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tracyanne

Dec 20, 2011
7:04 PM EST 		Once again DISCUS made it too difficult to comment on Dark Duck's article. I logged in, using my DISCUS credentials, and was informed I don't have access to Dark Duck's blog for the purpose of commenting. So I wrote to DISCUS help and very unpolitely told them to remove me from their database. Hopefully my choice of language will have the desired affect.
cr

Dec 20, 2011
8:45 PM EST 		I don't even bother. I tried three times to sign up for their service; each time, the confirmation email never arrived. Requests emailed to their homesite might as well have fallen into a black hole. Bottom line: anybody using DISQUS doesn't want my participation or my attention. That's one web product that truly needs an open-source fork.
BernardSwiss

Dec 20, 2011
9:11 PM EST 		I haven't used DISCUS in a while (and my id/login/registration info is on my other box), but I seem to recall that the trick is to log-in to Discus first, before attempting to post your comment (and I usually can't be bothered).
tracyanne

Dec 20, 2011
9:30 PM EST
Quoting:I seem to recall that the trick is to log-in to Discus first, before attempting to post your comment


Another reason not to bother.
darkduck

Dec 21, 2011
4:13 PM EST 		Sorry, tracyanne... Maybe I am wrongly informed, but my eyes don't show Disqus (yes, you even spell it incorrectly!!!) comments form on my blog. I use standard Blogger commenting tool, which does NOT have Disqus as login option. There are options like OpenID, Google Account, AIM, Anonymous... but nothing about Disqus.
tracyanne

Dec 21, 2011
9:40 PM EST 		@dd, thre blogger comment login is a pain in the arse as well. Far too many of these comment "services" make it far too difficult to comment. What's wrong with supplying my screen name and a site name. Some blog comment tools allow that. I don't want to be a member of Blogger.com, or DISCUS, I just want to make an adhoc comment, without having to be annonymous.
caitlyn

Dec 21, 2011
11:19 PM EST 		OK, I'm with darkduck on this one. My blogs are on blogger (at least until next month), have been for years, and you can just login with a username and password. I don't allow anonymous comments because I had way too much SPAM and hate posts when I did. Sorry, ta, but I know that if someone can't be bothered to login to Blogger to post a comment then I can't be bothered to care about what they have to say.
darkduck

Dec 22, 2011
7:37 AM EST 		@tracyanne: There is still an option to comment as Anonymous on my blog. You even don't need to provide your e-mail in this case. Please read all the options carefully before complaining. Moreover, I see you submitted a comment for this. You should have noticed it.
tracyanne

Dec 22, 2011
4:04 PM EST 		I don't want to comment as anonymous. I just can't be bothered with the poxy login processes when i feel the need to make an adhoc comment.
darkduck

Dec 22, 2011
5:05 PM EST 		@tracyanne: You correctly used another option: user name and URL. Blogger doesn't check the URL, so you could use any. And you did. Thanks for your comment. I still don't see the point of complaining about Disqus which is simply does not exist on my site.
tracyanne

Dec 22, 2011
5:14 PM EST 		Perhaps dd I simply selected the wrong link on lxer to reply to.
darkduck

Dec 22, 2011
6:36 PM EST 		Probably you did. Let's settle on this. 8-)
tracyanne

Dec 22, 2011
7:05 PM EST 		dd I just made another comment on one of your blogs.
Steven_Rosenber

Dec 22, 2011
7:34 PM EST 		Aw ... you guys are bumming me out. I'm using Disqus, and I want to use it more. Would you rather I used Facebook Commenting? All we are saying, is give Disqus a chance ...
tracyanne

Dec 23, 2011
5:18 AM EST 		That would probably be why I've never commented on your blog.
BernardSwiss

Dec 23, 2011
11:48 AM EST 		I, for one, actively avoid Facebook.

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