Public Replies to the Email I Received About the Twit-Out and Disqus

I received a few emails about my twit-out post and I figured while I don't won't post the address of the posters I would answer them publicly.  If you want to comment on my blog, please use comments and not email.  Thanks!

Subject: This is why!

Sean-

Twitter is down right now.  This is why we need to have a boycott.  Get it now?

<name redacted>

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Subject: It's not hard why don't you get it

We're protesting to get twitter fix their *%^!. 

<name redacted>

Still, I don't get it, not really.  If you think that a day of staying off of twitter is sending a message, go for it, but I think that Biz and Co are already passionate about getting this fixed and all a boycott is going to do is make you feel better.  If you're really annoyed about it you should be considering leaving for another service not a one day boycott.

Subject: Comments

I'd leave you a comment about the Twit-out but I have javascript turned off and can't use Disqus.  You're an idiot for using Disqus! You;'re missing out on comment because of it!  I'll never turn on Javascript because it's a way to infect my machine with viruses!

<name redacted>

OK let's break this down:

1. I'm sorry you're missing out on web 2.0, javascript is such a big part of most of the sites being developed to day.  You should consider using a browser that allows you to selectively enable javascript on trusted sites.
2. Believe me, for every comment I'm out, I gain 2.  If nothing else the fact that folk's comments show up an friendfeed brings me traffic that I wasn't getting before.
3. The comments that disqus users leave are, on average, of a higher quality then comments in general.  I could feel that way because of the lack of spam.
4. I tend to prefer comments with a lower exclamation point to period ratio.