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Upgraded to Disqus 2012

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Did you notice anything different with the comments section for each post? Pulpconnection’s comment engine has been upgraded to the beta version of Disqus 2012. I’ve been using Disqus for some time after switching from Intense Debate. So far, I’m liking the improvements this newer version of Disqus brings, namely the consolidated area for comments and community.

At its core, Disqus handles blog post comments aka Discussions.

Disqus 2012 Discussions

But now there are additional tabs bringing you closer to related activities like viewing Top Discussions and Top Commenters. In the past, this information was available but typically in separate widgets.

Disqus 2012 Community

You can also vote on comments and easily share them in your other social circles. With these added features, I might take out the Recent Comments in the right sidebar.

Until Disqus 2012 is released to the general public, you can request an invite (my request took about 2 days before I was invited).

From Intense Debate to Disqus

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I’ve used the Intense Debate commenting system since November 2009, and it’s worked well enough. But… it wasn’t what I exactly wanted. Sure, functionally, it performed as advertised, but small things added up. The full featured comment interface looked cluttered and only recently, registered comments and trackbacks were not showing up completely. You would see them in the Recent Comments sidebar widget, but the post itself wouldn’t display the comment.

Enter Disqus. This is another popular commenting system that has similar features as Intense Debate. I’ve always envied the look of Disqus’ commenting section, and with some compunction, I made the switch. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still a fan of Automattic products like WordPress, VaultPress, Gravatar, PollDaddy, and more, but it’s time to disqus.