I received a number of interesting emails in response to that article. I've included some of them below along with my responses. An additional benefit to building threaded discussion forums around archived articles is that it helps you to continue delivering interesting, relevant content to your readership. Inc. Excellent point, Peter. An active discussion around a topic raised in one of your articles is an excellent meter by which to judge your audience's interest in that topic.
Discus is indeed a pretty slick discussion board.
It has many features you'd often otherwise have to pay for. Brian, I seem to note a shift in ezine publishing to proprietary, closed-source solutions. I've thought about running a sports ezine based version of slash, but I don't have the inclination at the time. People can submit stories, just like they do on Slashdot. That way, you can post stories on your own that you want people to read and comment on.