What form of comments to use

    Hello. Recently, more and more often I began to notice that in RuNet they began to use sites where 2-3 methods of commenting are bolted at the same time. As a rule, it’s Facebook, Vkontakte and its own form or Disqus (I haven’t noticed the giants of the thought who would have done all 4 yet - but maybe I’ve looked badly). The reasons are clear: it’s scary to miss at least one user, and it’s almost impossible to choose between FB and VK. But the implementation is absolutely terrible: there is a comment form above and a discussion thread, for example, Vkontakte, below - the same from Facbook, and at the very bottom - some other garbage. I think it’s not only horror for me.

    The functional thing is beautiful. If a thing is ugly, it is probably not functional. This also applies to our case with comments: not only does this look unaesthetic, it is also inconvenient. For example, sometimes you may just not notice that the site has a second social network plugin if you do not scroll down the page.

    What's next?

    Firstly, it is necessary to fix the fact: the comment form in which you are already logged in really increases the number of comments. Therefore, the social plugins of Facebook and Vkontakte - to be.

    Secondly, your own comment form is not needed. Only if you do not have your own database of active registered users - in this case, probably you are not using social network plugins. If you recently started up and / or nobody comments on you - do not flatter yourself with the hope that one day people will start registering to leave a comment with you. Do not start.

    It should be?

    In my opinion, everything is very simple: you need to post the comment form through the FB and comments through Vkontakte in separate tabs.


    Sorry for the paint

    in Wordpress, as it turned out, this already exists:



    But this is how it looks on the Russia Today website:



    The main one should be the social network whose users come to you more often. The user's choice must be remembered, and at the second visit, already show him a tab with his social network. Because the main resource of any site is all the same returning users coming to it with one or another periodicity, this approach will pay for itself.

    In principle, this form of comments can be released as a separate plugin, like the same Disqus, only easier and more convenient. After all, not everyone will want to redo the form of comments, make tabs, remembering the choice of users. There will be a demand for a plugin in which all this is already there.

    Well, what about Disqus? This is a great system, but it does not support Vkontakte. It spoils the whole raspberry. If Disqus makes Vkontakte support, then it has excellent prospects in our market. Or if someone makes a Diskus with blackjack and whores with authorization through VK. Thought too.

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