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Each day we wake up and we are faced with choices.  The decisions we make regarding these choices either leads to a fulfilled life or an average one.  One day at a time time, we either develop a life of excitement and anticipation or we build a life of apprehension and worry.<br><br>Spending every evening in front of a TV screen passively being told what to think / buy typically leads to the latter!<br><br>You choose to focus 100% of what you are best at Robert - and that's being 'The Scobleizer.'  As Dvorak mentioned to me a few days ago; \"Scoble's a natural Jim, of course people will follow him.\"<br><br>Every new online service or product you explore and comment on is helping you deliver the kind of content that people like me need.  I am a tech user and a tech blogger - BUT I also own and run a very successful marketing compan. 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Please stay focused on technology!<br><br>These new social media make the people bring up so much noise, simply because it's technically possible. I see no difference in Twitter or Friendfeed.<br><br>Please no more tagging, hyperlinks and additional information! I am missing the good old technology magazines on paper, because they didn't have distracting hyperlinks which always give me the feeling to miss something.<br><br>I hope they still exist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_06:50:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "0192f268c6e875bc332855a19e65993b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob sounds like he should be reading me and not you. I wonder about what excites you as well sometimes. Let's discuss in front of the camera today at the WorkFast rehearsal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:29:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "1190df7c78fbff35808d1c9ef2876819", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BEST line of the entire post:<br><br>\u201cThere is value in staying ignorant.\u201d<br><br>May I \"borrow\" that? Or quote you?<br><br>Best analogy is comparing a typewriter to a computer.<br><br>Let's add to this - that Bob would not have been able to ask you<br>that question so easily if he was still implementing \"old school\" ways<br>of sending mail through a mail carrier after putting a stamp on it &amp;<br>mailing it to you, hoping you'll send him a reply back in the mail where<br>ONLY he would be able to enjoy your response - as opposed to your blog<br>where millions have the opportunity to not only READ your reply - but add<br>their $0.02 to it as well.<br><br>If it's an \"utter bore\" to hear what your market has to say - then I say -<br>HooRah for all of us who \"get\" new media marketing, social networks, and<br>care enough to participate with their clients &amp; prospects.<br><br>Perhaps finding the perfect answer to this question isn't the right strategy.<br>Rather it's finding the better question to this dilemma, such as,<br><br>\"If you're a copy writer, who wants to write relevant sales copy,<br>how can you possibly do that, if you don't even know what's<br>relevant to your market?\"<br><br>And it's not just teenagers and the \"20-somethings\" who are using this<br>technology. I have more baby-boomer clients than ever, because they are<br>doing their search on the internet - and find me there more than they find<br>me from my published book on new media marketing.<br><br>Perhaps I'm answering the \"Motivation\" question that is the underlying<br>question of Bob Bly's written question.<br><br>Afterall, who would you rather do business with?<br>Someone who wrote a book about a need you have, or someone who wrote a book AND had a blog with videos on it, and who<br>you knew because you went out to dinner with him/her?<br><br>That's all \"Twitter\" really is - a place where people can socialize with<br>their prospects for them to get to know them better, just like they did<br>\"way back when\" when sales were conducted face-to-face, belly-to-belly,<br>on a golf course, or at a bar, instead of \"over the internet\".<br><br>Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, are all ways to stay connected with<br>what's going on in the world, stay connected with your clients, prospects<br>and the marketplace to see the trends happening.<br><br>As for the fact that Bob says he doesn't have a cell phone or any of these<br>other social networking profiles, and \"gets along fine without them\" - my question would be, if you want to \"get along fine\" then fine - stay that way.<br>But if you want to get better than fine, and attract more raving fans who do<br>your marketing and sales FOR you - then you may want to have a presence<br>in the new media marketplace - if you want to stay relevant.<br><br>Well that's my $1.40 for ya.<br><br>NOTE:<br>Those who are \"in the know\" about Twitter will get the humor of that last<br>sentence. Again - being relevant and knowing how to speak the right<br>language - an important quality for any copy writer on the net. IMHO :)<br><br>Coach Deborah Cole Micek<br>Author of Secrets to Online Persuasion<br><a href=\"http://RPMsuccess.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://RPMsuccess.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "6adfcfd4b8a1e0a1f8c5714545d57402", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As to the comment that Mr Bly started his blog AFTER his comment on blogging, that is simply not accurate. It was the first comment ON his blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-29_09:02:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "57178176739b36b0415416cfebbba258", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmm.  Looking at my comment again, I realize it's unclear.<br><br>Bob made a solid point in his original letter to Scoble.  His followup comments reveal an argumentative attitude towards a respected person.  I've lost respect for him, which means I plan to avoid his work from now on.  Might be good stuff, but I personally don't put up with that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-29_00:22:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "6588c82bd645c78b2a952c2950cc0a20", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob Bly's just lost this reader, alas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-29_00:17:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "6588c82bd645c78b2a952c2950cc0a20", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Technology is great for a number of reasons, including productivity and connecting with others.<br><br>At the end of the day with all things said and done......here's the real true reason why we should use technology:<br><br>FROM: <a href=\"http://bullfrogsnbutterflies.blogspot.com/2008/05/power-of-mac.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bullfrogsnbutterflies.blogspot.com/2008/...</a><br><br>I dropped DH (dear husband) off at the airport last night for his 15 + 2 hour LA trip to Sydney, Australia. He is working over in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne for two weeks and then he heads to Malaysia and Singapore.<br><br>The girls and I miss him already!! I have to say though, I absolutely love my MacBook! DH landed a few hours ago safely and we just got done chatting via video iChat! I was sitting in my kitchen in suburbia Texas and he was at an Italian Cafe having a cappuccino outside in the heart of Sydney, Australia.<br><br>Isn't that incredible?? It's Sunday morning there...<br><br>Also, hubby's cell phone died and he wasn't at the hotel room so we communicated via our MacBook's! As an added bonus, DH already took some great pictures of his view from the hotel room and already uploaded them to Flickr. Now when the girls wake up in the morning I can show them pictures of where daddy is at on the AppleTV. It just keeps getting better...<br><br>Thank you Apple!<br><br><br>BTW...tell terrystorch from lifechurch.tv I said hello....hope the Google conference is going well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-29_00:15:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7dcc7a9f885baa573cbb8ab68ca0fc2b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Close Twitter and productivty goes on!! ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:10:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "dariosalvelli", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dario: now I understand why I got so much done last week. Twitter was down so much! Even now it's 2/3rds down. XMPP on Twitter isn't working, so Google Talk doesn't work. Heheh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:11:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excellent!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_05:43:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "3184371aa762369c943a8d8be2728d2b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert -<br><br>Great article that touches on some interesting and helpful productivity tips.<br>The letter from your reader sounds like he is truly bewildered by all of the excited talk about gadgets, Internet, and the hot web talk of the day. It is also good to remember that there are many more like him around every corner. I appreciated you spending the time with him and his thoughts in your article. I really did love this quote of yours - please allow me -<br><br>\"The real thing I\u2019ve been doing for more than eight years now is to try to arrange my life so that I have an interesting conversation every day with someone interesting.\"<br><br>Go Robert Go!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_05:50:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "ac3e0242170b2ce0b4a5d1ccb2300c48", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You really are brilliant and amazing, etc., etc., and I follow you just to inhale (twit-hale?) the genius of your mind, and your viral energy.  I look forward to seeing responses to your 'how would you...' from those who think they can improve upon your response.  I'm not one of those people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_05:54:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "d79bd353d66c504adaf4fba1b7cf4953", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Robert,<br><br>I guess the question is what do we want to accomplish?<br><br>for you, it is to network, and know the latest developments and gadgets in town.  All these are your tools of the trade.<br><br>The question is are we being productive ( or just amused) by following all these that you are doing -- if what we want to accomplish is different than yours?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_05:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "07c0d39aad525f3e09ac0b2b857fe9de", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great reply Robert!  I also get tangled up in similar kind of conversations.<br>Honestly, I have no idea why I get so excited about all the \u2018new new\u2019 things. I can\u2019t help it. Sometimes I get frustrated when I hear all the pragmatists.<br><br>But things change \u2013 laggards slowly \u2018gets it\u2019. For example, couple of year\u2019s back I was desperately trying to convince folks around me (clients, friends etc.), about the great power of blogging. Now (almost) everyone gets the concept. Blogging is \u2018mainstream\u2019 now.<br><br>Nowadays when I try to convince someone about Twitter or Freindfeed \u2013 I get the same reactions I used to get during the early blog-evangelism days. Here goes an real chat transcript (just happened yesterday)<br><br>she: @tweet = chat<br>me: nope<br>she: yes<br>me: 1st major difference is - Twitter is asynchronous - chat is a synchronous medium. Following your definition -  blog comments are also a chat<br>she: Comment for blog is discussing about post<br>me: that's contextual - same in microblogging - no? the difference is - the initial context is 140 char OR context is defined somewhere else<br>she:  don\u2019t tell people come for just microblogging  many r personal tweets<br>me: isn't that the soul of conversational web - what mainstream calls Web 2.0? Mixing all up?<br>And it goes on\u2026.<br><br>To reply your question \u2013 my answer to any technophobic, \u2018I-am-happy-with-my-non-digital-life\u2019 type person is a one liner:<br> Thank goodness not all people think like you; otherwise mankind wouldn\u2019t even invented fire \u2013 forget about Blackberry!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:03:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "264c2cc31e1388dd4620eba37df92fe2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;The question is are we being productive ( or just amused) by following all these that you are doing \u2014 if what we want to accomplish is different than yours?<br><br>I think I don't bristle so much at just wanting to do something else other than trying to be up to date on everything, but rather the celebration of remaining ignorant or behind the times.<br><br>I can understand not having a cell phone, or not understanding the benefits of the latest shiny object, but if Bob had said \"I'm interested in finding out if there's any benefit for me, here's what I'm trying to accomplish\" then maybe I'd have a better reaction.<br><br>Instead the tone of his letter is \"I'm done learning and all you guys talking about all this newfangled stuff are stupid for using these new tools when I'm plenty productive with my old-fashioned typewriter.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:05:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob is right and your post is are far too long for the few things that I could learn from it. I nearly subscribed to your RSS feed for this blog, but again I didn't. Please don't bother with your train of thought, just the results please. The reason why I don't use Twitter is that the knowledge has not yet settled. Too much communication and to few beef.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "0192f268c6e875bc332855a19e65993b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joining Dots: that's an awesome story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:31:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm an oldie that can't 'grasp' all of the new-fangled stuff out here in the ether. But I absolutely love following your posts and links on twitter. Checking out your photo's on Flickr etc. I feel that I'm being educated by an expert, and to be quite honest, I can't for the life of me work out how you find the time to do ALL that you do.<br><br>Whatever YOU want out of life. I hope you get it. There must be few more deserving cases based on pure EFFORT!<br><br>(Your fingers must be bionic).<br><br>Pete.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:31:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "014e8d024a4b9e03046892b321d12cbc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"It seems to me that all these things \u2014 Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr \u2014 are a thundering bore and an utter waste of time.\"<br><br>Here's an example to show that they are not:<br><br>\"On a game drive one morning, the ranger stops his car in front of a herd of antelopes and whips out a camera. \"I have never had a Coke's Hartebeest on Flickr,\" he says, taking a picture... Before he finishes tagging and naming his pictures one Sunday in April, there are already adoring comments from a woman in the United States about his pictures of cheetah cubs.\"<br><br>A wildlife park in Kenya, suffering a lack of funds due to the collapse in tourism, raised $40,000 in March through online tools such as blogging and Flickr. A waste of time? I don't think so.<br><br>Full post - <a href=\"http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/life-death-and-twitter-in-africa.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/life-de...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:30:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "768aafe22a415f499cfc11f51c58cede", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705831": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't wait to hear what the results of the Dogster interview are... I used to be dep ed of a technology blog and am now Dogs Trust's web editor. My job is largely to get us active and involved on social networking sites, including developing our own dog-owners community site (<a href=\"http://www.doggysnaps.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.doggysnaps.com</a>).<br><br>For me it would be impossible to achieve my work goals without all these tools but it would now be unthinkable to achieve personal goals without them because I'm so accustomed to this world. And still I'm learning about a new tool, site or interesting gadget every day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:30:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "a8a58e593a39140c2d924305b935a9fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Productivity is a very personal subject.<br><br>Sometimes I go completely off-the-grid with just my Moleskine notebook and a pencil to a nearby caf\u00e9 and do my brainstorming. And yes that productive too. But when someone says \u2013 I don\u2019t even need a mobile phone, I wonder, what\u2019s the exact job description of the dude in this connected, conversation-driven world?<br><br>Well, it\u2019s OK to ask \u2013 \u2018why you guys are after shiny new things always?\u2019  I admit \u2013 I drank the kool-aid. I love trying out new things. You might get your kicks from the soccer game or soap opera, and I get mines from latest gadgets and web apps, anything wrong with that?<br><br>But this guy\u2019s tonality is completely different. It\u2019s like re-incarnated Buddha\u2019s sermon, \u201cI figured out all of these \u2013 you silly kids\u201d. Duh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "264c2cc31e1388dd4620eba37df92fe2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CoachDeb: you're welcome to use anything I write. Thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:14:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We all suffer the same decisions about what to participate in, and what not to.