The Disqus Community
I love the Disqus community! Disqus (it is pronounced “discuss”) is a community of people on the internet (URL: https://disqus.com) who want to comment on everything under the sun. Actually it is a community of communities with disparate interests. Are you interested in art? There is a community called “Art Show” that covers it. Do you like anime? A community called “Anime for the People” is for you. A large number of the communities are devoted to interests that I consider frivolous in nature, but I am sure their subjects are the driving forces of the people who follow them.Â
The Disqus communities (also called “channels” on Disqus) that I follow are (surprise! surprise!) devoted to economic and political subjects. Two of them, “National Review Online” and “CNBC”, are associated with nationally known media. One, “Newsbusters.org”, is centered on a website dedicated to “exposing and combating liberal media bias”. Another, “InvestmentWatchBlog”, describes itself as providing “Alternative News Covering Finance, Economy, Politics, World News, Current Events and More”.
The discussion communities in Disqus tend to be organized around internet blogs or news magazines that have adopted the Disqus comment system. This comment system automatically publishes an approved comment on both the blog’s site and on the Disqus site, and any Disqus member can post a comment or reply to a comment on either. If you are not a Disqus member on such a website, one of two things can happen, depending on the desires of the website owner. Some websites want only Disqus members commenting on their site. In that case you will be offered a chance to become a member (it costs nothing). If you opt in, you can go ahead and post a comment. That is how I got my membership. On other websites the form for Disqus sign-up pops up and there is a small square at the bottom you can check to post as a “guest commentator” without becoming a Disqus member.
The Disqus comment system is used on this website with guest commentator enabled. If instead of logging in or registering as a Disqus member, you wish to post a comment as a guest commentator, then put a name in the name box (It does not have to be yours, it can be your nom de guerre) and check the “Post as guest commentator” box.
As you may remember from a recent post, I am greatly in favor of absolutely anything that gets people with different views of reality, world views, ideologies, or whatever you want to call it, to talk to each other. If you get a chance to join Disqus, I heartily recommend that you seize it!
Views: 3,209
After reading this about the inability to use your iPad… I am leaving my iMac and going to my iPad with the attempt to post this. My keyboard is coming up…
I am new to online blogging and had NO IDEA the wealth of information “out there.” Disqus sounds very interesting and I shall explore further. Thank you for explaining all the various “methods/choices” as someone (you) have “finally” peaked my interest…
I despise disqus for withdrawing a comment that was open and honest. Such hypocrisy over what is deemed to be (by them only) politically correct is dishonest and small minded.
I still despise disqus.
Jed, another discussion site you might find more congenial is http://www.quora.com. It has a question and answer format where you either pose a question or answer someone else’s question.