What’s The Best WordPress Comment System?
Since we’ve re launched our site a number of you have suggested features and tweaks that we should be making. @Jansa020 & AlexWhalley have been particularly helpful in suggesting things that we need to consider and we’ve incorporated a number of their ideas – thanks guys!
Two days ago Alex suggested yet another thing that we needed to take a closer look at: Our Commenting System.
I take commenting systems quite seriously because they either create a barrier to commenting or promote a platform for people to engage in the conversation.
In order to make sure we get this right I’ve made a short list of the 3 commenting systems/Wordpress plugins and I need you to help us decide which one to use!
Disqus
(we use this currently)
Pros:
- It allows peeps to log in using their social profile & therefore doesn’t require you to type in your info (assuming that you’re logged into FB, Twitter etc.).
- Reply by email. You can reply to responses on your posts/comments by email.
- Editable comments. Once you’ve published a comment you’re still able to tweak and edit to till you’ve got your comment just perfect.
- You can also subscribe to other people as they comment on sites
Cons:
- At times Disqus makes it quite tough to find the site or blog of someone who’s taken time to comment – this is the only issue with logging in using social ID’s.
It Looks Like This…
CommentLUV
Pros:
- Whenever someone leaves a comment on your site CommentLUV uses the RSS feed from their blog to display a hyperlink to their most recent post.
- CommentLUV have built a search engine for CommentLUV enabled sites
Cons:
- It doesn’t allow you to edit your comments once they’re published,
- It doesn’t allow you to login with any other forms of social ID
- It doesn’t have sexy rounded corners and different themes to choose from
- It doesn’t give you a remote back-up for all your comments
- It doesn’t let you reply by email
It Looks Like This…(an example from Alex’s blog)
Intense Debate
Pros:
- The features are almost identical to Disqus (above)- Intense Debate just has different accounts that you can login with e.g. wordpress
Cons:
- Doesn’t look as nice as Disqus
It Looks Like This…
For me intense debate isn’t really an option – it just seems to be lacking a bit of X-factor. If you’re an Intense Debate fan let me know why!
Decisions Time…
So in my mind Disqus seems to offer the best range of features , but…HAVE I GOT IT ALL WRONG?
Are all the feature that Disqus offers outweighed by the one simple features of CommentLUV? Is the number one feature you’re after as a commenter the ability for people to find your blog easily?
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This post was written by Sam Schuurman (aka SocialSammy). You can connect with him on both Twitter and Linkedin. |
Hey Sam, I suppose I have to comment now. But what if I don't like the comment system? Seriously though, you still using Disqus and I have to admit it is a lot more user friendly than other comment systems I have seen, and the fact that it emails you the reply is certainly an advantage that almost outweighs the lack of links.
I suppose what you lose in backlink love you gain in Disqus credibility, but as we spoke about previously, how much weight this credibility carries is debatable.
I thnk just stick with this one, now that I have whinged about it LOLm, but if not CommentLuv is the winner for sure.
Not being able to login with a social ID, phooey I say!
Nice post though Sam, always thinking outside the box you is.
And thanks for the honourable mention, it has been my pleasure to provide the feedback.
-Alex
Hi Alex
Haha – I'm glad the comment system didn't stop you from commenting this time round – tiz always great to get your input. Righto will stick with Disqus for now and see how we go. I'd love to see some stats about how many people login with their social ID when given the chance. I'd suspect it might actually be quite low…so you could be spot on with “phooey-ing” the social ID features.
Looks like your blog is charging – noticed you had your first guest blogger – good post! Thanks again for chiming in and helping us improve!
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Disqus is my favorite
Just testing the disqus comment system, hope that’s fine with you
No worries Lokesh –
FYI I’m responding from the email app on my phone. Very handy!