Comments on: “Intense Debate” On Blog Comments “Automattic”-ally Ended

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:19:46 +0000

It looks like It is compatible with commentluv My recent post TRX Straps

By: Tom@Going Green

Tom@Going Green — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:17:25 +0000

Automattic is great, I have always loved them. That's awesome how they acquired Intense Debate. I'd never heard of them before, but in any case, it seems the merger will be beneficial to both parties. Tom@Going Greens last blog post..Quick Tip: Buy Food Locally!

By: Justin@Airsoft Rifles

Justin@Airsoft Rifles — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:32:11 +0000

That would be bad if they eliminated choices. Even if something may be better, it’s good to have the freedom to be able to go with whatever you want.

By: TheSpot-er

TheSpot-er — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:59:39 +0000

@Dennis – nothing yet, but looks like with the purchase described here there is a big possibility (although it is just a speculation at this time) of changes to comment system.

@Suebliemly – agreed. We can only hope that freedom of choice if left to us. Here is quote from Matt:

Going forward, the plan is to keep Intense Debate available as a platform-agnostic independent service, much like Akismet. We’ll start to integrate its features into WordPress core… as appropriate

We can only hope that “as appropriate doesn’t mean leave us without choices. I’m all for threaded comments, reply to comment, reply via email etc but how I do voting and integrate global reputation should be a choice I make. That would be best outcome for all.

Although what I wanted to say by this article – integration of service by default – makes it hard for other people to compete in this space. Most users will choose the easy road and not even investigate the options.

By: TheSpot-er

TheSpot-er — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:55:03 +0000

Those points are exactly the reasons I have chosen the SezWho and while I see the move by Automattic and acknowledge it I do hope your system can co-exist and give us choices!

By: Sueblimely

Sueblimely — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:03:14 +0000

I use Sez Who but only because it allows me to keep my comments on my own server. The SEO issue is a concern too when using outisde comment systems.

Although not keen to use third party systems myself I do not like the idea of freedom of choice being taken away so I hope the ID integration still allows WP users to choose other comment providers. Some of these offer forms of social networking and ways for others to find your site. With so many using WP these will suffer and there will be less inclination for new and hopefully more advanced commenting systems to be developed.

By: Jitendra

Jitendra — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:47:11 +0000

Benwaynet,

some of the guys do sync it back into the WP DB but the issue really is why deal with issues like double indexing, embedded iframe that takes the SEO juice from your site etc. by having your comments hosted elsewhere.

We at SezWho believe that conversation belongs to the site where its happening and moving comments away from the context of the conversation is just not the right thing to do…That is really why we didn’t build a content management system, a spam filtering system etc. Instead we are focussed on covering conversation across social web that includes posts, comments, wikis, bulletin boards, and all other manifestation of social media.

Thanks, Jitendra

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:21:54 +0000

I definitely missed something. What’s happening with the WP comments?

By: TheSpot-er

TheSpot-er — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:30:16 +0000

Andy,

You and me both While I’m willing to give up the keywordLuv usage – CommentLuv plugin needs to work Thanks for your plugin!

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:05:56 +0000

I just hope that their commenting system is compatible with CommentLuv! it should be ok, I got it working with haloscan. I'm interested to see how intense debate integrates to wordpress. I just hope it doesn't make things too complex to the new user. Andy Baileys last blog post..CommentLuv Update by popular demand!