@mutunga I like the plain and simple base Wordpress system with the Commentluv, GASP, and Subscribe to Comments plugins. I know that SME uses Disqus successfully, and a lot of people seem to like Livefyre.

@kristi-hines

I’ve been noticing more and more people switching to Livefrye but I haven’t exactly stopped to figure out what all the fuss was about.

What’s GASP?

I like using Aweber’s plugin or WPSubscribers with CommentLuv, but I’m thinking about moving to Disqus. 

@mutunga Livefyre seems to generate more discussion among registered Livefyre users. GASP adds a checkbox to your comment form that acts as a captcha to reduce spam comments.

the best comment system is, the one my readers will actually leave comments on! I think the ones that have captcha are too much trouble for some folks, i have seen people not leave comments or pursue a search further if they run into captcha.

Disqus all the way because users can login with twitter, facebook, openid, anonymous etc…and since it’s the most popular, people will have no problems using it. 

CommentLuv seems to attract a lot of spam lately. 

@kristi-hines I have slightly different question. 

I am using DISQUS , if I want to switch back to my wordpress theme (Genesis) commenting system. 

What will happen to my existing comments on my blog?

Thanks for your help in advance. 

@mike-stelzner 

Thanks for the insight! Disqus seems more advantageous, so I think I’ll give it a try.

@rshahbaz

your welcome!

I switched from IntenseDebate to CommentLuv

@mutunga

I have been blogging since 2006, so no not always.  However we did from the start with Social Media Examiner

@mike-stelzner @kristi-hines I didn’t know there was a choice and have just had available the comment space that comes with my wordpress blog. Is that bad? Why does this need to be changed? 

I am interested in learning more about the Disqus plugin

@rshahbaz I’m *pretty sure* (not 100% since I’ve never used it) that your comments are all saved in WordPress, so if you remove the Disqus, the comments will still be there.  I think the worse case scenario I have seen was on a blog where the custom theme didn’t have base comment formatting, so when Disqus was removed, the comments needed some CSS help.  Most themes come with that, StudioPress included.  

I do know that some people have had issues though – maybe see if you can get someone on Disqus support to give you the steps to uninstalling the right way so you don’t lose anything.

@kristi-hines thanks Kristi for the detailed answer. Much appreciated

been using DISQUS for a year now and its been cool Facebook comment system has been used by lot of the blogs but i find DISQUS much more better than FB. 

@kristi-hines

Thank you so much for pointing me to this thread! Feel free to move/archive/delete my one, didn’t see this post earlier.

I used CommentLuv for quite awhile, and then I had a bunch of people emailing me saying, “I tried to leave you a comment, but I couldn’t.”  I switched to Disqus and have had no problems since. 

I also worry that if I switched to the basic WordPress comment system, I would lose all my comments. So I’m probably just going to stick with it.

@mike-stelzner , “We love DISQUS for a few reasons.  First, it is externally hosted, removing the server requirements from our system“

That’s a good reason to use an external commenting system, rather than WP system, especially for blogs that gets a lot of interactions, now and after my blog reached 40,000+ comments, I am really considering another solution, but can not let go commentluv that easy because I like it, and what’s more important is that my blog community like it!

@projsocial , i assume you already know that CommentLuv is not a commenting system, but it’s an addition to the default WP commenting system, so what I think is that you’ve had an issue with WP comments itself!

One thing I hate most is when I am forced to use and stick with some plugin for the rest of my life! So, it’s really important to think twice before changing your comment system as it’s not easy to switch back and forth!

I use the Livefyre system due to real-time social conversations and connections. Having to wait for an email to correspond to a comment isn’t very effecient to me.

@blogsbyheather , CommentLuv is not a comment system, it’s a WP plugin that ads more features to the default Wp comment system, once you disable the plugin, things goes back to normal!

From the other side, Livefyre and Disqus are commenting systems that are hosted away from your blog, they replace the WP default system completely, those plugins doesn’t affect WP, and you still can go back to the default commenting system anytime you want, you only need to restore comments into your WP. 

So thankful for this question.  I have been using Disqus, but was wondering if I should try others.  This thread helped me immensely, thanks.

@donpurdum tnx – i’m going to try it!

@jfouts

Hi Janet, will do! Thanks.

Do you use WP or what blogging platform?@leopoldpanovi 

I was recently told that SEO for commentsis not taken care by DISQUS, any thoughts guys ?

Thank you everyone for the discussion.  I am so backwards that I did not even suspect that this was an issue.  The discussion has really helped.  My blog will be up soon and I think I will try DISQUE.  It seems to to have what I was expecting from my comment section.
THIS HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL.  Right now I will definitely be a sponge for information and not a giver.