Re:Disqus comments adding third-party ad-tracking
by joosters on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @08:20AM
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Any advice on blocking disqus junk-related stuff while still being able to view the comments? I've tried tweaking my ad blocking in the past, and I could either let all of disqus through, or end up with their scripts behaving crazily, repeatedly trying to reach blocked contents and eating CPU.
Unfortunately, that's not true for the blogs I read.
I used to block Disqus because (#1) it loads slowly, and (#2) it is a memory hog (Disqus' javascript code always has a memory leak in both Firefox and Chrome)
However, I ended up missing out on critical information that readers left in the Disqus comments. For example, if a blogger might review a power tool and a commenter might ask "what's that accessory you're attaching to it?", the blogger will then reply with the answer and may attach a link to the product in Disqus.
Similar situation with programming blog. Some followup Disqus comment may have a correction of syntax, etc.
(I wish people would stop leaving useful information in Disqus comments so I can go back to blocking it again.)