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Re:Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's... by DenisM on Sunday June 15, 2008 @01:12PM (#218117)
They know who you are and they know what interests you have. This is fertile ground for targeted (i.e. profitable) advertising. Similarly google knows what you are looking for, so they can advertise effectively.
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Re:Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's... by ctbk on Sunday June 15, 2008 @01:33PM (#218126)
Yes, you have a point, but apparently they're discarding that option.

From the article: "They've definitely had talks about how to monetize and start bringing in money, but if you thought they were about to start with advertising, you'd be wrong. Disqus will not always be a zero-revenue company, but Daniel says advertising's not in the plans."

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Re:Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's... by DenisM on Sunday June 15, 2008 @04:11PM (#218182)
The information is still valuable. They could expose you to other applications which will interest you and in turn generate profit.
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