[minimaxir]

Good decision for the company, but no upside for the user.

I have a strong policy against inline ads, so I may have to reconsider using Disqus for my blog if this goes through. (Unfortunately, the only competiton left is Facebook Comments)

[ZoeZoeBee]

Spot.im is a direct competitor to facebook, disqus and livefyre comments. https://www.spot.im/features/

[ploggingdev]

Suggestion : consider disabling comments on the blog.

I noticed that on most technical blogs, the discussions in the comments are either non-existent or an "Awesome post" type response. The real discussion happens on sites like HN, reddit.

There is no real downside to disabling comments altogether on technical blogs. Just leave a PS asking for comments to be sent over email.

The upside to disabling comments : way faster load times and less data transfer per request. Disqus makes like 30 odd requests to load their comments.

Disqus also does some creepy things : when my blog experienced a spike in traffic, Disqus suddenly decides to run ads on my blog without explicit permission.

Regarding Facebook comments : :|

[minimaxir]

That's the case with Medium comments, but comments on my site do occasionally point out holes/mistakes in my posts. Removing comments is certainly an option, though.

[rch]

Facebook domains are the first thing I'd block.