Some of you keen observers may have noticed that the look and feel of the comments has changed a bit. After not so much debating I’ve decided to give Disqus a shot at the comments on the site. They have a lot of very cool features such as the option to post a video comment, reply to other people’s comments and vote comments up and down.
Plus, once you start commenting, not only on this blog, but on any blog or site using Disqus, even if you’re not a member now, you can sign up at Disqus and claim all of your comments which are stored in a blog format. It’s basically a great way for people to follow your train of though as you leave your mark around the web.
If you’re interested on using Disqus comments on your WordPress site, you should definitely check out the new and improved plugin. It’s incredibly easy to install and even has full integration with your existing WordPress comments. All of my old comments were automatically imported into the new system.
Please, feel free to give it a try and leave a comment or three. Although I must say I am finicky and while I sort of dig it now, I reserve the right to revert back to WordPress comments at any time.
Has anyone else with a WordPress blog made the switch to Disqus? Would love to hear your thoughts about it.
In all the time I’ve been blogging, one truth has remained constant. The hardest part of building your site, and your community, is building up an active community of commenters. I’ve had sites that pulled in millions of visitors a month and it was like pulling teeth to keep the comments flowing.
Twitter is a great social media tool and a fantastic way to follow a lot of really smart people, share ideas and instantly monitor real time current events. I plan on adding more Twitter functionality to the site during the year but for right now I’ve added a great little plugin called 
Disqus adds ability to sign in with your Twitter ID
In an a post I wrote called How to: Build a Vibrant Community of Blog Commenters one of the points I made was “keeping it simple”. In other words, made it as simple as possible for your commenters to post, don’t make them jump through hoops just to leave some feedback on your site.
Disqus definitely meets this criteria by allowing your users to login three different ways to leave a comment on your site. I’m very impressed with the amount of growth I’ve seen in this commenting system and I will definitely be sticking with them for quite a while.