A VC: Disqus Gives Users What They've Been Asking For
Joe Conyers III
· 1 year ago
This is great news. Going to install this now.
Bill DAlessandro
· 1 year ago
Hooray! This fixes everything that bugged me about Disqus. It's definitely a value add for me as a blogger, for my readers, and for me as a commenter.
PS - I can now get avc.com from behind my work filter. Did you sort things out with Websense, or did my IT department just get smart?
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
i went to google and used their webmaster tools to tell them about the new ownership and make sure they are crawling the new domain. but beyond that, i don't think we did much. I am so happy that avc is not getting blocked anymore. one less thing i need to worry about!
Matt McLaughlin
· 1 year ago
Upgraded my family blog and imported old comments in minutes. Flawless and love the new features!
NICCAI
· 1 year ago
Does this apply to Tumblr too?
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Tumblr has no native comment system so there's no syncing to be done. That said, if you want comments on your tumblog, I think disqus is the best option
Fred
NICCAI
· 1 year ago
Yes, you're right, but the notion of pulling in the comments from disqus on tumblr's server side versus onload via js would be a compelling integration point.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Indeed it would be. I guess that's something tumblr would have to do or at least have to help do
fnazeeri
· 1 year ago
It's an interesting tool, Disqus is, but I'm suffering from buyer's remorse right now. I switched over to Disqus comments on my blog (http://www.altgate.com/) and while the new service is great, my old comments didn't migrate as promised. Fooooop! Gone are all the comments from the past year and a half. Ouch!
I've emails and posted on the Disqus forum...hopefully they'll read their comments! ;-)
PS, a better title to the post would be, "Disqus giveth...Disqus taketh away!"
FN
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
We couldn't find any errors originating from your account. You have to select to import your comments in after you've installed the plugin. Have you started the migration process?
And we absolutely read everything. :)
fnazeeri
· 1 year ago
I followed the instructions to install, but (obviously) haven't completed the migration. Can you point me to the instructions for completing the import?
To answer your question, after unpackaging the plugin, you should click "Install" under Comments > Disqus.
fnazeeri
· 1 year ago
Daniel, thx for the comments back. I posted in the forum here ( http://disqus.disqus.com/migrating_old_comments...) a while back but am gettin' no love over there. Any chance I can get some help migrating old comments? Can you point me to instructions on how to do this?
FN
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
I'm watching the other thread.
Haggis (Sean Loyless)
· 1 year ago
Daniel - KICK ASS.
I tried to import my comments but it failed.. Probably due to the age of the blog itself and the multiple versions of WP over the years.
Otherwise, I love the new changes!
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
Your website is one of a few that we noticed having issues with the process. We'll contact you as soon as it is resolved.
Haggis (Sean Loyless)
· 1 year ago
Of course! I feel somewhat special.. somewhat. :D
Don Jones - VentureDeal
· 1 year ago
Big improvements - I'm a huge fan of Disqus - they are very customer-centric.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Listening to customers and building what they ask for is a big part of getting it right
Disqus does that particularly well
Roman Giverts
· 1 year ago
Fred,
There's 4 posts about your portfolio companies in the last 3 days... I hate to say it but this blog is starting to feel like a bunch of advertising for companies you invest in. If I wanted to read about pinch media, outside.in, return path and disqus every day I could to go their company blogs.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
fair point
But its what's been on my mind lately
I think if you look back at the posts over the past month or year, you'll see that I strive to strike a balance
The outside.in post was really about the hyperlocal blogging phenomenon that I am hugely excited about and wasn't just about outside.in
The pinch media thing was about their desire to hire two college interns, not a plug about their business
But I take your point and I am sure many others are thinking it and not saying it and for that I thank you
Fred
Roman Giverts
· 1 year ago
I say it cuz i know you'll read it ;)
DorianBenkoil
· 1 year ago
yeah, I noticed. But, hey, it's your blog -- I don't have to read it if I don't like it.
Stewart Marshall
· 1 year ago
Roman,
That's harsh I think. I suspect the portfolio companies have peaks and lows of activity. Besides, I don't read all Fred's posts. Disqus I am interested in, the others not so much. I think the man is just sharing and from what I've seen seems to get the balance right. I hardly ever read the music related stuff, but you know what I keep coming back to see what he has written about.
