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Disqus lands on Depends, and Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades lands on Worth it.

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Confidence: Medium

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Disqus versus Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
CompareDisqusAndrew Lock | .NET Escapades
VerdictDependsWorth it
Best forBlogs wanting instant drop-in commentsCore developers
Who it's not forPrivacy-focused sites . comments and identities leave your domainBuyers seeking a product . nothing here is purchasable
Privacy2012 breach exposed 17.5M emails; WordPress plugin CVEs exist; current core plugin rated good.⁹No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality233 PissedConsumer reviews signal weak serviceNo support; single author
Public sentimentUsers find it easy and effective for comments, but trust complaints about ads, moderation, and data practices keep surfacing.³No independent user reviews found; sources are mostly the blog itself and directory listings.
Biggest gotchaModeration crackdowns have wiped comment sections overnight for some sitesSingle-author blog: don't rely on it for production incident support.15

Pick Disqus when

  • Blogs wanting instant drop-in comments
  • Publishers with commenter traffic across the Disqus network
  • Zero-budget sites okay with ads
  • High-volume content sites needing moderation tools

When Disqus is not a fit

  • Privacy-focused sites . comments and identities leave your domain
  • Anyone who may migrate later; exporting comment data is a known pain
  • Small sites wanting clean, ad-free pages
  • Brands that can't risk moderation or policy changes mid-flight

Pick Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades when

  • ASP.NET Core developers
  • Engineers securing Kestrel apps
  • .NET DevOps teams
  • Self-directed learners

When Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades is not a fit

  • Buyers seeking a product . nothing here is purchasable
  • Non-.NET stacks (Node, Python, Java teams)
  • Learners wanting a structured curriculum . posts are ad-hoc
  • Anyone expecting support, SLAs, or docs

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  1. Disqus Plans & Pricingdisqus.com
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  2. What is Disqus?help.disqus.com
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  3. Disqus Reviews . G2g2.com
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  4. Disqus Reviews . Trustpilottrustpilot.com
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  5. 233 Disqus Reviews . PissedConsumerdisqus.pissedconsumer.com
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  6. Is Disqus worth using? . Reddit r/Wordpressreddit.com
    review
  7. Why I Replaced Disqus and You Should Toovictorzhou.com
    review
  8. Disqus Comment System < 2.76 RCE . Wordfencewordfence.com
    security
  9. Disqus Breach Exposed 17.5m Emailsinfosecurity-magazine.com
    security
  10. CVE-2025-22705 . NIST NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  11. Disqus Pricing . SaaSWorthysaasworthy.com
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  12. Websites using Disqus . BuiltWithtrends.builtwith.com
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  13. Disqus . Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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  14. Disqus relaunches as Reddit-like network . The Vergetheverge.com
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  15. Andrew Lock | .NET Escapadesandrewlock.net
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  16. ASP.NET Core tag archiveandrewlock.net
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