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1. Hard_S+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-09-30 09:09:18
Disqus is a great idea turned into hot garbage by (inevitable) lowest-level monetization. I once worked on a blog with Disqus. Whenever we had a hit, such as an HN front page, horrific ads would be injected into the comments section for that page. Any page without significant traffic had no ads, lulling you into a false sense of security. If a page 'hit' in your off-hours, the ghastly and repulsive ads could be running for a day, or even a weekend.

They could be turned off at the time but only on a case-by-case basis. In the end, I got rid of Disqus.

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2. jaapz+X2[view] [source] 2025-09-30 09:46:57
>>Hard_S+(OP)
When it was released there were no ads at all, and it was a great way of quickly adding comments to your site. Of course there is no thing as free lunch so the enshittification was inevitable
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3. chucka+Fi[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-09-30 12:31:24
>>jaapz+X2
Disqus was openly bragging about how many people they were tracking and data-mining from day 1.
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4. niutec+Uk[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-09-30 12:48:09
>>jaapz+X2
There is a free lunch - see all those FOSS commenting systems.
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