Give him a break. Personally, I don't know what all the fuss is about wordpress!
kenberger
· 1 year ago
come on-- the dude makes it clear that this blog is about a few subjects, chief one being his investment interests. His current investments talk would seem to be expected.
I suppose that this post is indeed the pluggiest of his recent 'plugs'. But even so I think it's pretty far from shameless. Does a great job of summarizing the service's new features in a much more efficient way for me than going to those company's blogs.
btw, i first learned of this product release via techcrunch and a couple other blogs, but skipped their coverage to come here to get the scoop, because even though Fred is obviously biased here, I knew he'd give a concise and clear description of the services. AND he usually even throws in negatives too that you'd never see if this was just a sales pitch. Often even publicly pressures his PortCos to add features when he sees something lacking.
(man, this sounds like a plug for Fred!)
Dave
· 1 year ago
I will try it, as they seem to have overcome my objections. Thanks for the news.
centernetworks
· 1 year ago
FYI - there are a good bunch of detailed analysis posts on today's Disqus launch - most go into more detail than the one you linked to at TC.
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Yeah I saw all of them. I wish there was a way to grab all the links from techmeme and put them at the end of my post
Nathan Bowers
· 1 year ago
I'll wait for reports of successful WordPress integration from others before trying, but this is great news. Looks like Disqus has eliminated the dealbreakers.
You can always tell a great service because they make it easy for you to leave, knowing full well you won't want to. An example of this is Gmail. You can have it just forward your email to another account. Yahoo and Hotmail don't do this (last time I checked).
Stewart
· 1 year ago
Wordpress is one thing, but I'd love to see the database sync between Disqus and my Movable Type Blog - if you can put a word in that would be grand :-)
Daniel Ha
· 1 year ago
Agreed, Stewart. We decided to release the WP version first but MT is on its way.
Stewart Marshall
· 1 year ago
Splendid :-)
howardlindzon
· 1 year ago
stewart - we could be brothers
kenberger
· 1 year ago
no joke-- separated at birth?!
Stewart Marshall
· 1 year ago
LOL - does the new profile pic help?
Ryan Graves
· 1 year ago
Daniel, I love how you guys have such an open ear to the community. You're focused on the right things...much respect!
mathew
· 1 year ago
what is the search-friendly piece? the comments dont look like they show up in the source for this page - is it just that they show up over on disqus?
kenberger
· 1 year ago
This is a very impressive long list of improvements for one (still fairly early) release. Great job, Disqus.
I guess the only thing i'm not seeing immediately is that it might make some feel better to have the comments page under their own domain, eradicating the need for http://avc.disqus.com/, for example (and instead expecting to see that info under avc.com's WP admin control panel, if he were on WP). BUT it is entirely possible I'm not understanding and this release does take care of that, as i haven't looked closely yet.
Daniel- next up I'd suggest to greatly promote the voting feature. I wrote details on this and will email them along. I think that part would make this offering hugely more social, fun, higher-quality......
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
Domain mapping for the comment blog is something I am hugely into and have been asking for as well
I also want to be able to put my ³look and feel² template on it
If I could get all of those things, it would be linked to off of my avc.com front page (like I just did with my tumblog)
fred
Ryan Graves
· 1 year ago
Hey Fred- I couldn't be happier that Disqus is doing so well! From the first time I saw Daniel Ha in an interview I really liked him and Disqus. I like the way they have a very open ear for the community and react to what they hear! The next big thing for Disqus is to bring comments from other platforms such as Friendfeed and inject those comments back onto the blog....all comments about a blog post no matter where they are made should make their way back to the blog....I heard they are working on this and it would be phenomenal. Break company to have in the portfolio!
fredwilson
· 1 year ago
tell me about itryan. i totally agree with you. FriendFeed can do that with the new disqus API, they just need to make it a priority. i hope they will.
ss
· 1 year ago
ddd
peteonrails
· 1 year ago
Love it. I've been wanting that for months.
