September 13, 2009

@danielha Disqus 3 Breaks Palm Pre Compatibility: Call to Action

I've talked before about the 3rd-party Web comment aggregation service Disqus and how I like the way it implements the concept of a Web identity. However, the newest version, Disqus 3, has broken compatibility with the Palm Pre. I can log in, but the comment "submit" button doesn't work. This is really too bad, as my Pre is often the primary way I access some of my favorite Web sites like Mashable, which features Disqus 3. Now I'm locked out from participating in the discussion, and that frustrates me. Furthermore, more and more websites are upgrading to Disqus 3 every day.

Now, I realize that Palm Pre users are a small segment of the Web audience. But I think that we are more likely than the average Web user to actually engage in dialog on Web sites that we visit. Now our voice is being silenced, and I am uncomfortable with that. It marginalizes us at a time when adoption is critical for the success of the WebOS platform.

If you are a Palm Pre user like me, I urge you to sign into Posterous with your Twitter account, then comment below. Each comment will be tweeted, providing some measure of feedback to Disqus. Thanks!

August 25, 2009

Why Posterous Should Integrate DISQUS Comments @a4agarwal @steverubel @Scobleizer

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New technologies such URL shortening services, Facebook Connect, Twitter, OAuth, etc. are beginning to reduce the importance of the top-level domain as a statement of one's Web identity. Many of us have very fragmented online identities scattered across various social networks, blog comments, etc. A new trend is emerging in the form of online identity: a move to aggregate these fragments from across the Web into one central place where they can be organized and tracked.

Disqus is one of my favorite identity aggregators. It's used on many popular blogs such as Mashable, and it integrates with a number of other identity services like Twitter and Facebook. While Disqus could learn a few things from the way FriendFeed organizes content, in terms of blog comments Disqus is much more integrated and ubiquitous.

The Posterous team has done a terrific job implementing the Posterous Comments feature. I love the functionality and the email integration. Posterous is superb at pushing content out into the wider Web. But what Posterous lacks is the ability to pull in content from around the Web. Disqus, however focuses on pulling in content.

That's why I think that Posterous should integrate Disqus into its comment functionality. I think that such a move would also drive traffic to Posterous, because every Disqus comment links back to the source. What do you think?