3rd party commenting systems vs native?

[NoahsDad]

I'm curious what you all think about using a 3rd party commenting system (like Disqus) vs the native wordpress commenting system?

I've read so many reviews online it makes my head spin, so I wanted to see if any of you have any experience, or perhaps some trusted case studies.

I was using the native comment system for a while, and then tried out Disqus; which seems to be good, but I'm not sure if people know how to easily get notified of new comments. With the native system there was a check box that said "subscribe," plus I used a plugin to redirect a first time commenter to a welcome page, as well as sent an email to them. I feel like Disqus makes it harder for people to get notified on new comments.

However, I like giving people the ability to log in via different 3rd party channels (facebook/twitter/disqus, etc.) I know there are some 3rd party tools that allow you to do this on the native comment system as well. Any way, I'm just curious if anyone had any experience.

Also I'm assuming the audience makes a big difference. My target readership is mommy's and parents, and not necessarily a 'tech" one; so I want to make the ability to comment very simple and easy for them. That's key.  I'm sort of leaning on moving back over to the Wordpress comment system.

[jim_cetin]

I agree with you saying : as easy as possible! that's the key and in this instance,I wouldn't bother with external commenting systems.Keep it simple and let them comment directly on your site.

This will bring you many advantages in the long term.