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Hosted blog comments and why I went with Disqus

I decided to not roll my own comments here on tdh.me, using an outside service rather than the built-in WordPress functionality. This is generally not something I advice since the more outside services you’re relying on, the slower your site will be, not to mention vulnerable to a third party’s uptime and security measures.

That being said, I’m rolling Disqus on this site, the first public one for me actually.

I went with a hosted comment solution for 5 main reasons. Continued →