Intense Debate Now a Part of Automattic
In: geek|wordpress
23
Sep
2008
The commenting software, Intense Debate, was acquired by Automattic today according an announcement on their blog. I’ve went on record to state my support for Intense Debate and their benefits over their main competitor, Disqus. Recently, I’ve been beta testing some of their newer features and I can definitely see the reasoning behind the acquisition. There are some exciting features coming!
Intense Debate has temporarily went back into private beta (which won’t affect current users), so you’ll need to wait a bit to create a new account. If you’re not familiar with Automattic, they are the parent company of great blogging software such as WordPress, Akismet, and Gravatar. Intense Debate adds a great commenting system to the fold and I can’t wait to see what becomes of the merged technologies.
Congratulations Intense Debate, I’m happy for you guys and will continue to show my support.
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View Comments to Intense Debate Now a Part of Automattic
Michael Koenig
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Thanks for your continued support Bwana. We're extremely excited about becoming an Automattic joint. We've got more comment goodness on the way! We owe our success in part to your awesome support and blog love. We couldn't have done it with out your feedback and help!
Thanks again!
Jon
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Many thanks!
Bwana
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
No, thank you for such great software. I'm really glad I remained loyal to ID.
barefootmeg
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 am
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Matthew Bennett
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 am
Wow, I'm just discovering this and it looks really great. It recognised me straight away on your blog Bwana. Have you any idea about how or if it works in any foreign languages yet?
Matthew Bennett
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi Bwana, nice blog! I 've just discovered this and it looks like a great commenting system.
Bwana (Bwana)
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
New blog post: Intense Debate Now a Part of Automattic http://tinyurl.com/4a9gx2