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Re: From Blog To Forum

niel — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:34:04 -0000

nice ya...i like...view my blog...

Re: From Blog To Forum

Vasudev Ram — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:56:29 -0000

falicon, I'm not 100% sure, but I think there are blog systems such as you describe / wish for. I say this because in the recent past I remember getting email notifications about *all* comments on some blog post(s) I had commented upon (not just email notifications about replies to my own comments). If I can find the name / URL of those blog(s), will post them here. Of course that might not meet your need completely, since I think you also want to get to see all comments from certain posts you like and want to follow, whether or not you commented on them at all (which I'm not sure the systems I saw, can do).

Re: From Blog To Forum

pauljacobson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:00:22 -0000

Hey Daniel

Interesting that you say that about Disqus as a kind of embeddable forum. I have been thinking about installing a forum on my site to encourage more feedback from my readers and community but I want something with Disqus' functionality. I suppose a blog post can become a forum of sorts with this sort of commenting. Where would you draw the line between a forum and a forum-like blog?

Re: From Blog To Forum

fredwilson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:54:08 -0000

It's a good discussion. Maybe we can have it over coffee or tea sometime.
I'd like that.

Re: From Blog To Forum

awatterson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:16:31 -0000

Awesome link. That's perfect.

Re: From Blog To Forum

obscurelyfamous — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:36:50 -0000

Check out this FF extension for Google Reader that adds in Disqus support: http://www.sixteenseven.com...

Re: From Blog To Forum

obscurelyfamous — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:47:25 -0000

I like the title of the post because Disqus was originally described to others as a discussion tool with one key feature being an "embeddable forum" for your blog.

Fred, you were an early enough to be a user while we were still pushing this idea, but I doubt you remember much of it. We didn't do a good job in completely pursuing that concept, and soon after we realized a better product out of it (today's Disqus).

I'm going to write more about this someday, but a small, stripped down remnant of the community-fostering forum aspect is in the community pages e.g. avc.disqus.com.

To answer your question, 278 unique commenters commented on your articles between Feb 9th and Feb 16th with 165 of those people having verified identities.

[edit] Andrew posted more accurate numbers:

314 different people. Of those, 161 were using Disqus accounts, 15 were using Facebook accounts, and the rest were unregistered.

Re: From Blog To Forum

Phillip Baker — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:06:49 -0000

You can already subscribe to Disqus threads. If you click the 'Options' button under the comments box it will expand to show a 'subscribe to this thread' link.

Phil

Re: From Blog To Forum

fredwilson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:30:10 -0000

I like the idea of a "summarizer" app for an entire comment thread

Re: From Blog To Forum

fredwilson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:15:16 -0000

I updated the post with this info

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fredwilson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:14:10 -0000

Thanks!

Re: From Blog To Forum

fredwilson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:03:10 -0000

It's all real work

Re: From Blog To Forum

Kontra — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:46:21 -0000

Your reference to me at the end of your piece is problematic, as I explained here in detail:

Information vs. Judgment: A VC's dilemma
http://counternotions.com/2...

Re: From Blog To Forum

frontierblog — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:01:26 -0000

I cannot agree more, actually I wrote a similar post weeks ago

Edward

Frontier Blog - No one ahead, no one behind
http://www.hwswworld.com/wp

Re: From Blog To Forum

andyswan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:27:23 -0000

Jules, it's your show. Represent.

Re: From Blog To Forum

Andy Freeman — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:18:25 -0000

I don't know if it's disqus or something specific to avc.com, but this blog throws javascript errors like crazy and uses incredible amounts of cpu.

FWIW, I'm running IE7.

Re: From Blog To Forum

fredwilson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:10:19 -0000

There are a few, but they are far between

Particularly when it gets down to serious tech stuff (which I should avoid posting on)

Re: From Blog To Forum

Vaibhav Domkundwar — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:46:13 -0000

No question about it, Fred. There is a wealth of insight in the comments. It will be interesting to figure our a way to extract conversations around specific topics that have taken place here in a consolidated format. I am note sure if this can be a feature of a commenting system or something for the entire blog/site, but it will be good to see all comments/thoughts/ideas about twitter or disqus or anything else in a more consolidated form.

Re: From Blog To Forum

kidmercury — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:42:21 -0000

you know it, boss!

business is definitely booming in the site security area. howard lindzon just hired me as bouncer on his blog as well. all the people whining about unemployment need to take a look at the bull market forming in site security!

Re: From Blog To Forum

anotherjesse — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:25 -0000

Given that Disqus used to be for forums (check out their API - still uses the language of forums and threads), are there examples of people using disqus for both blog comments and forums on their site?

Re: From Blog To Forum

Andrew Badr — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:54:49 -0000

Fred, in the past week you've had comments from 314 different people. Of those, 161 were using Disqus accounts, 15 were using Facebook accounts, and the rest were unregistered.

Re: From Blog To Forum

aarondelcohen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:08:47 -0000

Fred:

I think you underate how important the consitency of your posting ranks in the formation of this community. People are checking their readers or feeds every day for many blogs, but not all of them update all the time. Especially not the ones where only one person is the writer.

I really admire your discipline. I tried it for two months, but then grew weary, but I love reaidng you and you inspire some of us to stick with it.

Re: From Blog To Forum

Dorian Benkoil — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:43:01 -0000

What I want to know, Fred, is if you're writing, this and Tumblogging and commenting 5-10 places, and speaking at conferences and reading a lot, when is it you have time for actual work?

Re: From Blog To Forum

MParekh — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:02:48 -0000

have tried to install disqus a few times, but I use a standard Typepad blog, and it seems to require lot more software tinkering on my part to make it work, and ran into a show-stopper (for me anyway), each time...
will take a look at it again. Thanks.

Re: From Blog To Forum

julieallen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:51:54 -0000

i'm a big fan of disqus - it's taken community engagement to a whole new level.

not that it matters - but i noticed when commenting on your apple / flash post yesterday - that almost 100% of the comments you receive are from guys. interesting. where are all the girls... or am i the only one?!