Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)
by unalone on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:19PM
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Interesting to see how this plays out. Facebook is entering a market that likes the existing products a lot. On the other hand, it's got a far tighter layout - visually, Facebook comments appeal much more to me more than Disqus' - and Facebook has the advantage of being a very large player.
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Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)
by agotterer on Friday February 20, 2009 @12:23AM
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I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to get the comments on my tumblr. So far unsuccessful, I'm not even sure if its possible because of their security settings. This will never reach main stream. Disqus takes 2 minutes to setup and implement.
Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)
by unalone on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:09AM
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"Never" seems a bit hasty. Facebook very rarely lets things stay non-streamlined for long. They usually start rough and then iterate until they've got something that' insanely polished.
Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)
by agotterer on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:21AM
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I don't think that's true. Remember beacon? But you are right "never" is a bit hasty. They will have to fundamentally change the way this works for it to be mainstream. The dev app interface alone is too confusing for your average blogger.
Re:Facebook is now competing with Disqus (et. al)
by smokinn on Friday February 20, 2009 @01:42AM
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Beacon was very quickly dumped after the massive backlash that was brought up upon it. I have no doubt that had there not been the massive public resentment they would have quickly iterated on it and made it into a very viable and interesting product.
The parent's post is quite correct. They could've spend months polishing beacon and it would've still been doomed to failure. Instead they put it out there and when it didn't get the desired response they canned it. If the comments system gets any traction whatsoever (and doesn't become a pr disaster like beacon was) I fully expect them to very quickly polish the product and make it very usable for people that aren't the early adopters.