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I’ve added Disqus to [XILED]

My main reason for adding it was that I’ve decided on this go ’round I’m going to really try to build a presence on the web. There are a few ways you can do this but I consider most of them lame, i.e. link-exchanges. For any lasting effect links are not the answer, people are. Links live in servers housed in data centers. People live in communities.
I think using Disqus will help me build a community much more easily than the standard wordpress comment system. Disqus users will have a user account on my blog already which makes it easier for them to comment. That also makes it easier for me when I do db backups because without the comments the db *should* be much smaller.
It allows users to leave video responses via Seesmic, which makes commenting even easier. No Seesmic account? No problem. You can register a Seesmic account in the comment form without ever leaving the site. That, is awesome.
Also for those of you getting ready to protest about my claim that links don’t matter I know that they are vital part of attracting visitors. Disqus helps out there too. When you install the Disqus wordpress plugin you create a community page at Disqus. Mine is here.
There are also talks of FriendFeed integration which means that the community you build using Disqus will be even larger. Any way I’ve looked at it I see nothing but advantages to Disqus integration. Only time will tell for sure, but I think I’ve made a good choice here. That’s all for now, so let me know what you think.