Disqus announced today that its commenting widget finally supports OpenID. You may recall they’ve been quickly adding other ways to login and leave a comment, including Facebook Connect and Twitter. I applaud their support for multiple authentication mechanisms. I’ve enabled OpenID here, and as you probably know, I’m a proponent. So, if OpenID is your… Read More
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In Defense of Anonymous Commenting?
If you read here, you probably know I’m against anonymous commenting and generally against anonymity online. If you know me IRL, you’ll understand this is part of who I am. To call me direct is accurate, if not an understatement in many cases. I’m blunt and unedited and not very good at pretending. I learned… Read More
All Your Comments Are Belong to Us
H/t to Joel Garry for the AYB reference. As I mentioned when I enabled the new Disqus Social Media Reactions feature earlier this month, comment aggregation is all the rage with bloggers. Commentary and discussion that used to be centered squarely in the comments on a blog can now happen in a bunch of other… Read More
Now with Video Comments
When I upgraded the Disqus widget, I didn’t mention that you can now leave video comments, thanks to the Disqus-Seesmic integration. Rejoice. Rich tested it out recently. He was speechless. It’s pretty simple. Just click the Use Media link directly below the comment box and choose Record video. This link only appear below the main… Read More
Now Featuring the FriendFeed Plugin
I’ve been using FriendFeed off and on since last Fall. I go through phases with it, using it intently for a couple days, then forgetting to check it. Very much like my Twitter use. One thing I like about FriendFeed is that it exposes content to a much wider audience, via network effects, e.g. people… Read More