There are three plug-in comment vendors: jskit, disqus, and intense debate.
Which one do you use, and why?
Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
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Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#2intensedebate seems to have lost mindshare. I'd go with either jskit echo or disqus.
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#3intensedebate seems to have lost mindshare. I'd go with either jskit echo or disqus.
Original question: "Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?"
your answer: "intensedebate seems to have lost mindshare. I'd go with either jskit echo or disqus."
..um!
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#4It depends on what you want to use it for.
DISQUS seem to be wanting to cater to the long tail of blogs, JSKit/Echo is looking to super-serve "pro publishers" (they power comments on a lot of news websites, etc)
I like what Echo is doing but if it is just for a small blog you might find it overkill, plus I believe it isn't free.
However, the feature set is interesting.
As it happens, I don't use either on my blog. I don't see much value add in the end.
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#5intensedebate seems to have lost mindshare. I'd go with either jskit echo or disqus.
Original question: "Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?" your answer: "intensedebate seems to have lost mindshare. I'd go with either jskit echo or disqus." ..um!
Oh - the original question actually had intense debate in the title. It was removed - perhaps because they have lost mindshare? :)
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#6There are more comment vendors than those three, but I use DISQUS. Some blogger friends use intense debate and comment luv. Both of those comment platforms seem to be gaining steam, but i am partial to DISQUS
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#7I use Disqus for my personal blog. They are really cool people and they're users here on HN. However, I've had problems with Disqus not showing comments after a few hours, and I've since read at least one other blog that has had the same problem. I'm sure it's something they'll fix eventually so I wouldn't necessarily let that dissuade you. I don't have any experience with any of the other comment systems.
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#8It depends on what you want to use it for. DISQUS seem to be wanting to cater to the long tail of blogs, JSKit/Echo is looking to super-serve "pro publishers" (they power comments on a lot of news websites, etc) I like what Echo is doing but if it is just for a small blog you might find it overkill, plus I believe it isn't free. However, the feature set is interesting. As it happens, I don't use either on my blog. I…
DISQUS serves both: http://disqus.com/vip/
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#9I've used Disqus in the past but switched back to plain WordPress comments because proper theming was almost impossible. I used CSS overrides to hide elements and make them fit the layout, later they changed some code and I had to do it all over again. Changing the path of my blog also caused problems.
Re: Ask HN: JSkit vs disqus - what do you use?
#10I use Disqus on my personal blog. (I've never run a big news site before, so I have no idea what their needs are.)
I use it because I like to pull in the retweets as 'social proof.' My users aren't very good about commenting (which is sad, because I have call-outs and everything), so any social chatter I can pull in makes a richer, more interesting site.