<br><br>Until a year or so ago, I was very much a \"creator\" on the internet - I developed and supported several open source projects and websites... one of which has several thousand users. Eventually I made the decision to step back and start participating.<br><br>It's been fun. I've discovered people like yourself and Leo Laporte, and great services that make my life much easier like FriendFeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:18:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "b86a3f023344206e1afe3973a055d16b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Zoli: that's true, but WHO changes them IS optional. Sometimes. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_14:20:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow... does this make you think, Robert??? :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_07:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "b66ba27fe2bf43015eb6a83db2a74571", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It is good that Scoble has not lost the abilty to think and he is not totally blinded by twittery things.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_14:18:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "8153ef257a93cc5955e73fe92ec3a607", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob is a friend of mine so I have some bias on the subject, but I think what Bob is looking for is how social media and gadgets help a blogger/copywriter/author.<br><br>Not to say that he has no benefit in getting a facebook or twitter account (infact, I think Twitter is a great way for authors to sell books), but really, I think what Bob is missing is how SOME of this new technology is really about marketing more than anything.<br><br>Until you have a network of friends in social media, it's really hard for someone to understand the benefit.<br><br>As a copywriter, he doesn't necessarily need Google Docs or the latest cellphone to satisfy his copywriting clients. Everyone must stil use Microsoft Word in his client industry. If he had clients asking him to use Google Docs, he'd be using it by now.<br><br>And I think he might be probing you a little more than he is letting on in order to get a full response, as Bob has a blog and has copywritten, very well, on Internet marketing for some time now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-29_15:54:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "7382d5da1e554f6ffe8bf15f6216a170", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wonderful, well-written post.  Wish I had been able to read it earlier. How we define productivity is what it comes down to.  What you do is productive for you because you seem to enjoy doing it and it apparently 'pays the bills.'<br><br>I think is trying to figure out what you really like to do and even if it appears non-productive to others it is productive to you and for you.  I think 'time' is the element that we often overlook to figure that out for ourselves and our companies.  It just takes time!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_21:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "d147de4d16d4b5ba90ed570abb659592", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There can be tremendous value in \"ignorance.\" Ignorance of some things allows us to focus on other things that (for whatever reasons) matter to us more. We all choose to remain ignorant of a vast array of what's out there so that we can pursue the goals we've chosen. For Mr. Bly and many others, fast-paced technology and a participatory network doesn't seem to have value, while for a lot of us, it's very important despite the signal-to-noise ratio, because it's the future. Therefore, I remain ignorant of pencil design concepts. That's the past. But as your photo of the cemetery so poignantly illustrates, someone has to be caretaker of the past, while others architect the future.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:51:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "67db63489a61d9d115cba3e8349c4344", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Markus: I think we have a reading problem here. I can't help it if you can't read fast.<br><br>Hint: look for the links. That's where the value is for you.<br><br>Twitter has noise? Really? You don't say!<br><br>:-)<br><br>Why do you think I'm so into FriendFeed? Just read the posts I've \"liked\" if you don't want any noise. That's a very effective noise filter.<br><br>But, I really wish you'd go back and read this post and understand it. I wrote it for people like you.<br><br>Stop getting hung up on Twitter and RSS.<br><br>What do you want to accomplish with your life? Start there and we can have an interesting conversation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_06:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are two kinds of people when it comes to all these social media tools &amp; gadgets<br>- people who use these tools to lead a more interesting &amp; fulfilling life (aka normal people)<br>- people who obsess about the sheer newness &amp; the technology aspect of it (aka geeks and industry watchers)<br>Lets face it. SCOBLE IS A GEEK (with all due respect, by the way). It's his job to find out about the newest stuff &amp; gadgets. But for the majority of people (read: 99%), it would be utterly and completely useless to spend that amount of time &amp; energy on it.<br>I, for one, would choose drinking a glass of wine, going out with friends, and basically leading a fulfilling life EVERY SINGLE TIME to checking out the latest social networking start-up or mobile gadget.<br>But then again, I do obsess about other stuff, so everyone has his/her own demons....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:13:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "f7bb66366632ded3df123b6adffc4cb6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have do agree with the guy who wrote the letter. I'm using a notebook, and I'm even studying computer science, but these platforms are a huge time burner. They burn time en mass; because if you want to keep track with all of them you are quite busy just reading things; and a lot of them are not having any value...<br><br>Still there might be reasons why people are addicted to them but in general reading a good book or reading a documentation (to stay with reading) or speaking to people in real life is way better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:27:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "4e57eebbdc91c4519c70b654a1d32f31", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not all quantifiably productive experiences for everyone, in fact personal progress seems to come when people just do their thing, find their groove..... and if Bob prefers to find his groove without engaging with the Twitters and Flickrs of the world then I say - good luck, enjoy your free time (probably alot of it spent waiting for the post)....if on the otherhand like me productive means immediacy, fulfillment, collaborative insights then you can't do much better than the web (and said apps) right now...not right, not wrong, just whatever floats your boat...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:31:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "03830b1de8c317e52aeb799207aac854", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Christian:<br><br>If you read my book I wrote it on a computer. I blogged the book before it was sent to the editors. That made it a lot better quality. Hundreds of things were fixed by people around the world and new sources were suggested to us. Then the editor fixed it, using a computer, then it was sent to publishers using computers, etc.<br><br>You wouldn't have nearly as good a quality of books available if it weren't for computers.<br><br>Oh, and distributing paper is expensive, thanks, but no thanks, I'd rather read online.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:34:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is amazing...brilliant...spot on....you must be god. Just kidding. I read you regularly, but I don't drink the scoble kool-aid. Bob raises interesting questions and you insult him with the sarcasm of your response. Believe it or not, people can find and create value in their lives without iphones, facebook, twitter, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:44:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "b69d6eabf4be20cc347ddbdff37f076b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "David: OK, so how would you answer the question?<br><br>Insults are going all around. It's insulting to me to ask the question that way. I guess you are sticking up for ignorance. Have another beer!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:47:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What make is your new cell phone? I urgently need a new one, and I could imagine you would choose the best, since you look at a lot of fancy devices hitting the market.<br><br>So please tell!!! ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:49:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "43a4a9894980db1b2938216441edc83e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's my answer:<br><br>Mr. Bly,<br><br>It has nothing to do with the gadgets and applications and softwares. It's about the people that are using it. I have learned my lesson when Orkut came to Brazil and I thought it would be just like a breeze passing by. I have learned it once again when I chose Jaiku over Twitter and I had to backtrack.<br><br>All the gadgets are different means to reach different people, that may have something to learn from you, or to teach you, or that might simply want to have a conversation. They're tools, generally simple, but extremely powerful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_07:56:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "511b779db1bebeb45eb0613e49b5c602", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would say to Bob:<br><br>Scoble's column is to technology, what a Paris fashion parade is to clothing.<br><br>With both you get a hint of what's to come for \"real\" people. Sure everything is a bit puffed up and exaggerated. And the people involved in the industries seem more like creatures from another world than actual humans.<br><br>Of course, no real people will actually end up with objects that look like those up there under the noise of the camera flashes. Most people can't stand fashion parades (myself included) or the many dead ends that any innovation requires. It seems like an incredible waste of time and terribly unproductive to try all those different looks - just to discard 99% of them. But then look at how Scoble disarded Facebook. Will even FriendFeed last another season?<br><br>Most people just want to have a pair of pants that look OK and don't fall down. But if you are interested in the future of technology, information or business you might want to try from the Scoble range sometime. ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_08:06:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "fe736b0efe6aea70be55ff5fe4f58a12", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert: You say that your book is better because hundreds of people participated in its creation. This reminds me of a story. An ad agency pitching a new account promised the company owner that if he hired the agency, they would put 100 copywriters on his account. His reply: \"How about one GOOD one?\" Your premise is that a collaborative effort is necessarily better than the effort of a single mind concentrating on a problem for a prolonged period. I disagree with your premise. Remember the old saying: \"a moose is a cow designed by committee.\"<br><br>Also, your comment about copywriting shows you know very little about this craft. The type of software you write copy on has absolutely nothing to do with how persuasive or successful your copy is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_08:44:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705852": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm in the age range of people who generally don't use social media and don't use the internet heavily - and I'm finding some of my contemporaries more and more boring because of it.  Yes, there are people who keep learning and being interesting every day with an off-line centered life, but this is becoming much rarer.  For most fields, there isn't any way to gain as much information and knowledge as from being heavily on-line.  I'd be really interested in Mr. Bly describing how he does it - his website describes him as a \"landing page guru,\" on-line marketing specialist, and says \"He earned more than $700,000 last year from his freelance writing and Internet marketing.\"<br><br>This will undoubtedly sound snobby, but I think that this new age really has been aptly named The Age of Cognition.  It is not only being comfortable with on-line tools, but having the ability to learn how to filter, analyze, and synthesize masses of information that is going to  separate those who see the value in the richness of on-line content and those who are unable to use it effectively.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_08:49:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "997f6c4b8007263e2a2ba82a89ca6ca3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here goes:<br><br>Hey Bob<br><br>Isn't successful copywriting all about finding and pointing out something fresh, new, and interesting about a \"normal\" product, service, or solution? Something that will make that \"normal\" offering stand out from the clutter?<br><br>Now if you are uninterested enough to call iPods and the like \"useless gadgets\" and social networking sites \"endless blather\" how are you going to get on with \"finding and pointing out something fresh, new, and interesting\"?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Jay, from Bangalore<br><a href=\"http://ideaburger.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ideaburger.blogspot.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:06:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "17de9ade8d6eb7aca2b99cd092b5654c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Victoria: It's a matter of focus. There are dozens of aspects to the Internet -- from viral video and Twitter, to blogging and Instant Messaging. You cannot possibly master or keep up with them all. So I concentrate my attention in one area: profitably marketing information products on the Internet, for which the key tool is landing pages (see <a href=\"http://www.thelandingpageguru.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.thelandingpageguru.com</a>).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:12:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i wonder how many people looked at the writers homepage because of his letter.<br><br>quite a lot i think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:30:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6d767ad0b3ca5c740b3f4fc3dc35c04", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I reckon Tom Himpe hit the nail on the head.<br><br>It's part of Scoble's job, and he absolutely loves his job is all. And he enjoys it so much he spends a lot of \"non-work\" time doing it is as well.<br><br>Me? I'm a 99% guy (the normal type as Tom said)<br><br>I dip into Scoble and others blogs quite frequently, simply as \"latest tech news\".<br><br>At the moment i am completely ignoring Twitter and FriendFeed as I don't \"get\" them yet.<br><br>Maybe I will eventually, maybe I won't, but I know they are there.<br><br>I will say I thought Scoble's post was a little snooty and \"i'm smarter/better than you\" but that's what you get with him sometimes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:34:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "86bab5b9c5d1d5229ae69ce45faaa3bb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob: I know that the act of copy writing can be done on stone tablets, but if a copywriter is going to work with other people I think that Zoho might be a little more productive.<br><br>&gt;&gt;You cannot possibly master or keep up with them all.<br><br>I can. But even if I buy into your premise, I ask again, what is your goal in life? Is it marketing products? Well, then, ask Loic Le Meur or Gary Vaynerchuk which tools they use. I can already tell you: Twitter for keeping in touch with a wide number of people. Seesmic for communicating with them through video. Both also use Flickr for communicating via photography. Both also use Facebook for planning events (and <a href=\"http://Upcoming.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Upcoming.org</a> too). I see both on FriendFeed joining in conversations, too. Who's Gary? He runs a $50 million wine store in New Jersey.<br><br>Landing pages? That's so 1998. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:37:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;I will say I thought Scoble\u2019s post was a little snooty and \u201ci\u2019m smarter/better than you\u201d but that\u2019s what you get with him sometimes.<br><br>Hmm, yes, there is a little tone of that and I'm not going to apologize for it. If you're an Amish farmer who believes that technology is something to be avoided, you probably won't feel comfortable here, just like I wouldn't feel comfortable at one of their family meetings.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:39:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob, out of curiosity, have you checked the stats of <a href=\"http://www.bly.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.bly.com</a> after this Robert's post? I'd guess there's a spike in page views...