Why Disqus Is No More On My Blogs

Update: After struggling with my decision over allowing Disqus to moderate the comments on this blog, I have decided to give the one more try. There have been significant improvements to their WordPress plugin that now enters the comments not only into Disqus database but in the WordPress database of each participating website.

I have to say that I would never imagined the day I would leave Disqus. I absolutely love every feature they provide. For me Disqus had taken much hassle out of moderating comments across multiple blogs.

However two things took place today which of course ended up my love affair with Disqus. These things may not be significant and have nothing to do with quality of the service Disqus provides. I only remember once Disqus being down- much desired for my own websites. So here is what disappointed me about Disqus:

• As I was working on one of my new websites I noticed that my Fire Fox status bar was showing “www.google-analytics.com”. If it was on any other website I would let it fly by and would never made a big deal out of it. But I noticed that my Fire Fox status bar was showing “www.google-analytics.com”. If it was on any other website I would let it fly by and would never made a big deal out of it. I use Google Analytics on practically every website of mine. But I found it strange to “blip” in my status bar on a blog that I have not installed the code yet. It also turns out Disqus was and still is the only plugin on that blog.I have to pint out that in spite of my attempts to get some clarification, Disqus had not commented on the issue.
• After above described events took place, I decided to export all the comments from my Disqus account and import them back to my blog. I expected that in the process comments will be associated with appropriate blog posts. Instead I ended up with 100+ “new posts”.

Alright, I may not be the geekiest guy out there but I am no fool either. So I say buh-bye Disqus!