and have been running it on my (not at all notable) blog for a while! I do however wish that the commenter icons were customizable (e.g. Gravatar, Facebook, etc.). There have been Github issues open for it since 2014, but nobody seems willing to put in the effort to implement it. :)

I agree. It should be a choice opt-in for the user to use Gravatar or not.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by lazaroclapp »

intopieces wrote: post #9
reitanqild wrote: post #3

SQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.

>I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job. Can it though? Because I see some vile comments made by people who appear to be using their real name, photo, location information on their profile.

Can doesn't mean "necessarily will". It depends on how much attention the comment attracts a lot of times, even more than on its content. Things that anyone could say in anger on a bad day or as dark joke can come back to haunt you if they happen to raise a media circus. Yet, advocating genocide can have no effect in your career if it goes broadly unnoticed. That's part of the problem.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by bidoof___ »

reitanqild wrote: post #3

SQLite backend Because comments are not Big Data. Yep, you got it. Also MIT licensed. Please go ahead and kill Facebook comments. I strongly dislike realname policies in this day and time where a single remark can cost you your job.

Disqus and social sign-on comments are cancer. They must be plugged. Too much Ivan all over social media these days. Zuckerberg is equally disturbing a threat and should not be trusted with his bizarre utopian language.

Re: Isso: A Commenting Server Similar to Disqus

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Post by mburns »

LordWinstanley wrote: post #12
jaimex2 wrote: post #6

Genuine question which I think should be on the site's FAQ: Why should I use Isso over Disqus?

Maybe if you don't want links in your comments surreptitiously hijacked by Disqus and used to try and generate ad revenue: https://stiobhart.net/2017-02-21-disqusting/

That blog doesn't ring true.

They've had the program in place for years (~2012) and it is opt-in. Author didn't seem to contact Disqus to see if this was a mistake or intentional, and doesn't mention if the domain had the Revenue option enabled. He just says 'I remember once clicking an unrelated option about showing inline ads, that should have been good enough'.

Seems like a senseless ragequit.

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