Now Available: Commenting with Twitter Sign-in

Twitter is a fast growing service that millions of people (including all of us here at Disqus) use to easily update and get updates from friends. We recently released the ability to tweet out comments for commenters with a Disqus Profile. This allowed people to share their comments on Twitter and bring in new voices to the conversation (see this in action).

Today, we released a new feature for publishers: Twitter Sign-in.

Fortunately, with such a descriptive name, there’s not much explanation needed. It is what it sounds like: sites are now able to allow people to use their Twitter profiles to leave comments. And yup, these commenters will also be able to tweet out to their updates. No Disqus Profile necessary.

Disqus makes use of Twitter’s OAuth support to securely authenticate without sharing any passwords. Similarly to our support for Facebook Connect, Twitter Sign-in makes it easier and quicker for people to jump into a discussion. To enable Twitter Sign-in, publishers should proceed to Admin/Settings and enable the feature under Options.

For commenters, just look for the Twitter Sign-in button on sites that have this enabled.

If you already have a Disqus Profile, add Twitter in your account/services to be able to tweet comments with every comment.

Bonus! Improvements to Tweeting Comments

We’ve also added a new option for publishers. You can now assign a Twitter account to your site’s settings, which will be @included in the tweet that commenters send out from your site.

For example, we’ve added @disqus to this blog’s settings. Now for every comment that people tweet (which aren’t replies), it will be formatted:

RE: @disqus Tweeting from the Disqus blog. http://disq.us/2gx

If no twitter account is specified for the site, the default option is the site administrators twitter account. You can find this option in Admin/Settings.

Enjoy!

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Daniel on May 15th 2009 in disqus

  • Nice Bonus, i love improvitation, and i love DISQUS
  • I have a problem... after signing in and connecting to my twitter account (giving it permission) it show is disqus settings this: "Can't connect to your Twitter account." any help please!!!
  • Are you still having the same issue? If you were able to fix it, how did you do it? Thanks!
  • the problem was with the twitter account... I did try again and everything was fine...
  • Is there anything I can help you with?
  • Excellent. I will try that out.
  • Twitter had been an online marketing tool for many chiropractors, real estate professionals and other professionals, it is really effective and most important of it you don't have to pay for it.
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  • afallison
    I'm thinking this is going to open new doors for spam ;)
  • afallison
    I'm thinking this is going to open new doors for spam ;)
  • innovationsupport
    Just setting up a the website for innovationsupport.org.uk
  • <3 it. Keep innovating.
  • <3 it. Keep innovating.
  • <3 it. Keep innovating.
  • <3 it. Keep innovating.
  • Yea, both that and OpenID commenting (and Friend Connect commenting has to support using your own Site ID).

    And we need the ability to sync Disqus comments with Blogger comments (via OAuth).



    Then Disqus will be #1.
  • Yea, both that and OpenID commenting (and Friend Connect commenting has to support using your own Site ID).

    And we need the ability to sync Disqus comments with Blogger comments (via OAuth).



    Then Disqus will be #1.
  • Not sure if I follow quite yet, but getting there, AAHHH, I see the tweet this button below where you post the comment. Cool.
  • tvanslooten1
    Hi, that new feature seems interesting for tweeter users. What you did, allows voluminous of surfers to join in your site. We're lucky enough, we always got updates from you guys. Thumbs up for the team!


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  • Not sure if I follow quite yet, but getting there, AAHHH, I see the tweet this button below where you post the comment. Cool.
  • tvanslooten1
    Hi, that new feature seems interesting for tweeter users. What you did, allows voluminous of surfers to join in your site. We're lucky enough, we always got updates from you guys. Thumbs up for the team!


    best online storage
  • tvanslooten1
    Hi, that new feature seems interesting for tweeter users. What you did, allows voluminous of surfers to join in your site. We're lucky enough, we always got updates from you guys. Thumbs up for the team!


    best online storage
  • tvanslooten1
    Hi, that new feature seems interesting for tweeter users. What you did, allows voluminous of surfers to join in your site. We're lucky enough, we always got updates from you guys. Thumbs up for the team!


    best online storage
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  • I've just made the switch from Wordpress comments to Disqus and I'm now wondering why I didn't do it earlier. Onward.
  • I've just made the switch from Wordpress comments to Disqus and I'm now wondering why I didn't do it earlier. Onward.
  • I've just made the switch from Wordpress comments to Disqus and I'm now wondering why I didn't do it earlier. Onward.
  • lalyuf
    A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam

    Home Page
    You are here: Islam-Guide.com
    Home > Chapter 1, Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam > (1) The Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran > D) The Quran on the Cerebrum
    D) The Quran on the Cerebrum:

