IntenseDebate and Disqus are the main two third party commenting systems for Wordpress blogs that add a whole lot more features effortlessly on your part.
Today, IntenseDebate (owned by Automattic, the same company behind Wordpress), has just rolled out new features. Commentators can now easily create their own poll, and embed their own YouTube videos, add smiles, among other features.
One of the main advantages Disqus (used on this blog) has is the ability for users to login with Facebook Connect where the comments also appear in the commentators newsfeed, which has the capacity to go viral.
I recently contacted Intense Debate and they told me they have no current intention of adopting Facebook Connect.
Another big advantage Disqus has is they’ve just announced a partnership with Ubervu, which will bring comments made on other sites such as Digg back to your own blog, further encouraging conversations on your own blog. Mashable has an exclusive preview of this new feature, but will be available to everyone fairly soon. Disqus just told me that they will release it to the general public soon.


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