• On Disqus and Load Times

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    One thing bothering me about Disqus is load times.  It is a much more robust system, and does require a second or two to load.

    I am looking into a fix for that.  Sadly Google searches are only giving me outdated information, so I have to wait for Disqus support to respond.

    Disqus does have an export feature, so if we do switch back, hopefully I can snag all the comments.  If you  write something huge that you don't want to lose in comments, please keep a backup just in case. 

    Anyway, back to testing! Hopefully all these bugs will be fixed, and we can move forward with a much better comment system.

    One more thing: It looks like the front page comment tallies are actually being overridden.  They show up correct to start, then a half a second later are replaced with the incorrect number.  I think this may be something in blogger that needs to be axed.  I've emailed support about that, hopefully they can nail it for me.

    One more note:  The Disqus button above the comment box has your settings in it.  Some take a few minutes to update.  You can also go to the actual Disqus website and edit your settings there.
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    26 comments:

    1. QuantumFireNovember 27, 2011 at 5:29 AM

      On my iphone 4 it shows every comment as Sethisto and his avatar.

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    2. Pinkamina Diane PieNovember 27, 2011 at 6:47 AM

      Seth, have you realized you're the only one posting, or is it just a glitch?

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    3. Pinkamina Diane PieNovember 27, 2011 at 6:49 AM

      Oh, lol I'm on mobile and just read the other post. My posts look fine though…

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    4. Danilo & co.November 27, 2011 at 6:54 AM

      did I just... Read all of Seth´s comments? O.o naaaaah, that would be hard xD

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    5. Captian64November 27, 2011 at 7:06 AM

      @Pinkamina Diane Pie

      Same here, lol. I guess Seth has a new army, or the mobile version of this post looks like anyone who is not on a mobile device is Seth. I hope this will be fixed later.

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    6. Bruiser BroNovember 27, 2011 at 7:42 AM

      Posting from mobile here, it's the only way to escape the Seth-clone horde!

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    7. EponaNovember 27, 2011 at 7:50 AM

      Too much Seth for one brony to handle!!!

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    8. Waffle134November 27, 2011 at 8:02 AM

      SO MUCH SETH

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    9. twohumanNovember 27, 2011 at 8:26 AM

      Seeing if this works....

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    10. Fifth AlicornNovember 27, 2011 at 8:30 AM

      Yeah, all I'm seeing is Seth and maybe a few lucky other profiles with different names

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    11. JordanRynesNovember 27, 2011 at 8:37 AM

      The only advantage to being a mobile user, and it's not that great.

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    12. TheWerePonyNovember 27, 2011 at 8:45 AM

      Seth Mark Pox? Seth appears all over your body- I mean, comments section.

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    13. scraleosNovember 27, 2011 at 9:12 AM

      EVERYBODY IS SETH. EVEN ME.

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    14. RyuuKibaNovember 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM

      Hurry! Sethisto is assimilating everypony and is taking over the Maretrix!!! Call Neo!

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    15. SynykNovember 27, 2011 at 11:51 AM

      SETH'S EVERYWHERE!!!! O.o

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    16. pmcollectorboyNovember 27, 2011 at 12:25 PM

      Help! My phone is being overrun by an army of The Great and Multitudinous Trixie!

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    17. SethistoNovember 27, 2011 at 2:21 PM

      I like this new system! ^_^

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    18. SethistoNovember 27, 2011 at 2:23 PM

      still don't like new comment system...

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    19. SethistoNovember 27, 2011 at 2:28 PM

      It doesn't take any longer to load than the old system does, at least for me. I'm just on basic cable internet, maybe 8 Mbits/sec.

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    20. Doc_SteedlyNovember 27, 2011 at 5:00 PM

      Awesome. New discussion system. :D I will check more into it in a few. Just testing things out here. n.n 

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    21. HuundeeNovember 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM

      im a little late, jus testin

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    22. O. HindsNovember 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM

      I know that I've said this before, but I'd like to say it again: I want a referendum on this.  Yes, EQD is not a democracy, but it still pays to at least find out what the will of the people actually is.

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    23. Charles EllisonNovember 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM

      I'm so confused. It doesn't seem like anything's been changed

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    24. Cedric BaleNovember 28, 2011 at 1:28 AM

      So what happened?

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    25. LadyDascalieNovember 29, 2011 at 12:33 AM

      oh well too bad

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    26. UnknownNovember 29, 2011 at 12:56 PM

      Hey Sethisto, since our universal embed code is non-blocking Disqus doesn't make any significant impact to a page's overall load time. (More on that at http://docs.disqus.com/help/100/.)

      It's true that Disqus itself may take a second to load because we load a couple JavaScript files, though these are compressed and optimized very heavily. If Disqus appears to be taking a little while to load most likely this is due to it waiting for other scripts -- Disqus waits for other scripts on the page to finish before it starts loading. Most of the time this isn't noticeable however since almost all visitors will be reading an article or doing some action for a moment while page elements load.

      If you're seeing noticeably long wait times in a common use case don't hesitate to reach out to us at http://disqus.com/support and we'll take a look. And of course feel free to get in touch with us there anytime with any questions or thoughts you may have; we're always happy to lend a hand.

      Best,
      Tyler
      http://twitter.com/disqus

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