Re:Try Out the New Disqus 2012
by rdl on Thursday May 03, 2012 @06:05PM
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This is the product I wish Google would build, rather than a shitty Facebook knockoff.
Google Groups has gone through two major iterations, and is now basically useless.
People might not want Google to have their personal information (I'd say people probably trust Facebook more than Google with "sharing social information" -- this isn't entirely rational), but forum posts are basically things you want to have public.
It's got a "community management" piece which Google probably couldn't get right, but they could provide tools to people/groups to run forums. The big plus for users would be aggregating content (RSS++), anti-spam, etc.
Facebook Groups is probably the best "small group sharing info" tool right now, and it's inherently non-indexed.
Re:Try Out the New Disqus 2012
by Jimmie on Thursday May 03, 2012 @07:58PM
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I wouldn't want it integrated with current sites though. I'd like it self-hostable and with separate account signups. "Login with facebook/gmail" is ok but for some people that's a privacy barrier that they won't cross.
Google Groups has gone through two major iterations, and is now basically useless.
People might not want Google to have their personal information (I'd say people probably trust Facebook more than Google with "sharing social information" -- this isn't entirely rational), but forum posts are basically things you want to have public.
It's got a "community management" piece which Google probably couldn't get right, but they could provide tools to people/groups to run forums. The big plus for users would be aggregating content (RSS++), anti-spam, etc.
Facebook Groups is probably the best "small group sharing info" tool right now, and it's inherently non-indexed.