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The big selling point for Disqus is the back-end management system. Disqus is AWESOME at managing your commenters, killing spam and the like. If comments are not your core competency (e.g. Digg or Reddit or HN) then Disqus is a very attractive option.

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So if there's anyone from Disqus monitoring this thread. I was wondering what this meant and how it compared to the features that wordpress/akismet offers and couldn't find a spot on the disqus site where it's really clearly defined.

So that being said, can you explain why this would be better then the tools something like wordpress offers?

Disqus handles spam well but anti-spam isn't the sole or even primarily purpose. If that's what you're looking for, Akismet is a good choice.

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