Re:Disqus: Scoble, Winer and Fred Wilson Like it, Why I Don't
by bootload on Saturday December 15, 2007 @04:27AM
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"... the power users will not want to cede as much control or deal with so much bullshit ..."
Power users can code :)
"... So Disqus is left with a choice if they choose to pursue the power users ..."
Is this the market they are in? I'm not sure but Dave Winer sure handles Disqus ~ http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/11/29/specificallyAbou...
Scripting News is about as power user as you can get. I'm not sure what the Disqus target market is but I don't think it's the power-users that will have the problems as you suggest.
Hi guys: here's my page. Comment on it, it resides on a separate server.
Hi guys: every week I'm going to update all my pages with an XML file to update the comments that reside on a separate server.
Like I said, the power users will not want to cede as much control or deal with so much bullshit. They want the comments on their server reflected through Google crawl. So Disqus is left with a choice if they choose to pursue the power users, sell it as a plugin and give them the code, or get bought out by WordPress or Moveable Type.