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And why wouldn't WordPress do this? I don't understand Fred Wilson's comment about hoping WP doesn't play favourites. That's an argument for Disqus's survival rather than the good of the WordPress community and platform.
What I love the most is being able to deal with comments from my email box -- reply, approve, delete, all that. I was really distressed when I heard that Intense Debate had been acquired, because I would much rather see the competition continue between ID and Disqus on equal footing. I also don't want lockin to Intense Debate when I'm happy using Disqus.
Now, they just have to get the comments formatted for lame BB browsers and I'll be totally 100% satisfied.
of people have speculated that the main reason Wordpress avoided
Disqus could be that it was more expensive. I don't know whether
that's the case or not.
I'm betting the Mullenweg and the WP team aren't shelling out huge dollars for Intense Debate, and Disqus would rather get acquired by a media giant like TimeWarner a few years down the road for 30 million.
Just getting edged out in WordPress doesn't preclude Disqus from getting integrated with newspapers, Cnet, or any of the other huge media platforms out there. And they have good connections.
However, for hosted WordPress, lots of bloggers are very precious about 'ownership' of comments and I think including Intense Debate in core wordpress.org would meet with strong resistance (and would be a mistake).
I can also see objections from WordPress.com users that may force Automattic to make Intense Debate a configurable option.
Disqus already has a tightly integrated WP plugin and is widely used on many blogs (including WordPress) so I don't think the picture is that bleak for Disqus.
Competition is good and keeps everyone on their toes.
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