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On 21/10/13 13:41, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Forgive my ignorance here....
>
> I have a Gmail account and the documentation allows one to comment
> using Google services. See http://postimg.org/image/rln155gm1/.
>
> When I click the red "G" for Google services, I am present with a
> dialog that allows Disqus.com to view my email and account
> information. See http://postimg.org/image/7ji7lzusb/.
>
> If I decline to accept the offer to share my information, I am
> presented with an error "Oops, something went wrong". See
> http://postimg.org/image/eh51rzc2d/.
>
> Some questions:
>
> (1) Who/what is Disqus.com?
> (2) Why am I required to share information with Disqus.com?
> (3) How do I opt-out of their obscene Terms of Service?
> (4) If they monetize the data, how do I collect my share of the profits?
> (5) How does forcing users to share data further the goals of OpenStack?
>
> For completeness, I don't participate in the social networking
> experiments. So I don't have the other accounts, such as Facebook or
> Tweeter.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jeffrey Walton

All very valid Jeffrey - thanks for raising this.

I'm sure Anne Gentle will chime in here soon, but just to get you a 
swift response:
Disqus has changed quite a bit since we started using it and we're 
looking at ways to replace it with other things, such as a widget to 
ask.openstack.org.


Regards,


Tom