Disqus Comments

by Randy on March 25, 2008 · Comments

the Comment spam is driving me … bonkers the past couple of days. I have installed a third party commenting system. Please let me know what you think.

UPDATE: I just found this video interview of one of the co-founder’s of Disqus, Daniel Ha. He actually stopped by and left a comment here to help out with some formatting. ::: very impressed :::

UPDATE: Disqus dies on ETC.

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Randy 03/25/2008 04:55 PM 2 points
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Testing

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Randy 03/25/2008 05:16 PM 1 point
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I don't know how to change the font colors yet. Bear with me it might take a while.

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Daniel Ha 03/25/2008 05:31 PM 1 point
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http://disqus.com/custom-css

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Randy 03/25/2008 05:34 PM 1 point
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Thanks Daniel but that doesn't seem to make sense to my non-super powered brain. I want to make the black text in the comment area something else more readable. Any ideas?

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Daniel Ha 03/25/2008 05:43 PM 1 point
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Sure, add the following line to your theme's style.css:

#dsq-content #dsq-comments .dsq-comment { color: #FFF; }

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Randy 03/25/2008 08:13 PM 1 point
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Dude... you are my hero :). Thank you :)

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Randy 03/25/2008 08:53 PM 1 point
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I am so impressed that you, the guy who built this thing, stopped by to help out. Thank you very much! I just watched Scobleizer's video interviewing you and really appreciate the spirit behind disqus.

I think I am going to keep it. :)

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Randy 03/25/2008 05:17 PM 1 point
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Oh and I am not sure that I will keep this system...so test away. Right now I have to go work out.

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Randy 03/25/2008 10:40 PM 2 points
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I am so keeping this system :)

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B.T.Carolus 03/25/2008 06:31 PM 2 points
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What exactly is this supposed to do? And what does 'verify' mean? And where'd the 'recent comments' list in the sidebar disappear to?

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Randy 03/25/2008 08:14 PM 1 point
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Breath Ellie. You are a smart woman in college... I am sure you can figure it out easy enough. :)

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B.T.Carolus 03/26/2008 01:26 AM 1 point
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I don't think that I am a woman...

In the imperative form 'breathe' is spelled with an 'e' at the end. The word 'breath' is a noun. I am very annoyed with 'disqus' because it would not let me claim my comment, and its faq didn't explain how or why that would be. Also, in English the letter 'q' must make a 'kwu' sound when followed by 'u,' unlike in French and Spanish where the 'u' is ignored in favor of the 'i' or 'e' following it. Why is it that techies feel they are always allowed to change phonetic rules to suit therir personal aesthetic?

Anyway, instead of getting extremely frustrated with disqus and crying and getting your blog all wet, I decided to let out my frustration by correcting your grammar, and created a new profile in which I decided to go back to my usual name (I only post as Ellie here and on the Boundless Line [where there are a couple Ellies]). If you can figure out how it is supposed to work so that I can get Ellie back, I will be happy, but I am not techie enough to figure it out without getting more annoyed. Or else you will have to remeber that BTCarolus is Ellie (or you can call me Brian Titus, if you prefer, but don't call me BTC, please).

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B.T.Carolus 03/26/2008 01:40 AM 1 point
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OK, I artificially 'changed my display name' to Ellie, but I still don't know how to get my previous comment. Also, I guess that I'm SisterofVenice35 on flickr, which is really random, so I'm not BTCarolus everywhere. But mostly everywhere.

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B.T.Carolus 03/26/2008 01:47 AM 1 point
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I might go back to BTCarolus, though, when disqus will let me. I like it better, even without my accustomed periods. It *was* nice of Daniel to come here to clarify things, I will say, because I think I've been overly critical. Now I am going to go do my reading, because I have commented way too many times on this post.

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Randy 03/26/2008 09:11 AM 1 point
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I had a feeling there was more to the story.

If it helps you to make the transition to Disqus ... correct my grammar until all the frustration just flows out.

I am sure I will give you plenty of opportunity.

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Randy 03/26/2008 03:34 PM 1 point
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I don't think that I am a woman...

Then what do you think of yourself?

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B.T.Carolus 03/26/2008 10:09 PM 1 point
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I think that I'm a girl. Actually, I would say that I know I'm a girl. It's nice to have certainty about these things.

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Randy 03/26/2008 10:21 PM 1 point
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if you don't mind, since you are in college the natural assumption is that
you are biologically matured to the point of being a woman and not a girl.
If it is not getting to personal ... what is the difference in your case?
If you don't want to answer that's cool. I am nosy.

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B.T.Carolus 03/26/2008 10:48 PM 1 point
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Biologically matured? (insert a lot of sarcasm into that, please). II think that biology can determine whether we are male or female, but how does it determine whether I am a woman or a girl? You're probably not nosy enough to want to know when I started having my period, but it was way younger than the national average. Was I a woman in elementary school? I started taking college courses when I was 14. Was I a woman then? Did I become a woman when I turned 18? Or when I graduated from high school?

I think being a woman is a matter of internal emotional maturity, and it's something that I realize I lack. I have just recently become mature enough to be aware of that (and thank God I was protected from doing some of the stupid things I have been tempted to by the hubris being a teenager in college brought on). When I'm a woman I think I'll be mature enough, and self-aware enough to realize it. But I don't think that I am one right now.

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Randy 03/26/2008 10:54 PM 1 point
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Yeah,,, I am not that nosy... I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. I think it
is a great question. Same is true from when a boy becomes a man. Perhaps
the better way to put it is that physical maturity doesn't make a boy or
girl emotionally mature enough to be a man or woman. Thanks for your
honesty.

And for not telling all the details.

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B.T.Carolus 03/27/2008 02:59 AM 1 point
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btw, I wasn't saying that you were being sarcastic, I was saying that if I were sitting next to you and talking that you would hear my voice get all sarcastic when I said the preceding phrase.

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