remember when I asked for a replacement for #disqus and then ranted about how none of the available solutions would also integrate with #mastodon?

Well shit. I did it again and scratched my own itch and barfed out another open source project.

Introducing: Meh..

https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2025-03/26-meh_another_comment_system

* single install serves as many sites as you want
* can be used in static websites (it's lightweight web components in the frontend)
* imports Disqus
* fetches Mastodon replies as comments
* supports different languages (so far en, fr, es, de)
* probably has bugs

#opensource #opensourcesoftware #comments

Disqus is Deleting Pirate Site Communities on Short Notice

https://torrentfreak.com/disqus-is-deleting-pirate-site-communities-on-short-notice-250313/

#FitGirl-Repacks #comments #Piracy #disqus #anime #Manga

“Your Legal #Rights. Depending on the #laws where you live, you may have one or more of the following #rights under local laws. #Disqus extends these rights to all individuals, regardless of where they live, including the right to:

* Request a copy of personal data we have collected about you

* Opt-out of our sale or sharing of personal data about you

* Request that we delete data we have collected about you

* Request that we correct data, restrict our use of data, or delete sensitive personal data that you may have previously provided in a comment (due to technical limitations, all of these requests will be handled as requests to delete data)

How To Make a Request. If you wish to exercise any of the above rights please click here.”

#PersonalData <https://disqus.com/data-sharing-settings/>

Damn! I just realised that #Disqus now injects ads of their own into my personal ad-free blog.

I guess I have to disable comments till I find an alternative and have the time to migrate to it. I know gisqus is one, but will need to look at it.

@Alien_Sunset If it were me, I'd probably go with #disqus because it's been around a while and is widely used

https://help.disqus.com/en/

Product idea: commenting-as-a-service like #disqus, but with no text area, just a sparkly AI "write a comment for me" button.

Disqus Comments Not Loading? It’s Not Me Bro, It’s Firefox

Over the last 12 months I’ve received a trickle of messages from readers (through the tip form) asking why the Disqus comments section doesn’t load, or comes and goes. Comments are auto-enabled all articles I publish. And if comments are intentionally disabled for an article (which does happen, albeit rarely) you won’t see a comment count (functions as an anchor link to the comments section) in the ‘meta’ area beneath the headline on the article page. So what’s the cause of comments not loading? Mozilla Firefox with Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) mode set to ‘Strict’. The feature —I won’t be
#News #Disqus #SiteStuff

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/disqus-comments-not-loading-its-not-me-bro-its-firefox

If your #Firefox doesn’t see #Disqus comments embedded on thrid-party sites, this option `urlclassifier.trackingSkipURLs = disqus.com,*.disqus.com` seems to work. From https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1875061#c7

6 months ago I ditched the evil #Disqus for #Remark42, and I couldn't be happier about it.

The story of how I did it is here:
https://andrea.corbellini.name/2023/09/05/disqus-to-remark42/

and here:
https://andrea.corbellini.name/2023/09/19/running-remark42-on-flyio/

I figured out how to get #Disqus working in #Firefox when using #EnhancedTrackingProtection : you have to turn it off for that site, but it's ok if you have #uBlockOrigin since it'll block the actual trackers on an average site using Disqus (my sample size is 3, including my own for a site that only has Disqus and nothing else considered a tracker).

Dadas las características de #TiddlyWiki, me costó mucha investigación y mucho trabajo implementar un sistema de comentarios en mi #TiddlyBlog.

Ahora que estoy en una etapa "detox" de la mayoría de sitios y complementos que rastrean con malicia...

¿Quito #Disqus de mi #TiddlyBlog https://tiddlyblog.tiddlyhost.com ?

Today I noticed that #Disqus started serving ads on my website, because I use their free tier plan. The alternative being to pay $11 per month!

So I removed Disqus altogether and, with it, the ability to post comments on my articles ; until I can set-up a proper alternative.

Good riddance! Disqus is full of trackers anyway and I should have trashed it a long time ago.

"Hi there,

You're currently on our free Disqus Basic plan, which is our ad-supported tier that comes with only the most rudimentary features.

Ads will begin appearing on your comment section shortly."

Am I glad that I migrated my blog from #disqus to self-hosted #isso just this week! At the time it felt like way too much effort for a small thing, but now I'm glad I did it.

Disqus is informing me that they will soon start to serve #advertisement on my website unless I pay for the "ad free tier".

I know that they must earn something for their work. That's fair enough.

But without me: bye bye #Disqus
https://github.com/posativ/isso

It was a move that I was considering for some time, in order to get rid of the last trackers on my blog. Now is the time

I read that SPAM is very popular in Hawaii
"from SPAM® Fried Wontons to SPAM® Musubi, and SPAM® products became a fixture for breakfast, lunch and dinner."
But is #VEGAN #SPAM popular there too? I'm asking #Mastodon users in #Hawaii if they know.
https://www.hormelfoods.com/ask-and-answer/why-are-spam-products-so-popular-in-hawaii/#:~:text=The%20true%20root%20of%20the,rice%20becoming%20a%20popular%20meal.
(Context: #DISQUS (DISSUX) on the Eschaton blog kept labeling a post from my friend JeffCO as SPAM. He's vegan.)
[I used the Match #Font tool in #Photoshop under #Type on the word SPAM. It said Brussels. Pretty good match!]

Got a note from #Disqus announcing ads to appear soon in the comments section of my blog. That looks like the right moment to get rid of Disqus.

Is there something similar with #Fediverse support? I don't want to move the blog itself to the Fediverse (too much hassle), just the comment system.

LOL: For #BlazeNews, #TheBlaze has gone "independent"...but relies on #Disqus for hosting their comment section.