Comments on: Disqus your Comments

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:29:56 +0000

Julia,

Not quite sure what you mean by this comment. I’ve not used Disqus on any of the blogs. Not sure what “This one loaded faster than your other blog” is referring to.

That said, I would stay away from Disque. My feelings about is haven’t changed since writing this post. It might be fine for just a personal blog and social networking but I would never have it on a business blog.

By: Julia V

Julia V — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:09:47 +0000

I’m still having mixed feelings about integrating this on my blog. I just removed the comment feature on my wordpress for the same worries. This one loaded a lot faster than your other blog.

By: Ki Gray

Ki Gray — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:19:47 +0000

I think as a general rule I try to avoid things that are free but kind of have you under the gun if they decide to ask for money. Certainly keeping all your comments in their system would qualify as that.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:31:48 +0000

Malok,

Twitter is hard for me to get used to, it is like only getting in on one side of a conversation.

I’ve been hitting the social networking as therapy. I’m socially retarded (hard to admit) but that is part of the therapy.

Learning to participate and not lurk is huge for me.

However, if you are a social butterfly social networks are like alcohol to to an alcoholic you have to stay away. You can waste time like crazy in a social network.

The one I’m really enjoying the most is Plurk.
I joined that recently and find it much more interesting to navigate and enjoy the interface once you click around. It is also much easier follow conversations.

Here is a link to my Plurk page and you can join by signing up at the top of the page. This I like much better than Twitter.

By: Malok

Malok — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:11:20 +0000

I’m right there with you, Dave regarding being a dial up person. Theres only so much time that I have to try and get everything done business-wise, and still have a life with friends, & family. I’ve heard of several persons mention Twitter – but as of yet, I’ve not yet had the time to take a look at it. There are just SO MANY social networking sites out there (activerain, digg, propeller, mybloglog, linkedin, myspace, etc, etc, etc, etc) – that its really hard to devote the time to all of them.

How would you rank Twitter in the priority schedule relative to other social networking sites? [Actually, that might be a good follow up article for you to write - about what social networking sites you think are worth while. ]

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:34:26 +0000

Steve,

I’m finding Plurkdom more rapid fire than Twitter, I’m using Twhirl for the interface and find quite a lag time.

Still don’t get much about Plurk, but for some reason love the name. Hope it keeps RE bloggers busy and not writing quality content on their own blogs. Goofing off is always more fun (in the moment) : )

By: Steve Belt

Steve Belt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:30:19 +0000

Egads…I’m not liking the finer details of the disqus system either. Dave, seriously thanks for sending me the direct tweet in twitter, getting me back here to double-check the system…that’s what’s great about this wider web we are creating.

I don’t have a flip, as my Canon SD870is seems to do good enough video for my blogging needs (which are extremely rare). Setting up Plurk today was interesting, even if I have yet to find the true value (or possibly any value, other than the timeline view).

By: Steve Belt

Steve Belt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:38:51 +0000

Dave,

With you and Jay using Disqus it’s clear I need to get on board. Will get on it asap.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:32:09 +0000

The world is moving too fast.

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:25:55 +0000

Jay hit it on the head “…to loose all control, and have an integral portion of my blog hosted somewhere else just doesn’t make sense to me.”
I couldn’t agree more. I just want to have my cake and eat it too and it’s just not realistic at this point.