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bpeters
Facebook once again trying to be the foundation on which all communication and exchange is based on.
efields
For better or for worse is certainly up for debate too. On the one hand, closed systems suck and these valuable comments could get locked out of search engines. On the other hand, I've seen article commenting go through the roof with a simple Disqus include. Ease of sign-in and uniform appearance probably has a lot do with it.

It'll be interesting to see how they implement this.

u48998
All the more reasons to comment less on the websites.
taylorbuley
Facebook already has a "plugin" for commenting, so I'm curious as to how -- if at all -- this will be different.

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/commen...

pavel_lishin
Or how it'll be superior to Disqus.
ashconnor
Disqus already has the added bonus of not showing my profile picture to the world.
taylorbuley
With the pervasiveness of Open Graph (nee Connect) I'm not sure it'll necessarily have to be "better" than Disqus in order to win its marketshare
mikeknoop
And it matches the screenshot in the article 100%.
alexgartrell
They also mentioned having not seen mockups. I'd imagine they just lifted the picture from the plugin page, and that the real thing will have much deeper Facebook integration.
rwwmike
This is what I've been wondering ALL DAY.
rwhitman
Hasn't this existed for over a year now?
sursani
Exactly. I really don't know what the news is... Also, having Disqus is better since users can still do anonymous commenting
zaidf
They should (try to) acquire Disqus.
xtacy
Do you think that Facebook starting to add more and more features that people might find creepy (it could take a while) can negatively impact its progress?