Statistics on verified profiles

Today, about 37% of all profiles on Disqus are verified ones. This means that 37% of all comments on blogs using Disqus are attached to a registered account. Just about two weeks, this was less than 25%. This is pretty good, especially considering the volume of overall discussions has grown quite a bit.

What changed? We made it easier. By ticking a checkbox, you can verify and post your comment in a single action. Having profiles that are verified is important to bloggers using Disqus and I’ll briefly explain why.

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When you hover over a user’s image, a mini-profile will pop up. On this profile, you can easily see if this person is verified on Disqus or not. A verified commenter is one that has registered his or her email with Disqus. This opens up a number of functionality for the commenter, the most important is being able to maintain a reputable identity across a network of blogs (and retaining ownership of comments made).

The blog moderator benefits because Disqus can more effectively determine trolls and other generally unsavory characters and posts. If you have a blog using Disqus, encourage your readers to verify their profiles because it makes this webwide conversation that much better.

Daniel on March 25th 2008 in disqus

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