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This blog now uses Disqus comments
I've decided to replace my implementation of Django Free Comments and Askismet in favor of a 3rd party product called Disqus. For those unfamiliar with Disqus, here are some reasons why I've chosen this over my own implementation: Disqus allows you login via OpenID and you can obtain a feed of your comments, Internet-wide as RSS, by API. Because of this, you can plug a feed of your comments on any blog, anywhere, like on FriendFeed. Using Disqus allows individuals to include web links and profile photos, whereas Django's Free Comments do not support this. Finally, I get centralized Spam ...
You want comments? You got em!
While compiling my 2007 year-end posting statistics post, I made an observation that I had built a nice following of commeters. My posting volume had gone down, my content length had increased, and with that, I saw an explosion in the number of people commenting on my blog. So with that information under my belt, I've finally got comments up and running here on the site. I'm using the largely undocumented (and unconverted to newforms) django.contrib.comments. Trust me, the built-in commenting that comes with Django is feature-packed and super-cool, but it could really use some documentation. However, I assume this ...
Posted on: 2008 January 01
Filed under: Django, Site news, Technology
by Clint Ecker
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