Comments on: IntenseDebate still buggy

By: blogie

blogie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:49:03 +0000

@Kevin — Yeah, better not switch yet. Maybe when they emerge out of invite-only mode, hopefully they'll be much improved…

By: blogie

blogie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:37:04 +0000

Hmmm… that's a thought. Will keep monitoring. Thanks Bob!

By: Mindanao Bob

Mindanao Bob — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:21:37 +0000

Another thing that I really don't like is the nested comment replies. I used to think it would be a great thing, but on that one blog that gets a huge number of comments, I tried a nested comments plug in about a year ago, and people loved it for about a week. A week later, though, they hated it, found that it was confusing, instead of eliminated confusion.

I just think that the standard WP comment system is the way to go, at least for now.

By: blogie

blogie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:31:42 +0000

No, Lyle, I added the comments back manually… :(
It's a good thing I don't delete notification emails — a lesson learned from a major mishap with my blogs before.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:43:34 +0000

I see that the lost comments at DavaoDeli.com are back. Apparently, comments with ID are a now you see, now you don't affair.

By: Kevin Paquet

Kevin Paquet — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:13:31 +0000

That's one of the reasons why I', still sticking around with my WordPress comment system instead of using one that's externally hosted

By: blogie

blogie — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:52:16 +0000

IMO too, Bob! That's why I said I'm kicking myself in the butt… even up to now. :(

By: MindanaoBob

MindanaoBob — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:43:10 +0000

Just a few days before you migrated to intensedebate, I was researching a similar move, but I was thinking of going to disqus. I have a friend who went with disqus a month or so ago. He regrets the move now, and actually abandoned disqus already. Many similar complaints to what you mention with intensedebate.

For now, I have decided that I'm sticking with the standard comment system in WP, I think that it works well anyway. I have one blog with more than 24,000 comments on it, and I would hate to do anything to lose those comments, they are an integral part of the site, and very valuable IMHO.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:06:23 +0000

Good thing you only had to do it for a few comments. Try manually adding back comments on your more popular blog posts. I bet you'll be cursing like a sailor.