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by ilamont 4453 days ago
Disappointing, considering how ubiquitous Disqus is on American news sites. This means we'll be seeing more ads and promos on pages already packed with commercial messages.

FWIW, I rarely bother reading Disqus threads (glacial load times and poor sorting) and stopped contributing after many of my comments started being flagged as spam.
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anigbrowl 4453 days ago
I already have Ghostery set to block Disqus both because of the slow load times and because 99% of the commentary on news websites and blogs is mind-polluting drivel. I struggle with clinical depression and ADD, and I've taken up using blockers and CSS restylers to hide the comment interface completely on most websites I visit because I reliazed I was only look at them to get an emotional kick similar to troll venom.

I think there's a much better business model that Ghostery (and many other vendros) have completely missed, but I'm pretty sure I would gt heavily flamed for proposing it.

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anigbrowl 4453 days ago
Sigh...that should have said 'that Disqus (and many other vendors) have missed', not Ghostery, which is awesome and has a smart business model already. Sorry about that.
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singlequote 4453 days ago
Step 1: Ubiquity. Step 2: Profit.

But honestly, YouTube is a good example of this model. It's the go-to site for videos, and bombards you with ads.

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