Disqus, a dark commenting system

Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system by tanrax on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:50PM (#26039082)

I don't know why you use Disqus when there is an Opensource alternative: Glosa --> https://github.com/glosa/glosa-server

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Re:Disqus, a dark commenting system by bartread on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:58PM (#26039200)

Several reasons immediately spring to mind:

- it's yet another dependency on the back end (for a static site you may not even have a back end or a server you can install it on),

- it requires Java, which is possibly yet another dependency and platform,

- both of these need patching and updates

- I do not love comment storage in JSON because it complicates backups

- needs email configuration which can be something of a deliverability minefield, but Disqus handles this out of the box

Fundamentally it's more work/complexity than some people will be willing to put in. Disqus is easy. Just drop it into your relevant page templates and it'll work.

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