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  mfruchter

  5 months ago

  Like the other posters, the new standard for me is Disqus. If a blog does not have Disqus installed, I'm very hesitant to leave a comment. I only comment on FF and blogs that have Disqus. My factors for leaving a comment are the same as yours, topic, community, and showing support for the author/poster.
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  Michael Koenig

  5 months ago

  Shey, excellent post. It's helpful to know how you comment across the web using various services. I want to give you the heads-up on some enhancements to our IntenseDebate/FriendFeed integration. Comments you make in FriendFeed will sync with your IntenseDebate profile and comment history. This feature isn't live yet (and no one else knows about it), but we will be rolling it out either this week or next week. I'll keep you posted.
  
  Cheers,
  Michael Koenig
  IntenseDebate
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  Shey

  5 months ago

  Michael, thanks for stopping by. That is great news! Looking forward to it
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  Daniel Ha

  5 months ago

  Having arbitrary comments made on FF in your ID profile sounds pretty messy (and out of context). I think it'd be more ideal to push posts made from FF to the original blog. That's why we need some sort of commenting standard to follow. :)
  
  I think we're all getting closer to establishing something. Let's see it happen!
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  Shey

  5 months ago

  I think the ultimate goal should be comments going all ways between the blog posts, third-party services and the commenting system.
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  Daniel Ha

  5 months ago

  Oh yes. Agreed.
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  Rahsheen

  5 months ago

  I pretty much follow the same basic "rules." I can't stand commenting on blogs that don't have Disqus. I haven't run into an Intense Debate blogs yet (so I'm probably missing something).
  
  A lot of things I comment on, I only saw because of a FriendFeed discussion, so I will go back there to comment.
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  Shey

  5 months ago

  It's definitely a hassle commenting on blogs that don't have an easy to use commenting system.
  
  There are only a couple blogs I visit regularly that have Intense Debate -- I hope it becomes more widely adopted.
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  Shey

  5 months ago

  I should also add that it depends on which discussion I want to join.
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  JCunwired

  5 months ago

  More often than not, its the comments on FriendFeed that make me want to go to the source.
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  Julian Baldwin

  5 months ago

  Disqus increases my chances of commenting but is not the ruling factor. Mark Dykeman of Broadcasting-Brain doesn't use Disqus but I enjoy joining the conversations he starts and thus doesn't prevent me from doing so. As more people learn of Disqus and understand the convenience factor, it should be harder and harder not to install it.
  
  As far as commenting on FF versus the blog, I'll generally go for the blog first to pay the utmost respect for the writer taking time to share their thoughts. I comment on FF if someone shares something, writes a message or a particular blog entry demands a response that wouldn't fit into the conversation on the blog (less likely circumstance). This is how I've been participating anyway, much could change as I'm in the early stages of understanding my own user patterns and habits.
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  wvrearvumirr

  5 months ago

  My commenting isn't limited to social networks. I have such a hard time finding content I feel moved enough to comment on, so once I am moved to do so...away I go :)
  
  (so bored with the political wave I could almost stop surfing alltogether for a while)
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  Shey

  5 months ago

  Thanks for stopping by.
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