OurielOhayon
· 1 year ago
If i may i think the most important feature is missing: installing in 2 clicks without code manipulation for Typepad. i don t know how many users know how to use advanced templates there, but i think it is a very little minority. i would love to use Disqus but i could not deal with that. so i went to intensedebate that has solved that issue pretty nicely
laurusnobilis
· 1 year ago
When I first saw the Disqused I loved it. I placed it on my web site and I must say that it is very good. A lot of options and very easy to install.
jer979
· 1 year ago
So, I love Disqus, but I've noticed an issue when it's integrated with Zemanta (which I also love).
All Comments
PS - I can now get avc.com from behind my work filter. Did you sort things out with Websense, or did my IT department just get smart?
Fred
disqus on tumblr's server side versus onload via js would be a
compelling integration point.
I've emails and posted on the Disqus forum...hopefully they'll read their comments! ;-)
PS, a better title to the post would be, "Disqus giveth...Disqus taketh away!"
FN
And we absolutely read everything. :)
To answer your question, after unpackaging the plugin, you should click "Install" under Comments > Disqus.
http://disqus.disqus.com/migrating_old_comments...)
a while back but am gettin' no love over there. Any chance I can get some
help migrating old comments? Can you point me to instructions on how to do
this?
FN
I tried to import my comments but it failed.. Probably due to the age of the blog itself and the multiple versions of WP over the years.
Otherwise, I love the new changes!
Disqus does that particularly well
There's 4 posts about your portfolio companies in the last 3 days... I hate to say it but this blog is starting to feel like a bunch of advertising for companies you invest in. If I wanted to read about pinch media, outside.in, return path and disqus every day I could to go their company blogs.
But its what's been on my mind lately
I think if you look back at the posts over the past month or year, you'll see that I strive to strike a balance
The outside.in post was really about the hyperlocal blogging phenomenon that I am hugely excited about and wasn't just about outside.in
The pinch media thing was about their desire to hire two college interns, not a plug about their business
But I take your point and I am sure many others are thinking it and not saying it and for that I thank you
Fred
That's harsh I think. I suspect the portfolio companies have peaks and lows of activity. Besides, I don't read all Fred's posts. Disqus I am interested in, the others not so much. I think the man is just sharing and from what I've seen seems to get the balance right. I hardly ever read the music related stuff, but you know what I keep coming back to see what he has written about.
Give him a break. Personally, I don't know what all the fuss is about wordpress!
I suppose that this post is indeed the pluggiest of his recent 'plugs'. But even so I think it's pretty far from shameless. Does a great job of summarizing the service's new features in a much more efficient way for me than going to those company's blogs.
btw, i first learned of this product release via techcrunch and a couple other blogs, but skipped their coverage to come here to get the scoop, because even though Fred is obviously biased here, I knew he'd give a concise and clear description of the services. AND he usually even throws in negatives too that you'd never see if this was just a sales pitch. Often even publicly pressures his PortCos to add features when he sees something lacking.
(man, this sounds like a plug for Fred!)
You can always tell a great service because they make it easy for you to leave, knowing full well you won't want to. An example of this is Gmail. You can have it just forward your email to another account. Yahoo and Hotmail don't do this (last time I checked).
I guess the only thing i'm not seeing immediately is that it might make some feel better to have the comments page under their own domain, eradicating the need for http://avc.disqus.com/, for example (and instead expecting to see that info under avc.com's WP admin control panel, if he were on WP). BUT it is entirely possible I'm not understanding and this release does take care of that, as i haven't looked closely yet.
Daniel- next up I'd suggest to greatly promote the voting feature. I wrote details on this and will email them along. I think that part would make this offering hugely more social, fun, higher-quality......
been asking for as well
I also want to be able to put my ³look and feel² template on it
If I could get all of those things, it would be linked to off of my avc.com
front page (like I just did with my tumblog)
fred
The next big thing for Disqus is to bring comments from other platforms such as Friendfeed and inject those comments back onto the blog....all comments about a blog post no matter where they are made should make their way back to the blog....I heard they are working on this and it would be phenomenal. Break company to have in the portfolio!
Take a look at my http://jer979.disqus.com/ page
the Zemanta code seems to get pulled into the comment thread.
Just an observation. A little unsightly.
I love Disqus.
I think its closer to 100k