Case Study: Raw Story achieves safer, more engaging community discussions with Disqus

Raw Story drives 1.3M monthly engagements with Disqus

Raw Story, a news site with over six million monthly readers, faced the challenge of fostering a lively but safe commenting community around its polarizing political content. They needed to prevent the spread of misinformation and trolling without making their forums sterile. To address this, they partnered with Disqus and implemented its Disqus for Business service.

The Disqus for Business solution provided advanced moderation tools, custom reactions, and content recommendations. This allowed Raw Story to safely manage its community while driving significant engagement. The results were substantial, with the publisher now averaging 1.5 million comment views, 450k comment readers, and 1.3 million total engagements per month. Raw Story credits Disqus with creating a safe, intuitive environment that has taken their site to the next level.

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