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:40:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c30a8f8b7bd52f78f02a3cc5a8f2f4aa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705860": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;Your premise is that a collaborative effort is necessarily better than the effort of a single mind concentrating on a problem for a prolonged period. I disagree with your premise.<br><br>That's fine. Our book is better rated on Amazon than any other book about corporate use of blogging and it also outsold every other book about corporate use of blogging. Those are the things I cared about in the end.<br><br>We worked very hard on the book, interviewing 188 businesses about how they used blogs. But you can't plan for everything and one thing I've learned is that the bigger your audience the more likely there's someone in it that knows a lot more than you do.<br><br>That was certainly true when we put the book's chapters on our blog. One guy grammar corrected the whole book. Hundreds of people added their thoughts. One guy ripped us so hard we actually had him write a couple of pages in the final book. It was a dramatically better product for going through that process.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_09:44:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are so many holes in your arguments, I don't know where to begin. When I say \"you\" can't master all of these social networking fads and tech gizmos, I don't mean you personally: that's your job. I mean your readers, who have too much to do and too little time to do it. It's simple math: if spend 2 hours a day blathering online, that's 2 hours of work you don't get done. Also, if you think landing pages aren't relevant, how do you explain the outrageous success of Joe Vitale, Agora Publishing, University Publishers, Internet Marketing Center, Strategic Profits, and hundreds of other entrepreneurs who are making millions with them?<br><br>As for Gary, he has a retail location in a town near my office. So many factors other than social media drive traffic. For instance, there was a big feature article about him recently in the Record, the biggest daily newspaper serving our region (northern NJ). Only direct marketers (like the folks I mention above) can track their marketing ROI to the penny ... so they know better than anyone what works online and what doesn't.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:01:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;if spend 2 hours a day blathering online, that\u2019s 2 hours of work you don\u2019t get done.<br><br>Yup, agreed. I have a Fast Company column due and I'm not working on it right now cause I'm talking with you.<br><br>&gt;Also, if you think landing pages aren\u2019t relevant, how do you explain the outrageous success<br><br>I didn't say they aren't relevant. I was having a little fun with you. Something else came along in 1998. It was called Google. You should relax and smell the roses a little more.<br><br>Gary was also on Mad Money. His stores did $50 million a year BEFORE he got into social media. It may or may not work for you. But I don't get why you need to abuse those who decide it's for them. When you write \"It seems to me that all these things \u2014 Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr \u2014 are a thundering bore and an utter waste of time\" it seems to me that you've already made up your mind and that you feel that people like me are boring and wasting our time.<br><br>Seems like you can't take your own medicine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:06:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ignoring all the chest-thumping...Essentially Bob is 'wondering what he's missing' and I'd like to answer him; Robert tells us about the new stuff, we try it and see if we like it. It is a collaboration.<br><br>How do you know Twitter wouldn't improve your life if you don't try it first? Robert's enthusiasm/excitement is what helps lead us to the stuff that makes our lives better.<br><br>There's no point saying 'I won't like it' when presented with a new taste. Have a nibble and if you don't like it, wait a bit, Robert will present you with the next taste sensation. But if you don't try it, like my Mother said, you'll never know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:10:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "49e5d8ea308e0a6f1fadad3993236e9d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705864": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And as to two 'wasted hours'. The crux of the argument here is that you consider those two hours wasted, some consider those two hours well spent. Horses for courses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:13:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "49e5d8ea308e0a6f1fadad3993236e9d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "robert, i love your blog and think you're incredibly insightful. but i have to say, i think with this one, you're slightly off the mark.<br><br>twitter etc are great, useful tools, but those who think they're the end all _already_ fail to realize just how many people, like bob, haven't yet been evangelized. what i don't hear enough talk about from people with keen, forward-thinking minds like yours is how we create a truly inclusive community that takes into consideration the various different levels of immersion in web 2.0. there seems a to be a willful blindness on that subject, and it should be dissected with greater precision. it's the elephant in the tech world room.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:18:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "23d9ec6173c1e1198dc9a8db29bb6aa3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've stopped trying to explain why I enjoy being online and on social networks to people who don't get it. (Or why I have two iPods, a laptop, a cell phone, a digital camera and drool over the latest issue of Wired).<br><br>Trying to explain it to people who don't have that same passion? That is the real waste of time. ;)<br><br>Great article though Scoble, you had me at \"conversation\". And I think the people don't get it, don't realize the power of \"conversation\" with people you may never meet in person or really know that well. I adore it, other people just scratch their heads and yell, \"get off my lawn with your crazy rock and roll people.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:29:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "a256bd3b5cba6f673e75f964777c2004", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;those who think they\u2019re the end all _already_ fail to realize just how many people, like bob, haven\u2019t yet been evangelized<br><br>Alex, I don't think ANYONE is saying that Twitter is the end all. Heck, they can't even stay up for more than a few hours and, even today, many of their features are still turned off.<br><br>Also, when I get excited about something, that doesn't mean I expect that normal everyday people will also get excited about the same thing. Heck, most people will never care about RSS the way I do, but for a news junkie there's just no other way to do it.<br><br>This stuff takes time.<br><br>If we were back in 1977 we'd have had the exact same discussion about whether normal people would use personal computers or not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:29:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with Jill. Robert - the master chef - gives us a menu to choose from...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:29:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c30a8f8b7bd52f78f02a3cc5a8f2f4aa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is Bob Bly actually pulling our leg?<br><br>Read this comment, left over on FriendFeed, by BlogHer founder Elisa Camahort Page:<br><br>++++<br><br>A little historical context here: In late 2004 Bob Bly famously wrote a newsletter dissing the potential of blogging as a marketing &amp; communications tool, mocking it, some would say. Great link bait and blog fodder. He then, surprise surprise, started a blog himself. Talk about built-in attention &amp; controversy. Funny thing, he maintains that blog pretty actively to this day. I'd say he's planning to get on Facebook, Twitter etc. in about 2 weeks &amp; just wants to make sure people are paying attention ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:38:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Hmm, yes, there is a little tone of that and I\u2019m not going to apologize for it. If you\u2019re an Amish farmer who believes that technology is something to be avoided, you probably won\u2019t feel comfortable here, just like I wouldn\u2019t feel comfortable at one of their family meetings.\"<br><br>Robert, I wasn't talking about technology, just the way you put some things across. Your use of \"Why?\" as a 1 word question is particularly annoying IMHO, and the way you name drop people is very \"high-school\".<br><br>but hey, I still read your blog :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:41:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "86bab5b9c5d1d5229ae69ce45faaa3bb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;the way you name drop people is very \u201chigh-school\u201d.<br><br>This is the World Wide High School. Now, do you want to be taped to a tree? I can arrange that. :-)<br><br>Remember my goal: an interesting conversation every day with someone interesting. You won't get there if you don't name drop. Why? Something about interesting people. They want to know what other interesting people are thinking or who they are having lunch with.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:45:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt; This stuff takes time.<br><br>&gt;If we were back in 1977 we\u2019d have had the exact same discussion about &gt; whether normal people would use personal computers or not.<br><br>ain't it the truth. unfortunately, though, those of us in the media world don't have the luxury of just waiting for those who are \"behind\" to catch up...we actually have to think about different audiences and constituencies, and try to include them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:47:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "23d9ec6173c1e1198dc9a8db29bb6aa3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The reason I asked Bob about the stats was that somehow I felt this is his way of marketing himself and his services, getting attention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:51:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c30a8f8b7bd52f78f02a3cc5a8f2f4aa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Steve Rubel links to a bunch of things talking about the attention suck that we're all playing with here: <a href=\"http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/05/boomers-gen-x-d.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/05/boomers-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_10:55:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dear Bob,<br><br>I'm 62. Is that old? I got my degree in 1968 from a brick and mortar school, and did my graduate work 1972-1974 in another brick and mortar school. Is that old school?<br><br>I make my living with technology. Always have. I do not find it difficult to keep up. I do use social software, plus the gadgets you disdain. I also have time to walk the dog, play footsie with my wife, and entertain the grandchildren. Even sit on the couch and drink a beer.<br><br>I don't use social software to blather. I use it to communicate with my authors, to find people who know what they are talking about, and to keep up with trends. All very important to my success. Collaboration does in fact enable me to produce better knowledge and information products, and to do it faster. I don't have to know it all. I don't have to write it all. I do need to be smart enough to vet the information that my collaborators provide. My job and my goal is producing. My authors, my copy editor, a one-person production department, and I grind out an online magazine every week, and an e-Book every 2 to 3 months, plus a shelf full of dead tree editions. We serve a global community of 30,000 professionals, and we are adding to that number every day. We couldn't do that your way.<br><br>If you are happy with what you do and the way you do it, bully for you. Like Scoble says, it's all in your goals. If your goals are just big enough for one person to accomplish by working alone and with a minimum of technology, great. Mine are big enough that it takes more than me, and they would take more than 24 hours a day of my time if I went your route. I will guarantee you that I am both productive and happy, in both my business and my personal life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:00:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "909badd26d19b458dacc61c6a7d05de4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,  I follow you on twitter, in FC magazine to keep up on the latest trends in tech, and I thank you for all the work you do.  With that said, can I suggest  an answer to your questions at the beginning of your reply to Bob?<br><br>Yes, take a night off. Yes, change your childs diaper.  Yes, have a glass of wine with your wife and yes, go for a walk.  These things are truly important, more so than any facebook app or new cell phone OS.<br><br>To be honest with you Robert, when I get up in the morning here on the East cost and turn on my computer and see you and Mike Arrington still going at it on twitter, it kind of creeps me out.  It's OK to go to bed, we'll all be here in the morning, waiting for your insight on the world of tech.  Regards<br><br>It sometimes feels like you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:01:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d185ced6d58472c6d03ac6b4818f23c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mr. Scoble: I originally e-mailed you privately, suggesting you write a column that could help me and others like me understand what all the fuss is about. You were the one who chose to post it on your blog, thus making my private comments public, not me. So Tomi's notion that I did this to promote myself is incorrect, as is your implication that I did the same thing in blogging.<br><br>The truth is, I did and still do feel that blogging is greatly overhyped as a marketing tool. That's why I wrote my column. Not as some deliberate plot to get attention; at the time, I had no intention of starting a blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:12:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BilltheEditor: If you want to get into a pissing contest, I am 50, own and operate over 70 web sites, produce 2-3 new info products (e-books, audios, and DVDs) per month, have over 60,000 e-zine subscribers, write two weekly e-mail alerts, a monthly e-zine, columns for Target Marketing and Early to Rise, have made millions of dollars as a direct marketing copywriter (mainly direct mail and landing pages), give an occasional speech, and am the author of over 70 books with major NYC publishing houses (John Wiley, McGraw-Hill).<br><br>I do not own a cell phone, beeper, Blackberry, iPod, wireless laptop, or Bluetooth.<br><br>I do not use Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace. I do not particiupate in LinkedIn or any other online networking. And unless I am a speaker, I do not attend meetings or networking functions.<br><br>I occasionally do look on YouTube to relax at the end of my 12-hour work day by listening to jazz clips.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:21:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob, you young guys are always looking for a fight. I am not. I have work to do. Have a nice day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:26:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "909badd26d19b458dacc61c6a7d05de4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bill, you dear old hypocrit, you! You fired the first shot with your comment. I set some facts straight, and now you say \"I have work to do\" as if I don't. You truly crack me up. Thanks for the chuckle!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1eb1c0ed911f329d60e66dd5e63fb5b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob, I was relating to you what I accomplish with my use of technology. If your objective is to prove you have a bigger d**k, hey, you win. Happy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:34:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "909badd26d19b458dacc61c6a7d05de4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the brilliant article, I think it's a good story how we should think about things.<br>Everyone has a different point off view on topics, and this will continue forever. But I think it's always good to read someones thoughts and learn from each and another.<br>Thanks again.<br>cheers", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:45:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "055042337b0100d9f53d651da552b69f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now now boys. Back to the original point...Bob wanted to know what he was missing, ie, why the lovely Mr Scoble is so excitable about new tech, and what is so good about it, then I think some of us have answered it.<br><br>Because it can improve one's productivity. Maybe not yours, and maybe not everyones. If you try some of it that may appear to be appropriate, then you may discover something very useful.<br><br>It takes time to sift through the new stuff, Robert does that for me and helps me connect with a community I cannot find in the 'real world'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_11:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "49e5d8ea308e0a6f1fadad3993236e9d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Geez, Robert, what a long winded way to answer a simple question! :-) The short answer is, \"It's simply human to want to 1) know more, and 2) be known more.