In reply to BobWP.

I was one of the folks who recommended the cookies for comments plugin. It works like a dream doesn't it? Especially when you have it set to just discard spam comments before they ever reach Akismet.

The reason for uploading comments was probably due to the synchronization that has to occur when you first turn on Disqus.

Glad to hear you're sticking with the native solution and the plugin is working for you. As for comments dwindling, no plugin or service is going to magically make comments appear.