Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)

Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by alecco on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:17PM (#488292)

Facebook would own other site's comments. Not good.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by shib71 on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:26PM (#488309)

And what happens with users that want to comment but choose not to use Facebook? (yes we exist)

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by andylei on Friday February 20, 2009 @03:06AM (#488474)

http://www.somethingtoputhere.com/commentdemo/gallery.php?pi...

it seems like the widget already allows for people without facebook accounts to comment

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by dbul on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:41AM (#488414)

Agreed. It is possible Facebook doesn't care because many people do have accounts, but I would take non-users into consideration.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by tokenadult on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:43PM (#488321)

And what happens with users that want to comment but choose not to use Facebook?

Something similar to what happens with users who want to comment but choose not to use Disqus, methinks.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by danielha on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:45PM (#488322)

Not exactly. You would comment normally without an account.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by unalone on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:12AM (#488391)

On Disqus or on this Facebook model?

I'm sure that this Facebook system could be hacked to allow for unregistered comments.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by danielha on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:36AM (#488411)

1) Disqus

2) As plausible as hacking Disqus to allow Hacker News accounts.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by warkaiser on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:23PM (#488302)

^upvote. Facebook has enough control over data, we should keep this away from their paws.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by _lc1i on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:38PM (#488316)

Why? Everything available to Facebook, I voluntarily put there. Just as anything I say in a comment in their widget will be voluntarily contributed. As a Facebook consumer, a single identity across all my comments tied to a service I already enjoy makes Facebook that much more useful to me. Let them do with the data I gave them as they please.

Hell, I am far more concerned with how much credit agencies seem to know about me, and I never like giving my information to them =p.

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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al) by antiismist on Friday February 20, 2009 @02:28PM (#489104)

Well someday Facebook might sell your info to credit agencies, which they can do at will.

How will you feel when your credit rating gets lowered because of some off-hand comment you made on some blog?

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