\" AWARENESS is the key. Without it, there would be no UNDERSTANDING. First comes self-awareness, which is what makes us human. Then comes awareness of others, which is what the web and social software enable in a very efficient way and broad way. Lastly, it's helping others to become (more) aware .. by blogging, friending, writing books, going to conferences, etc. This is the virtuous cycle of BEING HUMAN! Anyone, who doesn't get this is simply not living up to his/her full potential.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:00:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "dd16c0c7363ba3a7b5d729ca9cdb43c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thougtful as always.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:01:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8a08b2b2efff7daf0db8e851ab41186", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If productivity means to just sit at my cube and do what I'm told to each and every day, day in and day out, I would say - stay away from the facebooks, the twitters, the digg's and the flickr's.  But is that what you want to do?<br><br>I want to learn about all the technology out there that people are experimenting with and then figure out what makes sense for me.  For instance, I am the only person in my office that I know of that uses RSS feeds from our internal knowledge bases to see what the latest things that people are running into are.  As a result, I become the go-to person for all new issues.  Am I less productive? Perhaps.  But do I get more done faster?  Absolutely.  The two are mutually exclusive.  While Bob's question is very interesting, it is also not well define.  Your definition of being productive may be different than mine.  The future waits for no-one.  Don't be the western union of the world.  Be the AT&amp;T of the world - or better yet, the Apple.  Look to where the industry is going.  Look at the threats of new entrants and figure out if you and your company are well position or not.<br><br>While I agree that many technologies we interface with today can be disruptive, it is up to us as individuals to figure out what the right balance is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d294d13563e64c31a86cadc2d4e41aa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tone young man, tone.<br><br>A whole lot of sound a fury to not even bother to simply state that you go hunting for the new tools that make it easier for folks to do what they do already. (You say it, but sweet and merciful you can be a bit more concise ;) )<br><br>You enjoy the hunt, and whack the new and shiny with a stick to see if they work, and what they're good for.<br><br>For others - for the hypothetical, and apparently very productive Bob. He doesn't need any additional or improved tools to get his job done, so the service you provide is of no use to him.<br><br>But there's no need to be throwing around hateful words like ignorance because the tools he has are good enough for him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:43:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "438177c62d404e414bf4d34dddaac9f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The elephant in the room.<br><br>Scoble makes his living fiddlin about on all these things.<br><br>Thats his motivation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "8a25b4074f1922dbd0f2773f25aab358", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here's what I see....  All these things are tools to get something done, which I think is Mr. Bly's point.  Does a mechanic use every tool in his toolbox every day?  Mr. Bly is simply asking why a specific tool has value over a tool he may already be using.  Scoble, otoh, uses the tools for the sake of using the tools. Overall the new bright shiny object unlikely makes even a measurable improvement over the one he previously used. Many of these apps are answers to questions no one is asking.<br><br>Finally, I have to agree with Mr. Bly on your writing, Scoble. With the use of \"cause\" instead of \"because\"; your use of \"why\" and \"hint\" is intended to insult the intelligence of your reader, it boggles the mind you were and continue to get paid to write", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_12:51:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e5548a777983ac334dd47b9bb11c662", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705891": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Awesome post; even more awesome comments! LOL<br><br>It all boils down to this: We must *master* our productivity tools (technology included) in order to maximize production of our quality work in a time manner.<br><br>So how do you use technology to accomplish this?  Are you an advanced user that has figured out how to organize, sort, filter and glean the best data from all your tools?  The person who is best capable of using each tool with mastery, will achieve the highest productivity ratio.<br><br>So, what do you want to do with your time? Are you productive?  Meeting your Goals?  For some, we use technology as a means to achieve our goals.  However, there are times that overuse of technology will become a time stealer.  Find the balance! Know your limits.  Learn to SKIM and FILTER data.  Then, technology tools are awesome for helping one to achieve maximum productivity.  Like any tool, one must master how to best glean all that you can in the shortest time possible.  So, one must master use of ALL tools no matter what form, in order to become productive and competent in their work; tha is, when you use ANY tool whether it be stone, paper, computer.<br><br>I use my new BlackBerry (frees me from my desk!), LinkedIn, Plaxo, FriendFeed, twitter, Facebook, Blogs, IM, etc. to maximize my professional network and to LEARN new things!!!  VERY KEY to my use of these tools.  If I wasn't learning, sharing and growing I would NOT use these tools.  So, Bob is in affect really closing his eyes to the world and denying himself a marvelous opportunity to learn, share and grow.  He may want to consider sharing his wealth of knowledge with the next generation.  I am and that is worth my time!<br><br>Susan Beebe<br>@smbeebe", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_13:13:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "021f78e9313029a974804f9d4f56d386", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds like Bob Bly uses things that he finds useful to him. Cell phones aren't on his list. Nor is Twitter. But he has a blog and obviously connects to the Internet and uses email and by inference uses a browser and probably Google. Fine by me.<br><br>I have two very bright friends that are somewhat like Bob and who both work in the tech industry. Neither owns a cell phone. One owns a single black and white TV he last used on 9/11 and the other uses WiFi not to connect to a notebook about the house but rather as a bridge across it to connect to trusty wired CAT cables on each end. However, they both are a bit of a conundrum because one uses Forums heavily and the other YouTube as a means of keeping connected with the latest trends in old-time music.<br><br>Point is that people use the technology that benefits them to the degree they want it to. There's no doubt in my mind that both of them could benefit from using technology to communicate more and better (in terms of networking to find a new job or staying current), but neither wants to--especially when it comes to their work. They'll read the red rag or some other print publication thank you very much for what they need on the technical side. There's too much junk out there to waste their time they argue.<br><br>At times it pains me to see them say No to so many things that they can benefit from, but try as I might, I'm not going to be the one to persuade them. Their other non-early-adopter friends may....eventually...but not me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_13:51:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "d9ff7f2ef97f3124b8ca4fe195a26350", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705893": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My advice, Bob Bly: take a bite, and if you don't like it, spit it out and you never have to try it again. But you have to taste it before you tell me you hate it. This is what I tell my children and   it applies to you as well. Don't tell me something isn't useful if you don't experience it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_14:54:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "f89b745cb3983fb1c02bca74a4f6d077", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "at least this email helped you to rethink about everything. and then you found what you are doing is right and thats who you are. personally, i'm very inspired by you. and i believe lots of other people like me being inspired by you as well.so keep doing what you are doing...all the best.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_15:14:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "b0829fa25b968cd762cea2948f7cd5eb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Robert:<br><br>Fortune Magazine calls World Golf Tour, the single greatest online hindrence to US productivity:<br><br><a href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/technology/online_golf.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008011804\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/technology/onli...</a><br><br>Many here at Stanford consider this online game 10 orders of magnitude more addicting than Oxycontin.... You should profile them Robert!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.worldgolftour.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.worldgolftour.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_15:15:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "f0d01f343c3deab45514a439dcc5c871", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705896": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Robert, Hi Bob. I'm a long-time fan, Robert, but this is my first comment on your blog. And since I'm also a long-time fan of Bob's work, this thread has replaced the Clinton-Obama saga as my entertainment of choice. I had to way in.<br><br>Bob, you're one of the copywriting greats...highly respected in my office...but I have to disagree with your claim that the new media innovations are too much to keep up with and should thus be ignored. That may be true for many businesses, but just like the press release or the website, these tools are part of a marketing arsenal. Whether you use one tool really well or use many in combination will depend on the nature of your business, your customer, and your personal style.<br><br>One reason I use these tools is because influential people are using them. The Scobles, Rowses and Huffingtons of the world can do as much for my company with a single mention as the Rathers, Jenningses and Brokaws. Mastery, or at least a working knowledge, of the tools they use is the sine qua non of connecting with these influencers.<br><br>Robert, while I agree with most of your argument, unfortunately (or fortunately, for those of us on the front edge), most businesses haven't figured out Twitter, Flickr, videoblogging, et al. They're powerful tools, for sure, but we're just barely into the experimental phase. The really exciting stuff -- entrepreneurs and working-class buffoons like me inventing new uses for these tools -- is still ahead of us.<br><br>Great running debate, guys...best read I've had so far this week.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_19:24:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "4325810e7f310be17122716950ac47de", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://globosphere.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://globosphere.blogspot.com/</a> too dated...but my answer is there, click under Links.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_21:33:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "7f6291e8344b594235e57b843fc05d9b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob Bly, I agree with you on Twitter, Facebook, Blackberry, iPod, and the iPhone.  Their cost and/or time investment is not worth the benefit for me at this time in my judgement.<br><br>I have tried Flickr and do like the feature where you can order photobooks from qoop.  For me that is easier than putting the prints in an album myself.    What I don't like about Flickr is that they limit free-account users to just three albums at a time stored on their site.<br><br>At a previous job, I was issued a laptop and do appreciate it's portability vs a desktop.  Since then, I've purchased one and enjoy blogging outside on the screened-in porch.<br><br>Also, I avoided purchasing a cell phone for a long time, but my wife finally talked me into it.  It's a pay-as-you-go plan that costs $100/year which isn't too bad.  I have it in case of emergencies or other times when it occasionally comes in handy.  But in general, I keep the phone turned off.<br><br>Robert S., I believe you are wrong to suggest that those who choose not to spend their money/time on the latest unnecessary hi-tech gadgets and services are ignorant.  More on my site if interested...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_21:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "bc2b79bb3456c528519bf6df3b2440f3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mr. Bly you are an absolute master of self promotion. Well played.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_21:57:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "6884658843d47ce3f124213c6fbffd3a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The sad thing, that I've discovered in being in this industry for at least as long as you, Robert, is that besides the constant sugar high of getting something new every day, that it doesn't confer any advantage, so unless the journey is it's own reward, so it's just not worth running like a hamster jumping at each new idea coming from twitter or techmeme.  For a long time, I used to think that somehow getting it first would somehow give me the leg up, and I found that it didn't, and worse, that the truism of the pioneer getting the arrows in his back was correct.  There's  room for one Scoble, you get to be the food taster that chokes on the poison burrito, but there's no need for anyone to emulate you, we'll be able to capitalize on your great discoveries and avoid your dismal failures.  You're the Russian roulette player who pulls the trigger again and again and again...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-27_22:01:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "743b422f4b63eec1605667c1a134895a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great place for people with differing ideas to spend a great deal of time unsucessfully convincing others they are right. Thanks for the 4 minutes of entertainment. I'll wait until the movie comes out to see how it ends.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_01:04:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "54e3686a03c0e512158cb2d8e96e2765", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO<br><br>Quote by Scoble:<br><br>\"Markus: I think we have a reading problem here. I can\u2019t help it if you can\u2019t read fast.\"<br><br>ooooh i can SO attest to how Twitter has turned me into SUCH a better speed reader!<br><br>I can't believe how much I know about new media technology &amp; resources for my clients ever since I joined TWitter &amp; followed the early adopters. WOW! I never read this many blog posts before - b/c they often were \"long\" and I didn't think I had the time for them.<br><br>But Twitter is actually a time SAVER for me in regards to getting all the latest &amp; greatest resources out there FAST!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_01:23:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "6adfcfd4b8a1e0a1f8c5714545d57402", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Somehow, social media \"tools\" have spawned a religion.  It's no longer good enough to look at a tool and assess it's purpose and suitability.  No, you have to believe that it is \"the answer\".  You have to believe that being an early adopter somehow imbues participants with insight which reaches beyond the specifics of a tool's utility and into the very fabric of social quality.   No longer are tools \"suitable for some and not for others\" but instead there are \"new exciting tools\" and \"outmoded tools\".   Tech tools have become the varsity badges of the winning team these days.  It seems that typewriters are useless and new social technology tools are supremely good no matter how they are applied.<br><br>To me, this is utter horse shit.<br><br>If your job is to communicate, then you need communications tools.  If your job doesn't involve communication but, let's say, requires that you invent new characters for a work of fiction, or derive a new chemical formula, or paint a landscape, you may require endless weeks of uninterrupted time.   Some people thrive by being on top of things.  Others thrive by being on the bottom of things.<br><br>Maybe some of those who use Twitter are the ones who don't get it.  Maybe they have never done anything which required six months of silence and uninterrupted concentration.   The tech culture of absorb, regurgitate, and mash-up has its value.   But, let's not make it the only answer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_02:09:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "041d624cd2a328e3c5b7f6b7364743f8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gee, Robert, changing diapers is not optional...<br>:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-28_11:22:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "zolierdos", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Life is a very short journey and we are not here to waste it in using Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr,ETC..  then simple die.I just don't get it how do we benefits the community and the people by using these things what is the meaning of these things in life. people are dying all over the world and we are using Twitter to stay in touch with friends.