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Tip of the Week: Shares & Reactions

Hi, this is Amanda, the newest member of the Community Team.

Here, at Disqus, we are all about facilitating communication and fostering the growth of ideas. How can we help you maximize the movement of your bright ideas? We let you share your insights, with all of your favorite people, on the most popular platforms: Twitter and Facebook.

For example, if you post a comment about a topic that resonates with you, and you think it may strike a chord with your best friend or an online acquaintance, forget the copylink-paste-openemail-findcontactinfo-addwittysubject-send routine. Just share it, with Disqus, directly to your Facebook feed, Twitter feed, or both!

Once you’ve written your comment and you’re ready to share, look for the Twitter and Facebook icon in the bottom of the comment box.

Your followers will immediately know if they’re interested in the thread because the shared post will show an excerpt of your comment.

If you just want to share the post, look for the like button at the top of the thread.

As a publisher, you will love this feature. It’s a social sharing tool that propagates your site content across the web, without steering traffic away from your site. Each time a commenter shares their insight, their followers will be linked directly back to your site.

You can enable these Reactions through your site’s General Settings. This allows Disqus to display who’s been tweeting about your blog. Along these same lines, if you connect your Twitter account with Disqus, through the Services tab in your profile, you will get a mention every time someone shares a comment from your site. Alternatively, you can add your Twitter name to your account under General Settings.

What do you think, time to start sharing? We think so.