    God has said in the Quran about one of the evil unbelievers who forbade the Prophet Muhammad from praying at the Kaaba:

    No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)! (Quran, 96:15-16)

    Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful? What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

    If we look into the skull at the front of the head, we will find the prefrontal area of the cerebrum (see figure 12). What does physiology tell us about the function of this area? A book entitled Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology says about this area, “The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area. This is a region of association cortex...”1 Also the book says, “In relation to its involvement in motivation, the prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression....”2

    Figure 12 (Click here to enlarge)

    Figure 12: Functional regions of the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex. The prefrontal area is located at the front of the cerebral cortex. (Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 210.) (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

    So, this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth. Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin, as the Quran has said, “...A lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!”

    Scientists have only discovered these functions of the prefrontal area in the last sixty years, according to Professor Keith L. Moore.3
  • lalyuf
    A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam

    Home Page
    You are here: Islam-Guide.com
    Home > Chapter 1, Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam > (1) The Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran > D) The Quran on the Cerebrum
    D) The Quran on the Cerebrum:

    God has said in the Quran about one of the evil unbelievers who forbade the Prophet Muhammad from praying at the Kaaba:

    No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)! (Quran, 96:15-16)

    Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful? What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

    If we look into the skull at the front of the head, we will find the prefrontal area of the cerebrum (see figure 12). What does physiology tell us about the function of this area? A book entitled Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology says about this area, “The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area. This is a region of association cortex...”1 Also the book says, “In relation to its involvement in motivation, the prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression....”2

    Figure 12 (Click here to enlarge)

    Figure 12: Functional regions of the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex. The prefrontal area is located at the front of the cerebral cortex. (Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 210.) (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

    So, this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth. Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin, as the Quran has said, “...A lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!”

    Scientists have only discovered these functions of the prefrontal area in the last sixty years, according to Professor Keith L. Moore.3
  • tercume
  • tercume
  • tercume
  • Is there no possible way my Disqus profile can work as comments? I've been trying to login to comment on TUMBLR sites and it won't log me in - it just keeps saying I'm a guest.
  • Is there no possible way my Disqus profile can work as comments? I've been trying to login to comment on TUMBLR sites and it won't log me in - it just keeps saying I'm a guest.
  • Is there no possible way my Disqus profile can work as comments? I've been trying to login to comment on TUMBLR sites and it won't log me in - it just keeps saying I'm a guest.
  • eknafelc
    CNN
    Topic: Taking on California's problems

    Why should other states pay more taxes to help California when they have a tax law that doesn't revise the tax code to increase taxes of homeowners. Some people are paying a small amount of taxes when their homes are worth millions. They are "GRANDFATHERED" in using the old tax codes. New families who move to California have to pick up this tax inequality in the MELROSE TAX. Why hasn't CNN looked into this property tax situation????????????????

    Are Coloradoans supposed to pick up other states debts that don't even have state taxes???????????????? We are barely making our own state budget balance!!!!!!!!!!!!!! California has always been different---when they run out of water they expect others to help out but don't conserve. Now it is money!!!!!!!!!!!! It is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These people only want to take and give nothing back.

    I know about this property tax inequality. I have a brother who lives in Walnut Creek, CA. His house has a market value of $1 million plus. I have a house in Colorado, market value $390,000, and I pay over $2500.00 per year. My brother pays less than $1000 per year. It is no wonder that CA is in desperate straits for revenue. Californians do not want to pay their own way. Sorry, that's the way it is there.
  • eknafelc
    CNN
    Topic: Taking on California's problems

    Why should other states pay more taxes to help California when they have a tax law that doesn't revise the tax code to increase taxes of homeowners. Some people are paying a small amount of taxes when their homes are worth millions. They are "GRANDFATHERED" in using the old tax codes. New families who move to California have to pick up this tax inequality in the MELROSE TAX. Why hasn't CNN looked into this property tax situation????????????????

    Are Coloradoans supposed to pick up other states debts that don't even have state taxes???????????????? We are barely making our own state budget balance!!!!!!!!!!!!!! California has always been different---when they run out of water they expect others to help out but don't conserve. Now it is money!!!!!!!!!!!! It is crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These people only want to take and give nothing back.

    I know about this property tax inequality. I have a brother who lives in Walnut Creek, CA. His house has a market value of $1 million plus. I have a house in Colorado, market value $390,000, and I pay over $2500.00 per year. My brother pays less than $1000 per year. It is no wonder that CA is in desperate straits for revenue. Californians do not want to pay their own way. Sorry, that's the way it is there.
  • sailj
    Testing the new twitter syndication option from Disqus
  • Guest
    Testing the new twitter syndication option from Disqus
  • Guest
    Testing the new twitter syndication option from Disqus
  • Guest
    Testing the new twitter syndication option from Disqus
  • Nice!
  • trangdoan04
    Hi

    I'm new with this site.
    I have a question on ERY direction. Does any one know its direction is still down?