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_17:25:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "967c7a60693f189f8be9348b7da03dc6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bob's letter could apply to many of us... and he might be right.  There are more serious matters the world over and people that love us that go without during times of tech. obsession.  Its a drug, like heroin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-01_05:41:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "3197b1e334b4c827f03d835a5c56ed26", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've been a big fan of Bob Bly for a long time, I give him credit for my copy writing career as I have read about 10 of his books. He is old school and I did notice that he asked for clarification in his letter to Robert, not to be attacked.<br><br>While I don't want to be on anybodies side I think we should share why and how technology has brought us all together as a society. I have no doubt that he gets more done than I do because I'll spend more time on things I shouldn't, like forums. They will sure suck up your time! But they also have their marketing benefits that I contribute a lot of work to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-06_01:42:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "42b485322c334d1124a759f4c4b46316", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "[...] simpatico: hace 21 min Robert Scoble publico un post explicando su uso de estas herramientas. Muy recomendada lectura. Sabias que el Mars Lander esta en Twitter explicando \u201cQue esta [...]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:38:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f1bbe8baec0f307877601fe83685802", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9705909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"an email asking him why he wastes so much time with Web 2.0 services and technology gadets, Scoble wrote: Lately I\u2019ve been asking myself a lot of similar questions that Bob has been asking\"<br><br>Yes. 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I think Elisa saw right through the letter.<br><br>I have, relatively few friends on Facebook, a conservative LinkedIn connections page, a blog that only gets comments from me, and a Flickr site with cute kids, but rarely a comment, but I am hardly a celebrated author.  It doesn't bother me because I'm a nobody.<br><br>Bob is a big time author and I really like his books and he has a lot more to lose to have a less than stellar social network.  So keep your eyes out for his next book.  This has been a pretty damn good publicity stunt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-21_20:22:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "507630f013d286142016d180d168a276", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "18359422", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "125200", "hash": 5271750447621235187}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "scoble_has_a_productivity_problem", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 18359422, "num_posts": 99, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
  this.ACTIONS = "Actions";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = 'a2d140c59df8cd4ce27a20e0829cacd8';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=scobleizer' +
		'&t=scoble_has_a_productivity_problem' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_default_text) +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL + '</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS + '</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>'
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> ' + Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'scoble_has_a_productivity_problem'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://scobleizer.disqus.com/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			var retval = parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
			return !isNaN(retval) ? retval : null;
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">99</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://scobleizer.disqus.com/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on Scobleizer" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:18359422" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'scobleizer',
			't'				: 'scoble_has_a_productivity_problem',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/scoble_has_a_productivity_problem/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'scoble_has_a_productivity_problem'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'scoble_has_a_productivity_problem'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'scoble_has_a_productivity_problem'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

  this.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		  var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		  var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		  Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/18359422/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
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		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
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		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
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			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
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		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
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			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
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	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
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		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
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			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
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	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
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	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
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			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
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Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
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};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
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		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
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	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
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		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
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		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
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	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
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		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
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												 'Reported missing reactions');
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		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/scobleizer/queueurl.js');
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Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
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if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
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			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
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			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
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			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
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			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
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(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
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		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
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	//
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	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705821">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705821" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705821">AleX</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705821" class="dsq-comment-message">Excellent!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705822">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705822" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705822">viralreality</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705822" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert -<br><br>Great article that touches on some interesting and helpful productivity tips.<br>The letter from your reader sounds like he is truly bewildered by all of the excited talk about gadgets, Internet, and the hot web talk of the day. It is also good to remember that there are many more like him around every corner. I appreciated you spending the time with him and his thoughts in your article. I really did love this quote of yours - please allow me -<br><br>"The real thing I’ve been doing for more than eight years now is to try to arrange my life so that I have an interesting conversation every day with someone interesting."<br><br>Go Robert Go!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705811">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705811" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705811" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705811" href="http://www.theideasblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jimconnolly</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705811" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705811" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Robert,<br><br>For me, it\'s all about choices.  Each day we wake up and we are faced with choices.  The decisions we make regarding these choices either leads to a fulfilled life or an average one.  One day at a time time, we either develop a life of excitement and anticipation or we build a life of apprehension and worry.<br><br>Spending every evening in front of a TV screen passively being told what to think / buy typically leads to the latter!<br><br>You choose to focus 100% of what you are best at Robert - and that\'s being \'The Scobleizer.\'  As Dvorak mentioned to me a few days ago; "Scoble\'s a natural Jim, of course people will follow him."<br><br>Every new online service or product you explore and comment on is helping you deliver the kind of content that people like me need.  I am a tech user and a tech blogger - BUT I also own and run a very successful marketing compan. No matter which \'hat\' I am wearing, I need to know what\'s working \'out there\' and what\'s dross!<br><br>You help me filter the overwhelming \'noise\' of the internet and allow me to refine my focus.  Ironically, many see you as the cause of the noise, rather than someone trying to tune into it and read it, so you can blog it and save people like me the time and headache!<br><br>I actually wrote a blog post called \'The Scoble Effect\' and it\'s the most read post on my blog my far.  You can read it at the link below:<br><a href="http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/19/the-scoble-effect" rel="nofollow">http://thetechnewsblog.com/2008/05/19/the-scobl...</a><br><br>Thanks for translating all that noise Robert - It REALLY helps a lot of people!<br><br>Jim Connolly<br>The Tech News Blog</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705823" href="http://BuckingtheRealEstateTrend.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Susie Blackmon</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705823" class="dsq-comment-message">You really are brilliant and amazing, etc., etc., and I follow you just to inhale (twit-hale?) the genius of your mind, and your viral energy.  I look forward to seeing responses to your \'how would you...\' from those who think they can improve upon your response.  I\'m not one of those people.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705824">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705824" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705824" href="http://www.itsngenius.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">wilsonng</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705824" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705824" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Robert,<br><br>I guess the question is what do we want to accomplish?<br><br>for you, it is to network, and know the latest developments and gadgets in town.  All these are your tools of the trade.<br><br>The question is are we being productive ( or just amused) by following all these that you are doing -- if what we want to accomplish is different than yours?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705825">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705825" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705825" href="http://incsub.org/soulsoup" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anol</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705825" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705825" class="dsq-comment-message">Great reply Robert!  I also get tangled up in similar kind of conversations.<br>Honestly, I have no idea why I get so excited about all the ‘new new’ things. I can’t help it. Sometimes I get frustrated when I hear all the pragmatists.<br><br>But things change – laggards slowly ‘gets it’. For example, couple of year’s back I was desperately trying to convince folks around me (clients, friends etc.), about the great power of blogging. Now (almost) everyone gets the concept. Blogging is ‘mainstream’ now.<br><br>Nowadays when I try to convince someone about Twitter or Freindfeed – I get the same reactions I used to get during the early blog-evangelism days. Here goes an real chat transcript (just happened yesterday)<br><br>she: @tweet = chat<br>me: nope<br>she: yes<br>me: 1st major difference is - Twitter is asynchronous - chat is a synchronous medium. Following your definition -  blog comments are also a chat<br>she: Comment for blog is discussing about post<br>me: that\'s contextual - same in microblogging - no? the difference is - the initial context is 140 char OR context is defined somewhere else<br>she:  don’t tell people come for just microblogging  many r personal tweets<br>me: isn\'t that the soul of conversational web - what mainstream calls Web 2.0? Mixing all up?<br>And it goes on….<br><br>To reply your question – my answer to any technophobic, ‘I-am-happy-with-my-non-digital-life’ type person is a one liner:<br> Thank goodness not all people think like you; otherwise mankind wouldn’t even invented fire – forget about Blackberry!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705826">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705826" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705826" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705826" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705826" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705826" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;The question is are we being productive ( or just amused) by following all these that you are doing — if what we want to accomplish is different than yours?<br><br>I think I don\'t bristle so much at just wanting to do something else other than trying to be up to date on everything, but rather the celebration of remaining ignorant or behind the times.<br><br>I can understand not having a cell phone, or not understanding the benefits of the latest shiny object, but if Bob had said "I\'m interested in finding out if there\'s any benefit for me, here\'s what I\'m trying to accomplish" then maybe I\'d have a better reaction.<br><br>Instead the tone of his letter is "I\'m done learning and all you guys talking about all this newfangled stuff are stupid for using these new tools when I\'m plenty productive with my old-fashioned typewriter."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705819">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705819" href="http://www.dariosalvelli.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dario Salvelli</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705819" class="dsq-comment-message">Close Twitter and productivty goes on!! ;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705820">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705820" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705820" class="dsq-comment-message">Dario: now I understand why I got so much done last week. Twitter was down so much! Even now it\'s 2/3rds down. XMPP on Twitter isn\'t working, so Google Talk doesn\'t work. Heheh.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705814" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705814" href="http://Blogi360.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@CoachDeb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705814" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705814" class="dsq-comment-message">BEST line of the entire post:<br><br>“There is value in staying ignorant.”<br><br>May I "borrow" that? Or quote you?<br><br>Best analogy is comparing a typewriter to a computer.<br><br>Let\'s add to this - that Bob would not have been able to ask you<br>that question so easily if he was still implementing "old school" ways<br>of sending mail through a mail carrier after putting a stamp on it &amp;<br>mailing it to you, hoping you\'ll send him a reply back in the mail where<br>ONLY he would be able to enjoy your response - as opposed to your blog<br>where millions have the opportunity to not only READ your reply - but add<br>their $0.02 to it as well.