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Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

Mia — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:53:32 -0000

Nice of Disqus to have found the ' switch' I'd say :) As ' V3' has improved by a 180 radius ! There were no issues pertaining to its installation concerning ' advanced template mode' ( at least for me ) -however , there may be a difference w/ certain Platforms as far as installation goes ( since I am presently on the Blogger platform ) . I must say though : the overall improvements are nice & the new version is sleek , looks great on any page :)

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

ShanaC — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:10:30 -0000

Dear Daniel,
It is officially driving me crazy.

Stop telling me how many people like me when I open up a form, I'm getting vain and curious who those people are, and I think it is psychologically bad for me. I don't want to know how many comments I have posted. I just want to go on and see that I have commented. It's making me nervous that perhaps I am not a good commentator. (Not that I know what makes for a good commentator)

Stop making me nervous please...

Thanks so much

Shana

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

Guest — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:51:58 -0000

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TonyWiltshire — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:23:40 -0000

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Ben Atlas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:03:25 -0000

Disqus rolled out the new web site today. Very impressive change!

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johanbakken — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:59:48 -0000

Ok. I'll give it a try when it's live.

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Rob Pannoni — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:34:37 -0000

I like the new design. Kudos. From a usability standpoint, I would like to see a simple visual connector between a post and a sub-post to show the relationship. The multiple indents can be a bit hard to track with just white space. But it would need to be very subtle to keep from killing the clean look. Maybe a very light gray. In the long run, it would be nice to expand and collapse sections of a thread.

Also, the visuals that show the source of the post (twitter, etc.) are small and hard to distinguish. If you're going to separate by source anyway, you might think about a small heading at the beginning of each source. Not sure yet how I feel about separating by source. If it were easy enough to visually distinguish between sources (like a different color), I might prefer to keep all sources "in line" and just visually skip a source I'm not interested in (i.e. twitter retweets).

But overall, I think the new look is great. Can't wait for the final version.

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

Felipe — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:26:51 -0000

Nice.

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Ro Gupta — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:30:23 -0000

Without getting too much into the weeds, Disqus is a truly comprehensive, platform-agnostic system, particularly well suited for sites with substantial volume and/or an emphasis on high quality conversation. Not to say other apps out there don't share or strive for some of these things, but I think overall that's the biggest difference.

More specifically--as will be more prevalent in V3--"Disqus Comments" and "Disqus Profile" are specifically tailored and have been 'super-charged' for their end users (site managers and commenters, respectively). e.g. Within the former, highly robust, efficient moderation tools are a major focus, and with the latter, you'll see a much more unified way for users to integrate seamlessly with their various social platforms and commenting identities, and significantly greater control of one's own comments across the web.

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Evan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:29:25 -0000

Sweet. Thanks for the reply.

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fredwilson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:12:48 -0000

This week I think

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fredwilson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:12:47 -0000

It will be back any day now

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fredwilson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:03:36 -0000

Sadly you still need advanced templates. Typepad is not making it easy to use disqus

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Evan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:47:48 -0000

Kudos on a nice job with V3. Any idea when it is going to be released? I had to drop Disqus from my site due to the word "comments" disappearing from my post page, and the comment count # disappearing from the front page (even after checking the box in advanced settings). I was just getting ready to switch to something else, but would love to see if V3 takes care of it.

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álvaro ortiz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:13:02 -0000

The "tweet this comment" is no longer here?

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álvaro ortiz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:12:22 -0000

testing new version! :)

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John Sharp — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:49:06 -0000

That will change the game. I look forward to seeing it.

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johanbakken — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:08:07 -0000

Disqus V3 seems quite nice. What are the main differences between this, IntenseDebate and JS-kit's Echo?

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Jon Berry — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:54:35 -0000

I agree that the flag link might be a common unintentional click. I'm sure it can easily be tracked to see if there are more flagged comments than before, especially if they are getting evaluated randomly.

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

Ric — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:04:44 -0000

Do you still need to be using advanced templates to install Disqus? Would love to revert to using it for comments, but have dropped advanced templates to simplify life :)

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

Jose Paul Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:38:13 -0000

yeah... I have a vague memory... but ur right I think vbulletin had it a long time back...

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Jose Paul Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:36:42 -0000

Email may be old school... but its one that still works! How else would companies like Blackberry make money!?

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

obscurelyfamous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:09:09 -0000

Without giving too many surprises away, expect this soon.

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

obscurelyfamous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:03:09 -0000

That's a fair point and we'll definitely consider it.

Re: Disqus V3 Is Live On This Blog

obscurelyfamous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:54:05 -0000

Good point about the flag button, but I think it's confusing right now because it takes over the old 'Reply' link position. User habits are hard to change, but they will eventually change if it's for the better.

As for the reasoning behind the move, we're experimenting with this philosophy: people read from left to right, and subsequently end up on the right-hand corner when they finish reading and are ready for a reply. And if you didn't read the comment in the first place, why reply?

Nothing is set in stone (I like saying that) and we're going to see how it plays out.