On: Static Website Generators

[foxhop]

Check out the service I'm working on: http://www.remarkbox.com

One of the design goals is to _not_ be disqus.

[michaelmior → foxhop]

"_not_ be disqus" is a very vague goal. What problems with Disqus are trying to solve?

[foxhop → michaelmior]

I don't want: to serve advertisements, to force people to link to their identity, to cause friction to an already engaged user (no signups form / no captcha), to feel like a bolted on service / widget (I want to feel like part of the site), cluttered ui with to many options.

Hard to put into words the things I don't want Remarkbox to be.

[zackbloom → foxhop]

Disqus started with a similar goal, but they had to make changes to make money. What will give you a different path?

[foxhop → zackbloom]

Charge site owners for the value added. Stay small but still turn a profit. No investor money so not forced to grow and sell out user base (no ads).

Only add useful features to keep user experience decent.