I knew there was a good reason (but I didn't know it then) why I held on to using the generic comment platform of Blogger, at least for this blog. My other blog uses the Disqus platform which I took great pains extracting from my existing comments in IntenseDebate comment platform and transferring to Disqus. IntenseDebate put up a good fight, so I ended up missing some old comments but thankfully, I was able to extract most of them and migrate to Disqus with a few casualties. It's just a little mapping issue but I got too lazy to rectify that slight error.
So anyway, it's only today that I got in the know of this new comment feature in blogger. I read it here and I started using it already. You can see the sample below. Cool, isn't it? Google Plus is really coming up with great features that I think would be beneficial, if you want to put your blog out there. I can't wait to see more applications in the future. So with that, I am indefinitely putting on hold the migration to Wordpress. It just crossed my mind, but seeing as Google Plus is introducing new things that interest me, I just might forget about the migration altogether. We'll see. For now, I am more comfortable with the Blogger platform.
What do you think?
UPDATE:
Okay, so I may have jumped to soon into the bandwagon. Good thing that there is still an option to go back to old commenting platform. Just sorry that comments left on Google+ disappeared. According to the FAQ, it's supposed to be that way. But what prompted me to revert was that, I was contemplating on buying a domain name for this site. And it says in the dashboard that Google+ commenting system would be affected with a change in URL... I must have missed that one out or I simply got too excited using the new commenting system.
Another downside is that those without Google+ profile can't comment. They will be prompted to make a Google+ profile which could be a total bummer to some and it somehow drives the visitor away when he or she can't post without signing up.
Maybe I'll go back to this when Google+ makes more improvements in the future. Oh well, it was worth a try.
UPDATE:
Okay, so I may have jumped to soon into the bandwagon. Good thing that there is still an option to go back to old commenting platform. Just sorry that comments left on Google+ disappeared. According to the FAQ, it's supposed to be that way. But what prompted me to revert was that, I was contemplating on buying a domain name for this site. And it says in the dashboard that Google+ commenting system would be affected with a change in URL... I must have missed that one out or I simply got too excited using the new commenting system.
Another downside is that those without Google+ profile can't comment. They will be prompted to make a Google+ profile which could be a total bummer to some and it somehow drives the visitor away when he or she can't post without signing up.
Maybe I'll go back to this when Google+ makes more improvements in the future. Oh well, it was worth a try.
