After reading this, I've decided to return to the native WordPress commenting engine. I had no idea that Disqus cataloged, cross-indexed and obviously monetized its users to such a degree, and while I personally won't stop using it myself, I won't subject my readers—as few as they are—to such intrusiveness.
If you'd like to me return to Disqus (there is a certain convenience in it, after all), let me know since at this point I haven't removed it from the site, I've just deactivated it…
Can never locate where I've jotted down my Discus password. Please don't judge me to harshly;-)
I signed up in order to comment on Towleroad and kept forgetting my password…. so I stopped commenting on Towleroad.
I can't leave comments on JMG any more; disqus never loads for me and knocks me off the internet connection. 🙁
I have disqus for JMG and will keep it for that reason. Disqus does allow you to include photos and video.