Disqus Updates

by Robert Koehler on July 15, 2012

I’ve enabled the new Disqus 2012, which handles long discussions much better (see this example) and has got a lot more nifty features, all of which you can read about here.

In theory, conversations should be happening in real-time now. Be sure to check out the cool community functions, too. And if you’re logged in, the “My Disqus” has recent responses to your comments as well as a list of your recent activity.

Oh, and I’ve crafted two rotating banners. More to come when I have time.

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{ 19 comments… read them below or add one }

1 The Sanity Inspector July 15, 2012 at 12:04 pm: Great! I love Disqus and IntenseDebate, much easier to keep up with conversations and revisit them later. …err…I haven’t posted yet, still searching where the Disqus login button is. All I see is a field to register with Disqus. Let’s see what happens…
2 The Sanity Inspector July 15, 2012 at 12:06 pm: Okay, I logged into Disqus in another tab, and now here is my profile appearing on this page. Looks like it works, boss!
3 The Sanity Inspector July 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm: I appreciate your doing this, btw. Second choice would have been IntenseDebate, as it’s easier to get into the archives with that service. But I love the threading and portability of Disqus, too.
4 dlbarch July 16, 2012 at 11:57 am: I dig the new format and the rotating banners, but has anyone else noticed that since the change-over last week, we seem to have lost a few regular commentators but have picked up a number of new ones?

There seems to be a healthy number of new folks on MH, which is a very good thing, I think. Welcome to the show that never ends.

DLB
5 Robert Koehler July 16, 2012 at 12:11 pm: Well, it’s hard to tell, really — I asked if any of my old commenters have left due to the new system, and all I got was one email. I think some of our old commenters may be commenting under different IDs.

Part of the reason for adopting the new system, though, was to get new people involved.
6 Simon and Martina July 16, 2012 at 6:37 pm: About time! Disqus is great. I’ve been thinking about using Facebook for comments lately, though. Not sure how people will feel about that…
7 Josh Perlstein July 17, 2012 at 6:36 am: The site looks great right now.
8 Josh Perlstein July 17, 2012 at 8:29 am: I cannot wait to view this on my Nexus 7 arriving tomorrow. SO EXCITED.
9 Rick Swerve July 17, 2012 at 8:30 am: On my iPod, when I go back to the homepage after reading a post, it resets to articles only from July 14 and back. To get most recent posts again I have to hit refresh.
10 Josh Perlstein July 17, 2012 at 8:38 am: Odd. Anybody else tried this on mobile safari? I don’t have any iProducts anymore so I can’t check, myself.
11 dogbertt July 17, 2012 at 2:22 pm: What really sucks about this, well, to pick one thing of many, is that one can no longer click on a comment on the sidebar and be taken directly to that comment. A distressing loss of functionality.
12 dogbertt July 17, 2012 at 2:23 pm: dlbarch · 782 posts Jieun K · 465 posts Sperwer Accipiter · 214 posts
13 Robert Koehler July 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm: Click the date—it takes you straight to the comment.
14 dlbarch July 17, 2012 at 2:57 pm: Those numbers can’t be right.

DLB
15 dogbertt July 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm: Thank you.
16 dogbertt July 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm: Something’s fishy.
17 Robert Koehler July 17, 2012 at 5:24 pm: Still don’t like it, though, right?
18 aaa July 19, 2012 at 12:04 am: hi
19 dogbertt July 19, 2012 at 1:58 pm: No, it just takes some getting used to, that’s all. I like Disqus and its increased functionality.