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

  • Thank you for the service! I am looking forward that one day commenters have the option of uploading/capturing their video comments or uploading their audio comments! This will really make Disqus top-notch!
  • Verifying my account allows my friends to actually follow my blogging experiences. Nice.
  • Well, unfortunately, email verification is a pretty weak identity certifier. This is a step in the right direction but email verification isn't a real troll deterrent.
  • Palluxo
    I joined Disqus today and I love it.
    Keep up good work.

    Daniel
    http://www.palluxo.com
  • OpenID please? Seriously, it's so simple to implement, there's no reason to _not_. Until Disqus offers OpenID I'll stick to my homerolled system.
  • Understandably, your homerolled system gives you the feeling of ownership and security and even plays nicely with the OpenID standard. Yet it is quite an unwieldy process to attempt to leave a comment on your blog, which may or may not be the intention when you implemented the system. Using Disqus as a commenting system, takes some of the maintaining and verifying tedium away from your todo list and allows users to seamlessly engage you in conversation.
  • Actually, it doesn't _yet_ play nicely with OpenID. That's being implemented as we speak. My point was that there's no reason to implement _verified posters_ without taking into account the most available _verification_ method available.
  • We do use OpenID through Clickpass.

    Check it out: http://disqus.com/login/
  • I love Disqus but can't find a list of websites that use it.
  • I love Disqus. Thanks for all the hard work . Disqus is good site, thats why there is an increasing number of people registering .
  • Facebook User
    you're right, webwide conversation will be better
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