<br><br>If it\'s an "utter bore" to hear what your market has to say - then I say -<br>HooRah for all of us who "get" new media marketing, social networks, and<br>care enough to participate with their clients &amp; prospects.<br><br>Perhaps finding the perfect answer to this question isn\'t the right strategy.<br>Rather it\'s finding the better question to this dilemma, such as,<br><br>"If you\'re a copy writer, who wants to write relevant sales copy,<br>how can you possibly do that, if you don\'t even know what\'s<br>relevant to your market?"<br><br>And it\'s not just teenagers and the "20-somethings" who are using this<br>technology. I have more baby-boomer clients than ever, because they are<br>doing their search on the internet - and find me there more than they find<br>me from my published book on new media marketing.<br><br>Perhaps I\'m answering the "Motivation" question that is the underlying<br>question of Bob Bly\'s written question.<br><br>Afterall, who would you rather do business with?<br>Someone who wrote a book about a need you have, or someone who wrote a book AND had a blog with videos on it, and who<br>you knew because you went out to dinner with him/her?<br><br>That\'s all "Twitter" really is - a place where people can socialize with<br>their prospects for them to get to know them better, just like they did<br>"way back when" when sales were conducted face-to-face, belly-to-belly,<br>on a golf course, or at a bar, instead of "over the internet".<br><br>Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, are all ways to stay connected with<br>what\'s going on in the world, stay connected with your clients, prospects<br>and the marketplace to see the trends happening.<br><br>As for the fact that Bob says he doesn\'t have a cell phone or any of these<br>other social networking profiles, and "gets along fine without them" - my question would be, if you want to "get along fine" then fine - stay that way.<br>But if you want to get better than fine, and attract more raving fans who do<br>your marketing and sales FOR you - then you may want to have a presence<br>in the new media marketplace - if you want to stay relevant.<br><br>Well that\'s my $1.40 for ya.<br><br>NOTE:<br>Those who are "in the know" about Twitter will get the humor of that last<br>sentence. Again - being relevant and knowing how to speak the right<br>language - an important quality for any copy writer on the net. IMHO :)<br><br>Coach Deborah Cole Micek<br>Author of Secrets to Online Persuasion<br><a href="http://RPMsuccess.com" rel="nofollow">http://RPMsuccess.com</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705833">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705833" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705833" class="dsq-comment-message">CoachDeb: you\'re welcome to use anything I write. Thanks!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705834" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705834" href="http://jonbeckett73.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jonathan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705834" class="dsq-comment-message">We all suffer the same decisions about what to participate in, and what not to.<br><br>Until a year or so ago, I was very much a "creator" on the internet - I developed and supported several open source projects and websites... one of which has several thousand users. Eventually I made the decision to step back and start participating.<br><br>It\'s been fun. I\'ve discovered people like yourself and Leo Laporte, and great services that make my life much easier like FriendFeed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705832" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705832" href="http://incsub.org/soulsoup" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anol</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705832" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705832" class="dsq-comment-message">Productivity is a very personal subject.<br><br>Sometimes I go completely off-the-grid with just my Moleskine notebook and a pencil to a nearby café and do my brainstorming. And yes that productive too. But when someone says – I don’t even need a mobile phone, I wonder, what’s the exact job description of the dude in this connected, conversation-driven world?<br><br>Well, it’s OK to ask – ‘why you guys are after shiny new things always?’  I admit – I drank the kool-aid. I love trying out new things. You might get your kicks from the soccer game or soap opera, and I get mines from latest gadgets and web apps, anything wrong with that?<br><br>But this guy’s tonality is completely different. It’s like re-incarnated Buddha’s sermon, “I figured out all of these – you silly kids”. Duh!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705831" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705831" href="http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705831" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t wait to hear what the results of the Dogster interview are... I used to be dep ed of a technology blog and am now Dogs Trust\'s web editor. My job is largely to get us active and involved on social networking sites, including developing our own dog-owners community site (<a href="http://www.doggysnaps.com" rel="nofollow">www.doggysnaps.com</a>).<br><br>For me it would be impossible to achieve my work goals without all these tools but it would now be unthinkable to achieve personal goals without them because I\'m so accustomed to this world. And still I\'m learning about a new tool, site or interesting gadget every day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705830" href="http://www.joiningdots.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joining Dots</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705830" class="dsq-comment-message">"It seems to me that all these things — Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr — are a thundering bore and an utter waste of time."<br><br>Here\'s an example to show that they are not:<br><br>"On a game drive one morning, the ranger stops his car in front of a herd of antelopes and whips out a camera. "I have never had a Coke\'s Hartebeest on Flickr," he says, taking a picture... Before he finishes tagging and naming his pictures one Sunday in April, there are already adoring comments from a woman in the United States about his pictures of cheetah cubs."<br><br>A wildlife park in Kenya, suffering a lack of funds due to the collapse in tourism, raised $40,000 in March through online tools such as blogging and Flickr. A waste of time? I don\'t think so.<br><br>Full post - <a href="http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/life-death-and-twitter-in-africa.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joiningdots.net/blog/2008/05/life-de...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705829" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705829" href="http://fred67.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">epiquest</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705829" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m an oldie that can\'t \'grasp\' all of the new-fangled stuff out here in the ether. But I absolutely love following your posts and links on twitter. Checking out your photo\'s on Flickr etc. I feel that I\'m being educated by an expert, and to be quite honest, I can\'t for the life of me work out how you find the time to do ALL that you do.<br><br>Whatever YOU want out of life. I hope you get it. There must be few more deserving cases based on pure EFFORT!<br><br>(Your fingers must be bionic).<br><br>Pete.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705828" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705828" class="dsq-comment-message">Joining Dots: that\'s an awesome story.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705827" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705827" href="http://www.goebel.net/technews/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Markus Göbel&#39;s Tech News Comme</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705827" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob is right and your post is are far too long for the few things that I could learn from it. I nearly subscribed to your RSS feed for this blog, but again I didn\'t. Please don\'t bother with your train of thought, just the results please. The reason why I don\'t use Twitter is that the knowledge has not yet settled. Too much communication and to few beef.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705840" href="http://www.stickyfigure.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Steve Woodruff</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705840" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705840" class="dsq-comment-message">There can be tremendous value in "ignorance." Ignorance of some things allows us to focus on other things that (for whatever reasons) matter to us more. We all choose to remain ignorant of a vast array of what\'s out there so that we can pursue the goals we\'ve chosen. For Mr. Bly and many others, fast-paced technology and a participatory network doesn\'t seem to have value, while for a lot of us, it\'s very important despite the signal-to-noise ratio, because it\'s the future. Therefore, I remain ignorant of pencil design concepts. That\'s the past. But as your photo of the cemetery so poignantly illustrates, someone has to be caretaker of the past, while others architect the future.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705841" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705841" class="dsq-comment-message">Markus: I think we have a reading problem here. I can\'t help it if you can\'t read fast.<br><br>Hint: look for the links. That\'s where the value is for you.<br><br>Twitter has noise? Really? You don\'t say!<br><br>:-)<br><br>Why do you think I\'m so into FriendFeed? Just read the posts I\'ve "liked" if you don\'t want any noise. That\'s a very effective noise filter.<br><br>But, I really wish you\'d go back and read this post and understand it. I wrote it for people like you.<br><br>Stop getting hung up on Twitter and RSS.<br><br>What do you want to accomplish with your life? Start there and we can have an interesting conversation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705842" href="http://www.fckie.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tom Himpe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705842" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705842" class="dsq-comment-message">There are two kinds of people when it comes to all these social media tools &amp; gadgets<br>- people who use these tools to lead a more interesting &amp; fulfilling life (aka normal people)<br>- people who obsess about the sheer newness &amp; the technology aspect of it (aka geeks and industry watchers)<br>Lets face it. SCOBLE IS A GEEK (with all due respect, by the way). It\'s his job to find out about the newest stuff &amp; gadgets. But for the majority of people (read: 99%), it would be utterly and completely useless to spend that amount of time &amp; energy on it.<br>I, for one, would choose drinking a glass of wine, going out with friends, and basically leading a fulfilling life EVERY SINGLE TIME to checking out the latest social networking start-up or mobile gadget.<br>But then again, I do obsess about other stuff, so everyone has his/her own demons....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705843">Christain</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705843" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705843" class="dsq-comment-message">I have do agree with the guy who wrote the letter. I\'m using a notebook, and I\'m even studying computer science, but these platforms are a huge time burner. They burn time en mass; because if you want to keep track with all of them you are quite busy just reading things; and a lot of them are not having any value...<br><br>Still there might be reasons why people are addicted to them but in general reading a good book or reading a documentation (to stay with reading) or speaking to people in real life is way better.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705844" href="http://www.miawalczak.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mia Walczak</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705844" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not all quantifiably productive experiences for everyone, in fact personal progress seems to come when people just do their thing, find their groove..... and if Bob prefers to find his groove without engaging with the Twitters and Flickrs of the world then I say - good luck, enjoy your free time (probably alot of it spent waiting for the post)....if on the otherhand like me productive means immediacy, fulfillment, collaborative insights then you can\'t do much better than the web (and said apps) right now...not right, not wrong, just whatever floats your boat...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705845" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705845" class="dsq-comment-message">Christian:<br><br>If you read my book I wrote it on a computer. I blogged the book before it was sent to the editors. That made it a lot better quality. Hundreds of things were fixed by people around the world and new sources were suggested to us. Then the editor fixed it, using a computer, then it was sent to publishers using computers, etc.<br><br>You wouldn\'t have nearly as good a quality of books available if it weren\'t for computers.<br><br>Oh, and distributing paper is expensive, thanks, but no thanks, I\'d rather read online.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705846">David</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705846" class="dsq-comment-message">This is amazing...brilliant...spot on....you must be god. Just kidding. I read you regularly, but I don\'t drink the scoble kool-aid. Bob raises interesting questions and you insult him with the sarcasm of your response. Believe it or not, people can find and create value in their lives without iphones, facebook, twitter, etc.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705847" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705847" class="dsq-comment-message">David: OK, so how would you answer the question?<br><br>Insults are going all around. It\'s insulting to me to ask the question that way. I guess you are sticking up for ignorance. Have another beer!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705848" href="http://blog.blinker.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Björn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705848" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705848" class="dsq-comment-message">What make is your new cell phone? I urgently need a new one, and I could imagine you would choose the best, since you look at a lot of fancy devices hitting the market.<br><br>So please tell!!! ;-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705849" href="http://slicer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rodrigo Jaroszewski</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705849" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s my answer:<br><br>Mr. Bly,<br><br>It has nothing to do with the gadgets and applications and softwares. It\'s about the people that are using it. I have learned my lesson when Orkut came to Brazil and I thought it would be just like a breeze passing by. I have learned it once again when I chose Jaiku over Twitter and I had to backtrack.<br><br>All the gadgets are different means to reach different people, that may have something to learn from you, or to teach you, or that might simply want to have a conversation. They\'re tools, generally simple, but extremely powerful.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705850">Damien Hogan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705850" class="dsq-comment-message">I would say to Bob:<br><br>Scoble\'s column is to technology, what a Paris fashion parade is to clothing.<br><br>With both you get a hint of what\'s to come for "real" people. Sure everything is a bit puffed up and exaggerated. And the people involved in the industries seem more like creatures from another world than actual humans.<br><br>Of course, no real people will actually end up with objects that look like those up there under the noise of the camera flashes. Most people can\'t stand fashion parades (myself included) or the many dead ends that any innovation requires. It seems like an incredible waste of time and terribly unproductive to try all those different looks - just to discard 99% of them. But then look at how Scoble disarded Facebook. Will even FriendFeed last another season?<br><br>Most people just want to have a pair of pants that look OK and don\'t fall down. But if you are interested in the future of technology, information or business you might want to try from the Scoble range sometime. ;-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705851" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705851" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert: You say that your book is better because hundreds of people participated in its creation. This reminds me of a story. An ad agency pitching a new account promised the company owner that if he hired the agency, they would put 100 copywriters on his account. His reply: "How about one GOOD one?" Your premise is that a collaborative effort is necessarily better than the effort of a single mind concentrating on a problem for a prolonged period. I disagree with your premise. Remember the old saying: "a moose is a cow designed by committee."