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Disqus Lets You Profit From Comments on Other Blogs and Grabs Some SEO For ThemselvesAugust 25th, 2008 at 5:30 pmSource:CenterNetworks
The Disqus reblogging feature allows you to easily click a button on any comment left on a blog using the Disqus service and post it as a full post on your blog. You can basically lift a comment from X blog and place it on your blog! So when you are stuck for a topic, just go to a popular blog that receives a lot of comments, click "Reblog" and bam… instant post. While the concept of Reblogging works on a service like Tumblr, I just don’t see it as a value-add here. Who benefits from the Reblog process?
Just like I called out Disqus for "borrowing" traffic earlier this year, I am again calling them out (and understand I like Daniel and think he is a very bright guy!). Add a link back to the comment author’s blog instead of his/her Disqus profile. Then the service becomes more of a value to everyone and might be more beneficial to the community at large. I’d also wonder if Disqus users need to opt-in to this program - when I comment on X blog, do I automatically grant any blog or source with the ability to lift my comment and do as they please? What happens to context - it could easily be meaningless outside of the source discussion. We already see this happening when Disqus comments are posted on FriendFeed - the context is completely missing. This Reblogging feature could lead to some great discussions around comment portability and usage. Maybe we need a licensing model for comments. In a perfect situation, the only links that would be listed are to the source blog where the comment was posted and a link to the commenter’s blog. This new Disqus Reblog feature currently works on the Wordpress, Movable Type, TypePad, and Tumblr platforms. Here’s Disqus founder Daniel Ha’s screencast of how the reblog process works. I hope there’s an opt-out button - I have no desire to participate with regards to this new feature.
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