Intense Debate Now a Part of Automattic

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.

Post written by Bwana

Tags: acquisition, akismet, automattic, company, gravatar, intense debate, intensedebate, wordpress

http://intensedebate.com/people/michael Michael Koenig

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!
http://intensedebate.com/people/michael Michael Koenig

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!
http://intensedebate.com/people/jon Jon

Many thanks!
http://intensedebate.com/people/jon Jon

Many thanks!
http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 Bwana

No, thank you for such great software. I'm really glad I remained loyal to ID.
http://intensedebate.com/people/bwana18751 Bwana

No, thank you for such great software. I'm really glad I remained loyal to ID.
http://intensedebate.com/people/barefootmeg389 barefootmeg

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http://intensedebate.com/people/MatthewBennett Matthew Bennett

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?
http://intensedebate.com/people/MatthewBennett Matthew Bennett

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?
http://intensedebate.com/people/MatthewBennett Matthew Bennett

Hi Bwana, nice blog! I 've just discovered this and it looks like a great commenting system.
http://intensedebate.com/people/MatthewBennett Matthew Bennett

Hi Bwana, nice blog! I 've just discovered this and it looks like a great commenting system.
http://twitter.com/Bwana/statuses/931975542 Bwana (Bwana)

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