I’ve been registered in DISQUS for years, but rarely comment using it, not because it’s clunky, but mainly because I don’t want my comments spread all over the Internet. I never feel any affinity or friendship with random strangers on sites supported by DISQUS unlike on FR.
I ran the President Trump Channel on DISQUS from 2015 to 2020 until we were deplatformed. 275k followers. There was plenty of affinity and friendship but the platform impeded every aspect of that.