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Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Michael Koenig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:12:34 -0000

Andrew, I tried responding to your comment a couple of times last night about me stopping by here, but I'm not seeing it here.

Anyway, it's my pleasure stopping by - gotta read the comments, it's what IntenseDebate is all about! When you get a chance please check out IntenseDebate comments and give it a try. We've got a good thread going on our blog right now under our latest post (http://intensedebate.com/blog). Let me know what you think and how we can improve it (support@intensedebate.com).

I'm with you about the comments here...of course I'm biased but I'd love to see mashable using IntenseDebate.

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Jitendra — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:22:03 -0000

Andrew,

We leave the comment management to the blog and other social media platforms. We provide ratings, reputation and universal profile service..That being said, we do provide an out of the box threaded comment template. Take a look at CrunchGear that keeps you comments in your own repository and avoids any SEO implications.

Thanks,
Jitendra

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Andrew Warner — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:14:32 -0000

Jitendra how do you guys compare to the other commenting systems?

I just checked out the blog post you linked to. The comment form looks like a typical comment form. I didn't see room for video comments (which I've become hooked on, as you can see). I didn't see threaded comments.

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Jitendra — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:55:38 -0000

Hey Adam,

How are you?

Our take on it

http://blog.sezwho.com/blog...

-jitendra

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Andrew Warner — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:26:25 -0000

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Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Michael Koenig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:35:50 -0000

It's my pleasure Andrew - gotta read the comments, it's what IntenseDebate is all about! Seriously though, give ID a try and see if it's what you have in mind. If it's not please let me know and send me your feedback to support@intensedebate.com. Thanks!

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Michael Koenig — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:31:46 -0000

It's my pleasure Andrew - gotta pay attention to the comments, it's what IntenseDebate is all about! Seriously though, give ID a try and let me know if it's what you had in mind. If it's not please send me some feedback at support@intensedebate.com. Thanks!

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Andrew Warner — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:23:37 -0000

Hey Michael, one more question:

Can I use video video comments with your plugin? As you can see, I like video comments. ;-)

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Andrew Warner — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:22:09 -0000

Michael: That's cool of you to read these comments and respond!

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Michael Koenig — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:48:25 -0000

You've got a good point Andrew. That's one of the goals of IntenseDebate - to give you the platform to voice your opinion and engage in a conversation that's organized and manageable. We're always looking to improve IntenseDebate and we love feedback, so let me know if there's a way for us to improve.

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Michael Koenig — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:37:18 -0000

Where your comments are stored is definitely a common concern Wayne. One of the main features of our new WordPress plugin (to be released shortly) addresses that issue. Without divulging too much detail, let me just say that the new IntenseDebate plugin will feature full data synchronization where you will always have your comments no matter what. Sorry I can't say more, I don't want to spill the beans just yet, but I think you'll be impressed.

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

matt — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:08:12 -0000

good insight - couldn't agree more . Was thinking a comment system that posts comments to selected stories automatically ... what do you think?

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Andrew Warner — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:54:52 -0000

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Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Wayne Smallman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:08:29 -0000

That's really what I'm hoping for, because if IntenseDebate does become part of the standard install of WordPress, that'll solve one major problem for me with these commenting systems and that's having the comments on my blog stored somewhere else...

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Christian Cabuay — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:06:45 -0000

I use Disqus but if ID was in WP core, that would rock.

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Adam Ostrow — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:04:38 -0000

what makes you think that? While I think they are the best right now, it could really impede their growth opportunity if WordPress migrates all their blogs to IntenseDebate. On the other hand, it could mean Disqus will quickly be scooped up by either Six Apart or Google (Blogger).

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

nikpay — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:10 -0000

I think this is also a great news for Disqus while some might think otherwise

Re: Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate to Shake Up the Commentsphere

Wayne Smallman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:55:09 -0000

If you look at the related article thing they were talking about, and now this purchase, I'd say WordPress is edging towards being a full-blown social network.

If that is the case, it makes sense to do so incrementally, rather than in one painful push.

I certainly look forward to a proper commenting system on Blah, put it that way...