You know I’ve tried everything that I can think of to spark some two-way convo here.

So now I’m ready to throw my latest salvo your way.  I just installed the “IntenseDebate” WordPress Plugin.  This is what it does for you/us:

IntenseDebate Comments enhance and encourage conversation on your blog or website. Custom integration with your WordPress admin panel makes moderation a piece of cake. Comment threading, reply-by-email, user accounts and reputations, comment voting, along with Twitter and friendfeed integrations enrich your readers’ experience and make more of the internet aware of your blog and comments which drives traffic to you!

Full comment and account data sync between Intense Debate and WordPress ensures that you will always have your comments.

In addition are the following features:

• Comment Threading

  Improve the conversation within the comment section and reply directly to an individual comment. Indented replies make following various conversations manageable.

• Reply-By-Email

  Respond to and moderate comments with ease via email, even if you’re on the go. Just because you’re away from your computer doesn’t mean the conversation stops.

• Email Notifications

  Commenters receive email alerts when a response to their comment is posted, linking them directly to the response. Add in reply-by-email, along with the option to subscribe to all comments and let the debate ensue!

• Commenter Profiles

  Commenter profiles let you and your readers learn more about each other. Watch the conversation go to new levels once you and your readers are able to get to know each other. Don’t forget, their universal profiles can be used on any site with IntenseDebate!

• Moderation/Blacklisting

  IntenseDebate offers some truly hardcore moderation options. Customize your settings to moderate by keywords, number of links, commenter email, and/or IP addresses.

• Reputation Points & Comment Voting

  Your readers will start to build their commenter reputations when they create an IntenseDebate account. Their reputation score is based on the quantity, and more importantly the quality, of the comments they’ve made across all sites with IntenseDebate. Bring the quality comments to the forefront.

• OpenID

  Your readers can post comments easily using their OpenID. They can tie their OpenID to their IntenseDebate profile so they won’t have to worry about remembering another set of login credentials.

So, you can all start off by commenting on this new feature.  Tell me how you like it.  NOW!!!

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