What's even weirder is if you logout you'll see a different set of comments that logged in people never get to even see or reply to as if you type as a guest it takes forever for a comment to get thru!
Yeah that seems backwards, like it's intentional. I was investigating building a web comments platform not long ago, and concluded that you want to show the curated/sanitized comments to the not-logged-in group. Only the logged in users should see all comments. (based on their preferences)
It's easy, free, and means people don't need to create an account just to post on your site, which would reduce comments.
At the same time, this is the very reason that the current tech monopolies/oligopolies rule. Just like people using googleapis, googletags, adsense, and other "free" google products to make things easier was important in making google as big as it is.
Problem with wordpress software and allowing registered users is that you spend 1/3 of your day deleting spam accounts and posts and those are the ones that get through the various anti-spam services out there. Software like Disqus takes a lot of that burden away.
Yeah that seems backwards, like it's intentional. I was investigating building a web comments platform not long ago, and concluded that you want to show the curated/sanitized comments to the not-logged-in group. Only the logged in users should see all comments. (based on their preferences)
It's easy, free, and means people don't need to create an account just to post on your site, which would reduce comments.
At the same time, this is the very reason that the current tech monopolies/oligopolies rule. Just like people using googleapis, googletags, adsense, and other "free" google products to make things easier was important in making google as big as it is.
Gab's Dissenter extension could have replaced Disqus, if it wasn't so heavily suppressed.
It was easily the best idea Gab ever had, even if it didn't land because the browser duopoly crushed it.
Problem with wordpress software and allowing registered users is that you spend 1/3 of your day deleting spam accounts and posts and those are the ones that get through the various anti-spam services out there. Software like Disqus takes a lot of that burden away.