    Thanks,
    TD
  • Nice!
  • No doubt. I am trying to be very patient while waiting for an OpenID button just like this new Twitter one. Something along the lines of ClickPass would be just AWESOME since it would help users see ALL of their login options.
  • Whitesummer
    Hello, whassup?
  • trangdoan04
    Hi

    I'm new with this site.
    I have a question on ERY direction. Does any one know its direction is still down?

    Thanks,
    TD
  • trangdoan04
    Hi

    I'm new with this site.
    I have a question on ERY direction. Does any one know its direction is still down?

    Thanks,
    TD
  • No doubt. I am trying to be very patient while waiting for an OpenID button just like this new Twitter one. Something along the lines of ClickPass would be just AWESOME since it would help users see ALL of their login options.
  • No doubt. I am trying to be very patient while waiting for an OpenID button just like this new Twitter one. Something along the lines of ClickPass would be just AWESOME since it would help users see ALL of their login options.
  • Fascinating.
  • Fascinating.
  • Great new feature, will check it out today.
  • AussieSlayer
    Testing......wasssuuupppp!!!!
  • jascanio
    Amazing! it keeps getting better and better. Add in functionality for Google Friend Connect, and you will truly have a world-dominating tool.
  • Great new feature, will check it out today.
  • Fascinating.
  • AussieSlayer
    Testing......wasssuuupppp!!!!
  • Amazing! it keeps getting better and better. Add in functionality for Google Friend Connect, and you will truly have a world-dominating tool.
  • Yea, both that and OpenID commenting (and Friend Connect commenting has to support using your own Site ID).

    And we need the ability to sync Disqus comments with Blogger comments (via OAuth).



    Then Disqus will be #1.
  • jascanio
    Amazing! it keeps getting better and better. Add in functionality for Google Friend Connect, and you will truly have a world-dominating tool.
  • awesome feature! especially since i spend most of my life on twitter. can't wait to try it out. until then, some of my disqus musings -- http://web-poet.com/2009/05/16/disqus/
  • awesome feature! especially since i spend most of my life on twitter. can't wait to try it out. until then, some of my disqus musings -- http://web-poet.com/2009/05/16/disqus/
  • evani
    I see the green bar that says your changes have been saved successfully, and the boxes are checked next to Hacker News and Reddit, but if I select a different site (using the big select box at the top) and come back, the boxes are then unchecked.

    evani

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  • I see if you login with Twitter you can "Like" comments. That's so cool!.
    Why don't you add this to Facebook too? That'd be even better ;)

    PS: Uh and yes, direct OpenID login is still very much missed
  • evani
    I see the green bar that says your changes have been saved successfully, and the boxes are checked next to Hacker News and Reddit, but if I select a different site (using the big select box at the top) and come back, the boxes are then unchecked.

    evani
  • evani
    I see the green bar that says your changes have been saved successfully, and the boxes are checked next to Hacker News and Reddit, but if I select a different site (using the big select box at the top) and come back, the boxes are then unchecked.

    evani

    full time part time jobs

    full time part time jobs
  • I see if you login with Twitter you can "Like" comments. That's so cool!.
    Why don't you add this to Facebook too? That'd be even better ;)

    PS: Uh and yes, direct OpenID login is still very much missed
  • No doubt. I am trying to be very patient while waiting for an OpenID button just like this new Twitter one. Something along the lines of ClickPass would be just AWESOME since it would help users see ALL of their login options.
  • I see if you login with Twitter you can "Like" comments. That's so cool!.
    Why don't you add this to Facebook too? That'd be even better ;)

    PS: Uh and yes, direct OpenID login is still very much missed
  • Anton Kovalyov
    Hi. Thanks for the report. The HN/Reddit fix is ready and will be out very soon.
  • Well done guys.

    Every couple weeks you make the call to switch from WordPress commenting wiser.
  • Trying out the new Twitter Sign-in from the Disqus blog.
  • This is a test of the new Disqus feature: commenting with Twitter sign-in.
  • I hope that @theblogowner will not be the default.
  • test cmt/tweet from #disqus
  • Bruce,

    I will take a look at all your concerns and I will get back to you via email.

    Giannii
    DISQUS
    Community Manager
    giannii@disqus.com
  • Love it - this just sealed my decision to use Disqus. This functionality is a big plus since it's all in one place
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