<br><br>Also, your comment about copywriting shows you know very little about this craft. The type of software you write copy on has absolutely nothing to do with how persuasive or successful your copy is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705852" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705852" href="http://www.thereinventedblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Victoria Pickering</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705852" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m in the age range of people who generally don\'t use social media and don\'t use the internet heavily - and I\'m finding some of my contemporaries more and more boring because of it.  Yes, there are people who keep learning and being interesting every day with an off-line centered life, but this is becoming much rarer.  For most fields, there isn\'t any way to gain as much information and knowledge as from being heavily on-line.  I\'d be really interested in Mr. Bly describing how he does it - his website describes him as a "landing page guru," on-line marketing specialist, and says "He earned more than $700,000 last year from his freelance writing and Internet marketing."<br><br>This will undoubtedly sound snobby, but I think that this new age really has been aptly named The Age of Cognition.  It is not only being comfortable with on-line tools, but having the ability to learn how to filter, analyze, and synthesize masses of information that is going to  separate those who see the value in the richness of on-line content and those who are unable to use it effectively.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705853">Jayakumar Hariharan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705853" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705853" class="dsq-comment-message">Here goes:<br><br>Hey Bob<br><br>Isn\'t successful copywriting all about finding and pointing out something fresh, new, and interesting about a "normal" product, service, or solution? Something that will make that "normal" offering stand out from the clutter?<br><br>Now if you are uninterested enough to call iPods and the like "useless gadgets" and social networking sites "endless blather" how are you going to get on with "finding and pointing out something fresh, new, and interesting"?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Jay, from Bangalore<br><a href="http://ideaburger.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://ideaburger.blogspot.com</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705854" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705854" class="dsq-comment-message">Victoria: It\'s a matter of focus. There are dozens of aspects to the Internet -- from viral video and Twitter, to blogging and Instant Messaging. You cannot possibly master or keep up with them all. So I concentrate my attention in one area: profitably marketing information products on the Internet, for which the key tool is landing pages (see <a href="http://www.thelandingpageguru.com" rel="nofollow">www.thelandingpageguru.com</a>).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705855" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705855" href="http://PiratenBlog.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">piratenblog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705855" class="dsq-comment-message">i wonder how many people looked at the writers homepage because of his letter.<br><br>quite a lot i think.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705856">jmo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705856" class="dsq-comment-message">I reckon Tom Himpe hit the nail on the head.<br><br>It\'s part of Scoble\'s job, and he absolutely loves his job is all. And he enjoys it so much he spends a lot of "non-work" time doing it is as well.<br><br>Me? I\'m a 99% guy (the normal type as Tom said)<br><br>I dip into Scoble and others blogs quite frequently, simply as "latest tech news".<br><br>At the moment i am completely ignoring Twitter and FriendFeed as I don\'t "get" them yet.<br><br>Maybe I will eventually, maybe I won\'t, but I know they are there.<br><br>I will say I thought Scoble\'s post was a little snooty and "i\'m smarter/better than you" but that\'s what you get with him sometimes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705857" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705857" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob: I know that the act of copy writing can be done on stone tablets, but if a copywriter is going to work with other people I think that Zoho might be a little more productive.<br><br>&gt;&gt;You cannot possibly master or keep up with them all.<br><br>I can. But even if I buy into your premise, I ask again, what is your goal in life? Is it marketing products? Well, then, ask Loic Le Meur or Gary Vaynerchuk which tools they use. I can already tell you: Twitter for keeping in touch with a wide number of people. Seesmic for communicating with them through video. Both also use Flickr for communicating via photography. Both also use Facebook for planning events (and <a href="http://Upcoming.org" rel="nofollow">Upcoming.org</a> too). I see both on FriendFeed joining in conversations, too. Who\'s Gary? He runs a $50 million wine store in New Jersey.<br><br>Landing pages? That\'s so 1998. :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705858" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705858" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;I will say I thought Scoble’s post was a little snooty and “i’m smarter/better than you” but that’s what you get with him sometimes.<br><br>Hmm, yes, there is a little tone of that and I\'m not going to apologize for it. If you\'re an Amish farmer who believes that technology is something to be avoided, you probably won\'t feel comfortable here, just like I wouldn\'t feel comfortable at one of their family meetings.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705859" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705859" href="http://www.raindropper.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tomi Itkonen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705859" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob, out of curiosity, have you checked the stats of <a href="http://www.bly.com" rel="nofollow">www.bly.com</a> after this Robert\'s post? I\'d guess there\'s a spike in page views...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705860" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705860" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705860" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705860" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;Your premise is that a collaborative effort is necessarily better than the effort of a single mind concentrating on a problem for a prolonged period. I disagree with your premise.<br><br>That\'s fine. Our book is better rated on Amazon than any other book about corporate use of blogging and it also outsold every other book about corporate use of blogging. Those are the things I cared about in the end.<br><br>We worked very hard on the book, interviewing 188 businesses about how they used blogs. But you can\'t plan for everything and one thing I\'ve learned is that the bigger your audience the more likely there\'s someone in it that knows a lot more than you do.<br><br>That was certainly true when we put the book\'s chapters on our blog. One guy grammar corrected the whole book. Hundreds of people added their thoughts. One guy ripped us so hard we actually had him write a couple of pages in the final book. It was a dramatically better product for going through that process.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705861" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705861" class="dsq-comment-message">There are so many holes in your arguments, I don\'t know where to begin. When I say "you" can\'t master all of these social networking fads and tech gizmos, I don\'t mean you personally: that\'s your job. I mean your readers, who have too much to do and too little time to do it. It\'s simple math: if spend 2 hours a day blathering online, that\'s 2 hours of work you don\'t get done. Also, if you think landing pages aren\'t relevant, how do you explain the outrageous success of Joe Vitale, Agora Publishing, University Publishers, Internet Marketing Center, Strategic Profits, and hundreds of other entrepreneurs who are making millions with them?<br><br>As for Gary, he has a retail location in a town near my office. So many factors other than social media drive traffic. For instance, there was a big feature article about him recently in the Record, the biggest daily newspaper serving our region (northern NJ). Only direct marketers (like the folks I mention above) can track their marketing ROI to the penny ... so they know better than anyone what works online and what doesn\'t.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705862" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705862" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;if spend 2 hours a day blathering online, that’s 2 hours of work you don’t get done.<br><br>Yup, agreed. I have a Fast Company column due and I\'m not working on it right now cause I\'m talking with you.<br><br>&gt;Also, if you think landing pages aren’t relevant, how do you explain the outrageous success<br><br>I didn\'t say they aren\'t relevant. I was having a little fun with you. Something else came along in 1998. It was called Google. You should relax and smell the roses a little more.<br><br>Gary was also on Mad Money. His stores did $50 million a year BEFORE he got into social media. It may or may not work for you. But I don\'t get why you need to abuse those who decide it\'s for them. When you write "It seems to me that all these things — Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr — are a thundering bore and an utter waste of time" it seems to me that you\'ve already made up your mind and that you feel that people like me are boring and wasting our time.<br><br>Seems like you can\'t take your own medicine.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705863" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705863" href="http://www.mcresearch.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jillbarringer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705863" class="dsq-comment-message">Ignoring all the chest-thumping...Essentially Bob is \'wondering what he\'s missing\' and I\'d like to answer him; Robert tells us about the new stuff, we try it and see if we like it. It is a collaboration.<br><br>How do you know Twitter wouldn\'t improve your life if you don\'t try it first? Robert\'s enthusiasm/excitement is what helps lead us to the stuff that makes our lives better.<br><br>There\'s no point saying \'I won\'t like it\' when presented with a new taste. Have a nibble and if you don\'t like it, wait a bit, Robert will present you with the next taste sensation. But if you don\'t try it, like my Mother said, you\'ll never know.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705864" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705864" href="http://www.mcresearch.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jillbarringer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705864" class="dsq-comment-message">And as to two \'wasted hours\'. The crux of the argument here is that you consider those two hours wasted, some consider those two hours well spent. Horses for courses.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705865">alex</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705865" class="dsq-comment-message">robert, i love your blog and think you\'re incredibly insightful. but i have to say, i think with this one, you\'re slightly off the mark.<br><br>twitter etc are great, useful tools, but those who think they\'re the end all _already_ fail to realize just how many people, like bob, haven\'t yet been evangelized. what i don\'t hear enough talk about from people with keen, forward-thinking minds like yours is how we create a truly inclusive community that takes into consideration the various different levels of immersion in web 2.0. there seems a to be a willful blindness on that subject, and it should be dissected with greater precision. it\'s the elephant in the tech world room.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705866" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705866" href="http://tabithagracesmith.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tabitha Grace Smith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705866" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve stopped trying to explain why I enjoy being online and on social networks to people who don\'t get it. (Or why I have two iPods, a laptop, a cell phone, a digital camera and drool over the latest issue of Wired).<br><br>Trying to explain it to people who don\'t have that same passion? That is the real waste of time. ;)<br><br>Great article though Scoble, you had me at "conversation". And I think the people don\'t get it, don\'t realize the power of "conversation" with people you may never meet in person or really know that well. I adore it, other people just scratch their heads and yell, "get off my lawn with your crazy rock and roll people."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705867" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705867" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;those who think they’re the end all _already_ fail to realize just how many people, like bob, haven’t yet been evangelized<br><br>Alex, I don\'t think ANYONE is saying that Twitter is the end all. Heck, they can\'t even stay up for more than a few hours and, even today, many of their features are still turned off.<br><br>Also, when I get excited about something, that doesn\'t mean I expect that normal everyday people will also get excited about the same thing. Heck, most people will never care about RSS the way I do, but for a news junkie there\'s just no other way to do it.<br><br>This stuff takes time.<br><br>If we were back in 1977 we\'d have had the exact same discussion about whether normal people would use personal computers or not.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705868" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705868" href="http://www.raindropper.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tomi Itkonen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705868" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with Jill. Robert - the master chef - gives us a menu to choose from...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705869" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705869" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705869" class="dsq-comment-message">Is Bob Bly actually pulling our leg?<br><br>Read this comment, left over on FriendFeed, by BlogHer founder Elisa Camahort Page:<br><br>++++<br><br>A little historical context here: In late 2004 Bob Bly famously wrote a newsletter dissing the potential of blogging as a marketing &amp; communications tool, mocking it, some would say. Great link bait and blog fodder. He then, surprise surprise, started a blog himself. Talk about built-in attention &amp; controversy. Funny thing, he maintains that blog pretty actively to this day. I\'d say he\'s planning to get on Facebook, Twitter etc. in about 2 weeks &amp; just wants to make sure people are paying attention ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705870">jmo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705870" class="dsq-comment-message">"Hmm, yes, there is a little tone of that and I’m not going to apologize for it. If you’re an Amish farmer who believes that technology is something to be avoided, you probably won’t feel comfortable here, just like I wouldn’t feel comfortable at one of their family meetings."<br><br>Robert, I wasn\'t talking about technology, just the way you put some things across. Your use of "Why?" as a 1 word question is particularly annoying IMHO, and the way you name drop people is very "high-school".<br><br>but hey, I still read your blog :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705871" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705871" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705871" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705871" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;the way you name drop people is very “high-school”.<br><br>This is the World Wide High School. Now, do you want to be taped to a tree? I can arrange that. :-)<br><br>Remember my goal: an interesting conversation every day with someone interesting. You won\'t get there if you don\'t name drop. Why? Something about interesting people. They want to know what other interesting people are thinking or who they are having lunch with.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705872" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705872" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705872">alex</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705872" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705872" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt; This stuff takes time.<br><br>&gt;If we were back in 1977 we’d have had the exact same discussion about &gt; whether normal people would use personal computers or not.<br><br>ain\'t it the truth. unfortunately, though, those of us in the media world don\'t have the luxury of just waiting for those who are "behind" to catch up...we actually have to think about different audiences and constituencies, and try to include them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705873" href="http://www.raindropper.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tomi Itkonen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705873" class="dsq-comment-message">The reason I asked Bob about the stats was that somehow I felt this is his way of marketing himself and his services, getting attention.