Comments on: Decentralizing work http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/ Success is more frequently explained by randomness Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Abe Murray http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/#comment-16 Abe Murray Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:43:33 +0000 http://www.hiddenevidence.com/?p=5#comment-16 Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: "<a href="http://abe.rocketmonkeys.com/2008/04/worry-about-winning-not-stickiness/">Worry about winning, not stickiness</a>"<br><br>Companies such as Disqus should win my business through winning, not through holding on to my data. Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: “Worry about winning, not stickiness“

Companies such as Disqus should win my business through winning, not through holding on to my data.

]]> By: Abe Murray http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/#comment-11 Abe Murray Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:43:33 +0000 http://www.hiddenevidence.com/?p=5#comment-11 Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: "<a href="http://abe.rocketmonkeys.com/2008/04/worry-about-winning-not-stickiness/">Worry about winning, not stickiness</a>"<br><br>Companies such as Disqus should win my business through winning, not through holding on to my data. Update - thinking more on this topic - put another post up at my personal site: “Worry about winning, not stickiness“

Companies such as Disqus should win my business through winning, not through holding on to my data.

]]> By: abe: family, projects, ideas » Worry about winning, not stickiness http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/#comment-4 abe: family, projects, ideas » Worry about winning, not stickiness Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:14:37 +0000 http://www.hiddenevidence.com/?p=5#comment-4 [...] blog.  Why?  Because I am worried about data portability and the longevity of disqus.  (See the first comment on this post testing the disqus system and voicing my concerns). [...] […] blog.  Why?  Because I am worried about data portability and the longevity of disqus.  (See the first comment on this post testing the disqus system and voicing my concerns). […]

]]> By: Abe Murray http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/#comment-10 Abe Murray Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.hiddenevidence.com/?p=5#comment-10 This is me - testing the Disqus integration. My biggest concern is longevity - I appreciate that the network effects of Disqus will make my comments easier to use for others; but I am also depending upon Disqus to (1) remain free and (2) persist. <br><br>I guess if they go down I could export the comments. It really comes down to data portability - I would happily use Disqus everywhere if I could (a) move all my existing Wordpress comments to Disqus retroactively (as in my personal blog) and then move back from Disqus to Wordpress if I ever desired. <br><br>Disqus would then need to keep me by being the best at what they do, not because my data is stuck on their servers. This is me - testing the Disqus integration. My biggest concern is longevity - I appreciate that the network effects of Disqus will make my comments easier to use for others; but I am also depending upon Disqus to (1) remain free and (2) persist.

I guess if they go down I could export the comments. It really comes down to data portability - I would happily use Disqus everywhere if I could (a) move all my existing Wordpress comments to Disqus retroactively (as in my personal blog) and then move back from Disqus to Wordpress if I ever desired.

Disqus would then need to keep me by being the best at what they do, not because my data is stuck on their servers.

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