charlesportwoodii/CiiMS — pull request #84 by charlesportwoodii (2013-10-02 20:25:20+00:00)
Title: Disqus As a Comment Alternative

Disqus provides better engagement than the native commenting system provides, thus improving conversation rates for content. CiiMS should consider using Disqus or another third party commenting system to improve engagement.

Comparatively, Disqus provides the best experience, at it allows users to comment from various third party social media sites, and does not require that they register an account on the site.

Issues with this include:
- Less signups, which means we have less information about users who visit our sites
- A third party site that CiiMS has to integrate into.
- Loss of control of content. We don't know how long Disqus is going to be around, or if they have a sustainable business model to keep them afloat for a long time.
- Complete kills "liking" a content inside of CiiMS

I'm willing to consider Google Plus comments, since Google is pretty common. I do not want to integrate Facebook into CiiMS as a commenting system.

I'd be open to suggestions about possible alternatives, with pros and cons for each.