The history of BB and comments.
Comment system 1: Quicktopic, in ~2002 or so.
Forum-like, comments on their URL, pseudoanonmity. FLAT. Strong USENET vibe, became filled with flame wars and various toxic patterns (impersonation, unmoderable, troll-friendly) and was eventually shuttered. Quicktopic is still alive, BTW, and you can find old BB threads there.
Comment system 2: Native Movable Type. 2007-2012
Inline-comments on the same URL as the post. FLAT. Moderated by TNH, then Antinous.
Comment system 3: Disqus. 2012-2013
Inline-comments on the same URL as the post. THREADED. Sucky.
