Ari Herzog

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How Not to Add a Comment Right Now: Install Disqus, Intense Debate, Echo, or LiveFyre

Ari Herzog

I applaud Marian Schembari for sharing why commenting is best with Disqus , Zac Johnson for explaining why Intense Debate commenting is the best , Guy Kawasaki for showing why the Echo commenting system is for you (formerly called JS-Kit), and Danny Brown for opining why LiveFyre commenting is better than the rest.

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Non-Facebook Users: Please Comment Here

Ari Herzog

Scroll below his post to add a comment — and be forced to comment through Facebook. Whether or not you choose to share that comment on your Facebook wall is up to you, but it’s either comment with Facebook or don’t comment at all. His readers preferred Disqus. Danny’s reason? Got a question?

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Got Community? 5 Ways To Foster It On Your Blog

Ari Herzog

Whether it is the native WordPress system or a third party client like DISQUS , Livefyre , Echo or Intense Debate (my favorite), you need to choose the best system that fosters community. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube are a few of the big boys for community building. Choose the best commenting system. Yep – community.

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Feature Friday: How to Choose the Best Comment System for Your Blog

Ari Herzog

While many bloggers prefer to stick with their native comments system, whether it’s WordPress, Blogger or any other of the popular platforms, others are preferring to use third-party systems like Disqus , IntenseDebate and Livefyre , amongst others. Native Comments. So are there any reasons why you wouldn’t want to use the standard set-up?

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Why Mashable’s Comment System Fails

Ari Herzog

But if you are inspired to add a comment (either to the author or an existing commentator), you must have either a Twitter or Facebook account and be willing to sign-in to Mashable through that third-party channel. A single user profile (instead of one for Mashable and one for Disqus). Faster loading pages.

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Why Livefyre is Here and How It Helps You

Ari Herzog

Most of the people reading this sentence have an account (whether used actively or inactively) on Twitter, Facebook, Google, or another online media platform. Wouldn’t it be something if you can tag your Facebook friends in a comment and enable those friends to receive notifications to come here and read and respond?

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