Comments on: Decentralizing work http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/ Success is more frequently explained by randomness Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Abe Murray http://www.hiddenevidence.com/2008/04/decentralizing-work/comment-page-1/#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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