2011
Wordpress.com Adds Wordpress, Twitter And Facebook Comments (In That Order)
by sbrothier
Following in the footsteps of commenting systems Echo, Disqus and Intense Debate, WordPress.com has launched WordPress, Twitter and Facebook authorization and identity systems for its own commenting platform, in that order. The blog host didn’t even have the WordPress.com option before.
2010
Derek Powazek - 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments
by Spone
The other day Bob Garfield had a good kvetch about dumb comments on newspaper websites on his show, On The Media, and I posted my two cents, but I still don’t feel better. I think that’s because Bob’s partly right: comments do suck sometimes.
So, instead of just poking him for sounding like Grandpa Simpson, I’d like to help fix the problem. Here are ten things newspapers could do, right now, to improve the quality of the comments on their sites. (There are lots more, but you know how newspaper editors can’t resist a top ten list.)
2009
DISQUS Comments | Powering Discussion on the Web
by sbrothier & 12 others
Hundreds of thousands of sites, from small blogs to large publications, rely on it to power and manage their discussion communities.
Blog comments design considerations
by piouPiouM
Réfexions sur la structure et le design des commentaires d'un blog.
Chirrup, a comment system for Twitter by Angry amoeba.
by ycc2106
Chirrup is comment system which uses Twitter as a datastore.
DISQUS | Turn Blog Comments into a Webwide Discussion with a Powerful Comment System
by ycc2106 & 12 others
Disqus, pronounced "discuss", is a service and tool for web comments and discussions. The Disqus comment system can be plugged into any website, blog, or application.
2008
Cultivating Conversations | Jason Santa Maria
by Spone
I go to a website and read an article. Man, that was really great. I’d like to comment and ask the author a question. I scroll down… 384 comments. Ugh. Screw this.
A visual guide to navigating blog comments | Blog | 1976design.com
by Spone (via)
When it comes to following the ebb and flow of comments on blogs, it’s easy to get lost; they’re not laid out in the thread format we see in forums, but in a linear hoppity-skip way that makes a consistent flow of discussion almost impossible to maintain. One comment might not draw a response for a month, by which time fifty other comments may separate the initial post and its follow up.
This is the issue I think I’ve dealt with.
Contextual Discussions - The most important feature of cyn.in
by dhiraj
The best thing about collaborating via comments is the fact that the comments always remain attached to the content (or the context) of the stuff that you were working on. Its always search-able and reference-able by any body else that is interested in or joins the team.
DISQUS | Turn Blog Comments into a Webwide Discussion with a Powerful Comment System
by sbrothier & 2 others
Disqus is a powerful comment system that easily enhances the discussion on websites.
In minutes, connect your community with those of over 25,000 other websites.
Track conversations across the web, plus bridge discussions with your favorite services such as FriendFeed and Plaxo. Next »
Digg the Blog » Blog Archive » New Comments System Released!
by sbrothier (via)
Hola! We’re excited to launch the new Comments system – we’ve listened to your requests and feedback and have incorporated many of your suggestions. Some highlights include:
Reader Guide To Lifehacker: Threaded Comments Now at Lifehacker
by sbrothier
After months of work behind the scenes, vague promises up front, and half-assed hacks, today we are very excited to take the wraps off exciting new stuff for Lifehacker commenters. In order to make having conversations with your fellow readers here easier, we've just rolled out a major revamp to our site commenting system. Fresh out of the oven, our all-new "threaded comments" system organizes comment replies more logically and makes discussing the post at hand—and other users' reactions to it—easier to do and digest. Hit up any post with comments to start tinkering with the new system yourself, or read on to get the full rundown of what's changed and why.
A visual guide to navigating blog comments | Blog | 1976design.com
by sbrothier & 1 other
I’ve made another improvement to the comments system, and this time I think it’s pretty innovative (well, I think the last one was as well, but I do like this one).
This only works 100% correctly in Mozilla, and I’m not sure why. IE and Opera get 90% of the way there, and that’ll do until I figure out what the problem is. Anyway, on to the idea…
Disqus | Hello, springnet!
by springnet & 12 others
Boost your blog community by installing the DISQUS comment system Disqus makes your comments more interactive for readers and easier to manage for you — all while connecting your community with other blogs. "no one needs you" - Leo
2007
The Comment API | 2003-01-17 | The Well-Formed Web
by greut & 2 others (via)
Future of blog, decentralized commenting tools.
flikzor - flik back!
by cyberien
flikzor is a fresh new take on social interaction. Instead of typing to your friends, you can now send and receive video comments (fliks) on your MySpace profile, Blogger blog, and pretty much anywhere you can paste HTML. Don't have a web cam? No biggie. You can record audio with your mic or simply let others send you messages.
2006
Track Your Comments All Over the Internet: coComment
by pacificIT
Technology Evangelist Robert Sanzalone discusses his discovery of coComment, a hot, new, free web 2.0 service to keep track of your comments on other people's blogs and feeds.
