Livefyre, a commenting platform used by TechCrunch and other websites, is announcing that it has acquired social curation startup Storify. …
“Not only will we be keeping the great Storify product and brand completely intact, we will be investing in both moving forward,” [Livefyre founder and CEO Jordan Kretchmer] said. “That means that there will always be a free version of Storify as we work to continue to grow the Storify community, just as there has always been a free version of Livefyre.”
12 December 2017:
What changes are being made to Storify.com?
Unfortunately, Storify will no longer be available after May 16, 2018.
When will my content on Storify be removed?
After May 16, 2018, Storify.com accounts and their content will no longer be accessible
A few days ago we decided to make some changes to our website. We have changed our Livefyre commenting system to WordPress comments. In this blog, we are going to enlist some reasons behind this replacement. For more detail visit our website.
LiveFyre is an all-new Experience Manager capability that lets you tap into everything shared on the web to create a constant flow of fresh and high-quality content on your own sites. LiveFyre later became a part of Adobe Experience Manager.
So excited to announce that @Livefyre has been acquired by @Adobe! It has been an honor to work with such an amazing team and investor group for the last 4+ years. I look forward to continuing to work with the team to build out our vision as leading social marketing platform, now with the resources and support of Adobe and the Adobe Experience Manager team. Big things to come!
Some initial press on the acquisition:
Fortune, Heather Clancy: What Adobe’s Latest Acquisition Says About the Future of Marketing
Inc Magazine, Christine Lagorio-Chafkin: Software Giant Adobe Gobbles Up a Content Startup
VentureBeat, Ken Yeung: Adobe acquires social engagement platform Livefyre
Livefyre is an all-new capability of Adobe Experience Manager that lets you find user-generated content, categorize that content, and share it to engage audiences.
After failing to login and or be able to type efficiently with different types of comment bubbles, I decided to stop whistling into the wind and leave my thoughts here.
Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking site, which, unfortunately does not have a native or built-in comments system. If you want to be able to add a comments feature to your blog, you will have to look into third-party commenting systems like Disqus, Livefyre, IntenseDebate and more. But, with so many services to choose from, which one is the best? Which one should you go with?
Appearance
You can base your choice on how these commenting systems look like. For instance, both Livefyre and IntenseDebate make it clear from the get-go that even guests can comment if they want to whereas, with Disqus, you will have to click on 2 textboxes before you can see the checkbox that will allow you to comment anonymously.
Reviews
Searching around will reveal multiple reviews for these commenting systems. Some will be in favor of one service while others will only have negative things to say about a particular plugin so it’s up to you to decide which of these reviews you will believe in.
What works on Tumblr?
This is the most important question of all. Even if you like how a particular comments system looks or even if you find yourself drawn to a particular service, it wouldn’t matter in the least if you can’t get it to work on your Tumblr blog. For instance, I initially wanted to install IntenseDebate on my blog since I liked the way that it looked. Unfortunately, the codes for the aforementioned plugin refused to work no matter what I did. This led me right back to Disqus.
Choose Disqus for Tumblr
If your chosen Tumblr theme already includes the Disqus codes, then do yourself a favor and just go with this commenting system. It will save you so much time, hassle and trouble. For instance, Tumblr themes like Rustelia, Weiss Zima and Mystic Summer already have the Disqus codes so all you have to do is create an account on the Disqus site then get the shortname, which you can then add to your Tumblr blog.
Regardless of that, I thought I’d go with IntenseDebate anyway and I wish I hadn’t because I spent so much time trying to get it to work and reading everything about it only to end up with nothing at all for all my efforts.
But, when I tried Disqus, I didn’t have any problems at all. It worked perfectly fine on my blog and only took me a few minutes to configure and install. So, if you’re looking for quick, easy and hassle-free, then just go with Disqus for Tumblr. There’s no need to give yourself a hard time or try to stress yourself out.
Notes:
-Info contained herein is subject to changes/updates without prior notice
-YouTube video features the aforementioned commenting system
