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2017-09-26
I could confirm the results posted by Ayush Sharma (and featured on HN) regarding the large performance hit a website takes when loading Disqus comments, apparently because they collaborate closely with some user-tracking ads company.
This page, for example, loads 10 times slower when tested with GTmetrix (not sure how objective this is): 0.7 seconds vs. 7.2 seconds.
This is quite a lot, and the over 70 redirects they generate, e.g. to the following domains, are certainly not helping:
https://aa.agkn.com
https://beacon.krxd.net
https://cm.g.doubleclick.net
https://d.agkn.com
https://dpm.demdex.net
https://e.nexac.com
https://ei.rlcdn.com
https://i.liadm.com
https://ib.adnxs.com
https://idsync.rlcdn.com
https://io.narrative.io
https://licensebuttons.net
https://loadus.exelator.com
https://p.adsymptotic.com
https://pippio.com
https://pixel.tapad.com
https://pm.w55c.net
https://rc.rlcdn.com
https://secure.insightexpressai.com
https://sp.adbrn.com
https://stags.bluekai.com
https://staticxx.facebook.com
https://sync.mathtag.com
https://tags.bluekai.com
https://usermatch.krxd.net
https://www.facebook.com
https://x.bidswitch.net
https://x.dlx.addthis.com
This is on top of all the privacy and security implications, and since nobody comments here anyway I will just disable them.
If you absolutely need to tell me I’m wrong, you can just write an e-mail :-)
