In reply to Jason Lemieux.

How would sites handle API issues? So, let's say you need to connect API to pull in/offer replies to tweets, from the WP comments. If the network has any kind of latency issue, is the impact to the site worth it?

The problem I've found with Livefyre and Disqus (moreseo Disqus) is the comment boxes either hang, or they run really slow, when you have social components added. If Twitter is down, I've seen it impact site load times because of the tweets pulled into comments (or, tweet boxes in sidebar widgets, for example).

Curious if there'd be a way to bypass this. Either way, having moved off Livefyre back to native WP for simplicity, I'd be loathe to reactivate social comments. But I know folks who would be, so curious about this. :)