DISQUS

Knox North · 1 year ago

Hey, facebook connect works! Cool. Glad I don't have to use some other system.

Khyle Keys · 1 year ago

Disqus made the Facebook connect easy. Getting the API key is a little kludgy, but that isn't Disqus' fault.

I'm logging out of Disqus just to see how this works. Am I get to need to add an app every time I comment on a Facebook connect enabled site? That's pretty cumbersome.

fredwilson · 1 year ago

No, the blogger needs to get a facebook app once for each blog

Khyle Keys · 1 year ago

One other small thing. I have Disqus on multiple blogs, and I would dig it if I could name an app for each of them. They are completely unrelated, and it looks better if (like Fred) I name the app for the Blog...

khylek · 1 year ago

Ignore my simple ignorance. Must be Christmas Eve brain freeze.

Daniel Reich · 1 year ago

This just simplified the entire Facebook Connect to Blog process. Awesome. I imagine in the future you will be able to comment using either Disqus, FB connect and Google Friend Connect? Could there be some sort of consolidation process? (ie. Log into the 1 commenting system, and it reconciles all of the comments between the other systems).

fredwilson · 1 year ago

Maybe disqus can work on that idea

It¹s a good one

Daniel Ha · 1 year ago

I think that's the ideal goal for everyone. Today it's going to require a bit of cooperation from everyone, but all of this is in the right direction to making the experience a better one for everyone.

Dave Morin · 1 year ago

Thanks for the note Fred! We're excited to have Disqus on board with Facebook Connect. Great to see you in Paris!

fredwilson · 1 year ago

Hi Dave. I¹m headed back to Paris in a week. Can¹t get enough of that town!

Zee. · 1 year ago

Lol "town"...

Facebook User · 1 year ago

And Now I have a voice ;)

Facebook User · 1 year ago

Testing out the facebook integration. :)

Daniel Runion · 1 year ago

Testing FB Connect. Pretty damn cool.

Facebook User · 1 year ago

much easier keeping everything together. good work

scottshapiro · 1 year ago

just testing. awesome.

aripap · 1 year ago

Thanks Fred, I followed the instructions and set my blog up. As easy as this is, there's still some intimidation dealing with "API Keys" and "Applications." I wonder if Facebook will be able to create an application environment for the masses.

fredwilson · 1 year ago

Yeah, those keys are not mainstream!

Drew Meyers · 1 year ago

I think the disques/facebook partnership is a great one for both companies and will go a long way to merging online identities into one. If everything works out, I can certainly see facebook purchasing disqus.

fredwilson · 1 year ago

Well that is not the point of this exercise to be sure. My hope and expectation is that the 'head' of online media will want a premium version of disqus and that will allow disqus to continue to provide the free version to the 'tail'

Freemium is going to be tested in 2009 like never before. But one thing I also know is that low headcount and burnrate is key to making it work. Disqus has done everything so far with 3-4 people

Jon Bischke · 1 year ago

At the risk of using a way over-used phrase...I smell a tipping point for Facebook Connect... :)

Vicente Silveira · 1 year ago

Ha! This (commenting) is so much better now with FB. For one thing I predict blogs will get a lot more comments, it will be like BF/AF (before and after FaceBook Connect). The inertia to login (even if you have a profile, even if you remember your pwd) should not be underestimated.

One curiosity I have: what kind of information you (blogger) have access to because I'm using FB Connect here ? Do you see (or have API access to) everything in my FB profile, same level of access as say a Friend ?

Peter Boot · 1 year ago

FBConnect is cool but OpenID support from FB would be better

fredwilson · 1 year ago

I'll check to see the answer to your last question and post the answer as a reply

I agree that the friction involved in commenting is large and disqus and others must do everything in their power to reduce it

Lucas Rodriguez Cervera · 1 year ago

Congratulations! looking out to see what "the start of more Facebook integration" is...

Kevin Cimring · 1 year ago

Hi Fred

Each day, Facebook is becoming more integrated with everything we say and do on the web through applications like this. People who say that Facebook won't be around in a few years time had better relook at what is happening around Facebook on the web. Instead of waning, its presence its growing; and I think will continue to grow for the foreseeable future aided by the growing number of apps that are linked to Facebook.

Kind regards
Kevin

Allan Isfan · 12 months ago

For many of us that are not particularly religious, Christmas seems to be about an excuse to celebrate with others. It turns out to be a tradition that brings people together.

This year I started a tradition I would like to share with all of you. Each one of our three girls (aged 8-12) made a specially decorated box with a memory stick in it. The stick contained a message and a song for the girl's mom (my amazing wife Quebec Girl :). Every year, the girls will add a new message and I hope this continues into adulthood. It will be a point of anticipation every year and we'll end up with a wonderful sequence of messages in one place where we can see the girls grow up. It will be a privilege if this inspires you to do something similar.

Here is a link to our youngest girl's message. We weren't originally going to post these but decided it might inspire others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN1LLcNXEsU

isfan · 12 months ago

Somehow this comment ended up under the wrong blog post. It was meant go with the Christmas post. Apologies.

fredwilson · 12 months ago

Wow. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing it

Ross Hill · 11 months ago

That's an interesting development. It works really well!