On: Replacing Disqus with GitHub Comments

[dbrgn]

I was quite amazed at the number of trackers listed. But on my own blog, where Disqus is used, I never see most of them. The only domains loaded are from disqus or Google Analytics.

Any idea what causes the difference?

[cdubzzz → dbrgn]

Here is a similar breakdown for your blog: https://tools.pingdom.com/#!/cW9edn/https://blog.dbrgn.ch/20...

I see many, though certainly not all, of the same trackers there. Also yours seems to load much faster even with all the trackers.

[dbrgn → cdubzzz]

Interesting, Domains like connect.facebook.net or rc.rlcdn.com don't show up in the Chromium network connection list, even in an anonymous session (so that all extensions are disabled).

Found this: https://blog.disqus.com/protecting-users-privacy-on-disqus My browser didn't send a DNT header with the request though. The blogpost seems to be a bit of a joke when comparing it to the list of trackers reported by pingdom.

I'll definitely look for a Disqus replacement :)

[dbrgn → dbrgn]

Looks like cookies / tracking is configurable, but on-by-default: https://tmp.dbrgn.ch/screenshots/20170422180405-741vsvai.png (screenshot from the config UI)