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Google Reader + Disqus would be a better Google+ than Google+

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If you only use it as a link aggregator... sure. That's not even close to what everyone uses G+ as. I know for me and most of my social circle, we use it as a replacement for Facebook/Twitter (sans the random links from the internet we all saw on reddit anyway).

My problem is that it tries to be both a replacement for Facebok/Twitter and blogs/RSS. I don't think that is what I want to see in one stream.

Your problem is exactly what I like about it. I've found much richer discussion than I ever had on Facebook or Twitter precisely because of the fact that it fits the niche of Facebook and personal blogs but doesn't entirely capture the blog area. If it attempted to more completely capture the blogging aspect then I could imagine it getting problematic really quickly, though.

Robert Scoble actually blogs on G+. Other people do too.

As a HEAVY Google Reader user, I always wished that Google made Reader more social. It really could've been the next Digg if Google had played it right.

Disagree. Disqus just doesn't work for me. They have a broken OpenID system, pages load much slower, and their points/moderation system is close to meaningless (I can't see which comments I wrote got decent votes).

I much prefer IntenseDebate (still slow, broken OpenID, but moderation is much much better) or Google+ itself. I just wish Google would "plus-ify" Reader already.

(SW Engineer from Disqus here)

Could you elaborate on OpenID issues you are having?

http://getsatisfaction.com/disqus/topics/cant_log_in_with_op...

quote: "I think you guys don't get it. OpenID is used so we don't have to create another account, with another password for some crappy message board just to leave a message for somebody."

I struggled for days trying to get my openID working like it was on stackoverflow.com, and I finally gave up. The amusing thing is, I subscribed to that thread via email, and every few weeks, there would be another pissed off commenter who wondered why it wasn't working.

Does your openID require setting up a local account (with username/password) still?

If you want just to comment you don't need to create a Disqus account (this behavior was from day one). You can go to any website that has Disqus enabled and comment with just your OpenID account.

However, if you want to install our widget on your own sites or become a moderator you will have to create a Disqus account. Mainly because we need to verify those accounts via email.

Hope that helps.

Hi r00fus, can you show me a page where you find Disqus causes a page to serve much more slowly?

We serve all our static assets from Akamai, and there's only a single dynamic request per embed load (that's also cached). My own benchmarks show Disqus loads in under a second on most pages.

It could be a local network thing, but I simply can't login to post comments over at Engadget (been this way for a week or longer)... it's bizarre, I can see comments, but the "add comment" dialog is either shrunk or shows "..." constantly.

I totally agree. Google+ is trying too many things at once and attempts to be Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogger, Reader all at the same time. Maybe some things are never meant to mix like minced meat and tuna.

If you don't like it or it doesn't provide you with value you don't have to use it.

Maybe if Google buys Disqus. Disqus has far too many outages and performance issues for my liking.

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