Comments on: Who Owns This Conversation, Part Two http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/ John McCrea on the emerging Social Web Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gabby http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/#comment-1932 Gabby Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:14:15 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-1932 Disqus, in my opinion is the future of commenting. It simplifies that work of the webmaster and makes everything much much simpler. Disqus, in my opinion is the future of commenting. It simplifies that work of the webmaster and makes everything much much simpler.

]]> By: bank http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/#comment-970 bank Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:07:10 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-970 As a blogger, I am a content creator. I don't want my content stolen, or reposted without attribution or under somebody else's name. But I am also a huge advocate of RSS and continuing to adapt where the conversation is being held. As a blogger, I am a content creator. I don’t want my content stolen, or reposted without attribution or under somebody else’s name. But I am also a huge advocate of RSS and continuing to adapt where the conversation is being held.

]]> By: JC John SESE Cuneta http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/#comment-867 JC John SESE Cuneta Tue, 27 May 2008 22:17:34 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-867 "you post a comment to a blog which has its comment system hosted by Disqus. When that blog shuts down do posts to that blog disappear from your Disqus comment archive?" I don't think so UNTIL the blog owner decides to delete his old blog comments from DISQUS itself. "If a blogger decides that your comment was not worthy and deletes it can you still retrieve what *you, the user* submitted to Disqus?" Yes. Your dashboard have a tab for "Removed" or deleted comments. "What if others had replied to your comment before the deletion?" No problem at all. The deleted comment will be marked as "Comment Removed" but all replies to that comment will still be shown, in its original threaded form. - Disclosure: I do not work for DISQUS, I'm just a user, 2-weeks old if I'm not mistaken :p And I still have to integrate it on my Plaxo, just found out about this today ^_^ “you post a comment to a blog which has its comment system hosted by Disqus. When that blog shuts down do posts to that blog disappear from your Disqus comment archive?”

I don’t think so UNTIL the blog owner decides to delete his old blog comments from DISQUS itself.

“If a blogger decides that your comment was not worthy and deletes it can you still retrieve what *you, the user* submitted to Disqus?”

Yes. Your dashboard have a tab for “Removed” or deleted comments.

“What if others had replied to your comment before the deletion?”

No problem at all. The deleted comment will be marked as “Comment Removed” but all replies to that comment will still be shown, in its original threaded form.

- Disclosure: I do not work for DISQUS, I’m just a user, 2-weeks old if I’m not mistaken :p And I still have to integrate it on my Plaxo, just found out about this today ^_^

]]> By: scott http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/#comment-687 scott Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:57:34 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-687 > Plaxo’s mantra is always to ‘give our users control’ [...] I believe content creators should retain ownership and control of their submissions. If you sign up for Disqus' service as a commenter (not as a publisher/blog owner) what rights do you have? For example, say you post a comment to a blog which has its comment system hosted by Disqus. When that blog shuts down do posts to that blog disappear from your Disqus comment archive? If a blogger decides that your comment was not worthy and deletes it can you still retrieve what *you, the user* submitted to Disqus? What if others had replied to your comment before the deletion? When you find out the answers to these questions I'd be interested in how this solution fits with the Plaxo mantra from the perspective of a Plaxo user who would like to leverage Disqus to manage their comments submitted to various blogs. > Plaxo’s mantra is always to ‘give our users control’ [...]

I believe content creators should retain ownership and control of their submissions. If you sign up for Disqus’ service as a commenter (not as a publisher/blog owner) what rights do you have?

For example, say you post a comment to a blog which has its comment system hosted by Disqus. When that blog shuts down do posts to that blog disappear from your Disqus comment archive? If a blogger decides that your comment was not worthy and deletes it can you still retrieve what *you, the user* submitted to Disqus? What if others had replied to your comment before the deletion?

When you find out the answers to these questions I’d be interested in how this solution fits with the Plaxo mantra from the perspective of a Plaxo user who would like to leverage Disqus to manage their comments submitted to various blogs.

]]> By: Disqus Blog » Connecting Conversations with Disqus and Plaxo http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/22/who-owns-this-conversation-part-two/#comment-686 Disqus Blog » Connecting Conversations with Disqus and Plaxo Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:19:33 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-686 [...] John McCrea has a great blog post up about this, appropriately titled Who Owns This Conversation, Part Two. It’s the continuation of an ongoing discussion, but it’s now heading in the right [...] [...] John McCrea has a great blog post up about this, appropriately titled Who Owns This Conversation, Part Two. It’s the continuation of an ongoing discussion, but it’s now heading in the right [...]

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