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705874" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705874" class="dsq-comment-message">Steve Rubel links to a bunch of things talking about the attention suck that we\'re all playing with here: <a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/05/boomers-gen-x-d.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/05/boomers-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705875">BillTheEditor</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705875" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear Bob,<br><br>I\'m 62. Is that old? I got my degree in 1968 from a brick and mortar school, and did my graduate work 1972-1974 in another brick and mortar school. Is that old school?<br><br>I make my living with technology. Always have. I do not find it difficult to keep up. I do use social software, plus the gadgets you disdain. I also have time to walk the dog, play footsie with my wife, and entertain the grandchildren. Even sit on the couch and drink a beer.<br><br>I don\'t use social software to blather. I use it to communicate with my authors, to find people who know what they are talking about, and to keep up with trends. All very important to my success. Collaboration does in fact enable me to produce better knowledge and information products, and to do it faster. I don\'t have to know it all. I don\'t have to write it all. I do need to be smart enough to vet the information that my collaborators provide. My job and my goal is producing. My authors, my copy editor, a one-person production department, and I grind out an online magazine every week, and an e-Book every 2 to 3 months, plus a shelf full of dead tree editions. We serve a global community of 30,000 professionals, and we are adding to that number every day. We couldn\'t do that your way.<br><br>If you are happy with what you do and the way you do it, bully for you. Like Scoble says, it\'s all in your goals. If your goals are just big enough for one person to accomplish by working alone and with a minimum of technology, great. Mine are big enough that it takes more than me, and they would take more than 24 hours a day of my time if I went your route. I will guarantee you that I am both productive and happy, in both my business and my personal life.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705876" href="http://www.erichaber.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eric</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705876" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,  I follow you on twitter, in FC magazine to keep up on the latest trends in tech, and I thank you for all the work you do.  With that said, can I suggest  an answer to your questions at the beginning of your reply to Bob?<br><br>Yes, take a night off. Yes, change your childs diaper.  Yes, have a glass of wine with your wife and yes, go for a walk.  These things are truly important, more so than any facebook app or new cell phone OS.<br><br>To be honest with you Robert, when I get up in the morning here on the East cost and turn on my computer and see you and Mike Arrington still going at it on twitter, it kind of creeps me out.  It\'s OK to go to bed, we\'ll all be here in the morning, waiting for your insight on the world of tech.  Regards<br><br>It sometimes feels like you</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705877" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705877" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705877" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr. Scoble: I originally e-mailed you privately, suggesting you write a column that could help me and others like me understand what all the fuss is about. You were the one who chose to post it on your blog, thus making my private comments public, not me. So Tomi\'s notion that I did this to promote myself is incorrect, as is your implication that I did the same thing in blogging.<br><br>The truth is, I did and still do feel that blogging is greatly overhyped as a marketing tool. That\'s why I wrote my column. Not as some deliberate plot to get attention; at the time, I had no intention of starting a blog.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705878" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705878" class="dsq-comment-message">BilltheEditor: If you want to get into a pissing contest, I am 50, own and operate over 70 web sites, produce 2-3 new info products (e-books, audios, and DVDs) per month, have over 60,000 e-zine subscribers, write two weekly e-mail alerts, a monthly e-zine, columns for Target Marketing and Early to Rise, have made millions of dollars as a direct marketing copywriter (mainly direct mail and landing pages), give an occasional speech, and am the author of over 70 books with major NYC publishing houses (John Wiley, McGraw-Hill).<br><br>I do not own a cell phone, beeper, Blackberry, iPod, wireless laptop, or Bluetooth.<br><br>I do not use Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace. I do not particiupate in LinkedIn or any other online networking. And unless I am a speaker, I do not attend meetings or networking functions.<br><br>I occasionally do look on YouTube to relax at the end of my 12-hour work day by listening to jazz clips.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705879">BillTheEditor</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705879" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob, you young guys are always looking for a fight. I am not. I have work to do. Have a nice day.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705880" href="http://www.bly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Bly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705880" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill, you dear old hypocrit, you! You fired the first shot with your comment. I set some facts straight, and now you say "I have work to do" as if I don\'t. You truly crack me up. Thanks for the chuckle!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705881">BillTheEditor</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705881" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob, I was relating to you what I accomplish with my use of technology. If your objective is to prove you have a bigger d**k, hey, you win. Happy?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705882" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705882" href="http://jaapwillem.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jaap Willem</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705882" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the brilliant article, I think it\'s a good story how we should think about things.<br>Everyone has a different point off view on topics, and this will continue forever. But I think it\'s always good to read someones thoughts and learn from each and another.<br>Thanks again.<br>cheers</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705883" href="http://www.mcresearch.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jillbarringer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705883" class="dsq-comment-message">Now now boys. Back to the original point...Bob wanted to know what he was missing, ie, why the lovely Mr Scoble is so excitable about new tech, and what is so good about it, then I think some of us have answered it.<br><br>Because it can improve one\'s productivity. Maybe not yours, and maybe not everyones. If you try some of it that may appear to be appropriate, then you may discover something very useful.<br><br>It takes time to sift through the new stuff, Robert does that for me and helps me connect with a community I cannot find in the \'real world\'.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705884" href="http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/lliu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lawrence Liu</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705884" class="dsq-comment-message">Geez, Robert, what a long winded way to answer a simple question! :-) The short answer is, "It\'s simply human to want to 1) know more, and 2) be known more." AWARENESS is the key. Without it, there would be no UNDERSTANDING. First comes self-awareness, which is what makes us human. Then comes awareness of others, which is what the web and social software enable in a very efficient way and broad way. Lastly, it\'s helping others to become (more) aware .. by blogging, friending, writing books, going to conferences, etc. This is the virtuous cycle of BEING HUMAN! Anyone, who doesn\'t get this is simply not living up to his/her full potential.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705885" href="http://techleaders20.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex Hammer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705885" class="dsq-comment-message">Thougtful as always.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705886" href="http://www.sagarmohan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sagar Mohan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705886" class="dsq-comment-message">If productivity means to just sit at my cube and do what I\'m told to each and every day, day in and day out, I would say - stay away from the facebooks, the twitters, the digg\'s and the flickr\'s.  But is that what you want to do?<br><br>I want to learn about all the technology out there that people are experimenting with and then figure out what makes sense for me.  For instance, I am the only person in my office that I know of that uses RSS feeds from our internal knowledge bases to see what the latest things that people are running into are.  As a result, I become the go-to person for all new issues.  Am I less productive? Perhaps.  But do I get more done faster?  Absolutely.  The two are mutually exclusive.  While Bob\'s question is very interesting, it is also not well define.  Your definition of being productive may be different than mine.  The future waits for no-one.  Don\'t be the western union of the world.  Be the AT&amp;T of the world - or better yet, the Apple.  Look to where the industry is going.  Look at the threats of new entrants and figure out if you and your company are well position or not.<br><br>While I agree that many technologies we interface with today can be disruptive, it is up to us as individuals to figure out what the right balance is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705887" href="http://frawst.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Travis Bedard</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705887" class="dsq-comment-message">Tone young man, tone.<br><br>A whole lot of sound a fury to not even bother to simply state that you go hunting for the new tools that make it easier for folks to do what they do already. (You say it, but sweet and merciful you can be a bit more concise ;) )<br><br>You enjoy the hunt, and whack the new and shiny with a stick to see if they work, and what they\'re good for.<br><br>For others - for the hypothetical, and apparently very productive Bob. He doesn\'t need any additional or improved tools to get his job done, so the service you provide is of no use to him.<br><br>But there\'s no need to be throwing around hateful words like ignorance because the tools he has are good enough for him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705888">Stiv Bator</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705888" class="dsq-comment-message">The elephant in the room.<br><br>Scoble makes his living fiddlin about on all these things.<br><br>Thats his motivation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705890">Jerry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705890" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s what I see....  All these things are tools to get something done, which I think is Mr. Bly\'s point.  Does a mechanic use every tool in his toolbox every day?  Mr. Bly is simply asking why a specific tool has value over a tool he may already be using.  Scoble, otoh, uses the tools for the sake of using the tools. Overall the new bright shiny object unlikely makes even a measurable improvement over the one he previously used. Many of these apps are answers to questions no one is asking.<br><br>Finally, I have to agree with Mr. Bly on your writing, Scoble. With the use of "cause" instead of "because"; your use of "why" and "hint" is intended to insult the intelligence of your reader, it boggles the mind you were and continue to get paid to write</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705891" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705891" href="http://friendfeed.com/susanbeebe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Susan Beebe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705891" class="dsq-comment-message">Awesome post; even more awesome comments! LOL<br><br>It all boils down to this: We must *master* our productivity tools (technology included) in order to maximize production of our quality work in a time manner.<br><br>So how do you use technology to accomplish this?  Are you an advanced user that has figured out how to organize, sort, filter and glean the best data from all your tools?  The person who is best capable of using each tool with mastery, will achieve the highest productivity ratio.<br><br>So, what do you want to do with your time? Are you productive?  Meeting your Goals?  For some, we use technology as a means to achieve our goals.  However, there are times that overuse of technology will become a time stealer.  Find the balance! Know your limits.  Learn to SKIM and FILTER data.  Then, technology tools are awesome for helping one to achieve maximum productivity.  Like any tool, one must master how to best glean all that you can in the shortest time possible.  So, one must master use of ALL tools no matter what form, in order to become productive and competent in their work; tha is, when you use ANY tool whether it be stone, paper, computer.<br><br>I use my new BlackBerry (frees me from my desk!), LinkedIn, Plaxo, FriendFeed, twitter, Facebook, Blogs, IM, etc. to maximize my professional network and to LEARN new things!!!  VERY KEY to my use of these tools.  If I wasn\'t learning, sharing and growing I would NOT use these tools.  So, Bob is in affect really closing his eyes to the world and denying himself a marvelous opportunity to learn, share and grow.  He may want to consider sharing his wealth of knowledge with the next generation.  I am and that is worth my time!<br><br>Susan Beebe<br>@smbeebe</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705892" href="http://www.lorenheiny.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Loren Heiny</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705892" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like Bob Bly uses things that he finds useful to him. Cell phones aren\'t on his list. Nor is Twitter. But he has a blog and obviously connects to the Internet and uses email and by inference uses a browser and probably Google. Fine by me.<br><br>I have two very bright friends that are somewhat like Bob and who both work in the tech industry. Neither owns a cell phone. One owns a single black and white TV he last used on 9/11 and the other uses WiFi not to connect to a notebook about the house but rather as a bridge across it to connect to trusty wired CAT cables on each end. However, they both are a bit of a conundrum because one uses Forums heavily and the other YouTube as a means of keeping connected with the latest trends in old-time music.<br><br>Point is that people use the technology that benefits them to the degree they want it to. There\'s no doubt in my mind that both of them could benefit from using technology to communicate more and better (in terms of networking to find a new job or staying current), but neither wants to--especially when it comes to their work. They\'ll read the red rag or some other print publication thank you very much for what they need on the technical side. There\'s too much junk out there to waste their time they argue.<br><br>At times it pains me to see them say No to so many things that they can benefit from, but try as I might, I\'m not going to be the one to persuade them. Their other non-early-adopter friends may....eventually...but not me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705893" href="http://blog.stealthmode.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Francine hardaway</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705893" class="dsq-comment-message">My advice, Bob Bly: take a bite, and if you don\'t like it, spit it out and you never have to try it again. But you have to taste it before you tell me you hate it. This is what I tell my children and   it applies to you as well. Don\'t tell me something isn\'t useful if you don\'t experience it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705894" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705894" href="http://junal.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">junal</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705894" class="dsq-comment-message">at least this email helped you to rethink about everything. and then you found what you are doing is right and thats who you are. personally, i\'m very inspired by you. and i believe lots of other people like me being inspired by you as well.so keep doing what you are doing...all the best.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705895">Debbie (Stanford)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705895" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Robert:<br><br>Fortune Magazine calls World Golf Tour, the single greatest online hindrence to US productivity:<br><br><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/technology/online_golf.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008011804" rel="nofollow">http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/16/technology/onli...</a><br><br>Many here at Stanford consider this online game 10 orders of magnitude more addicting than Oxycontin.... You should profile them Robert!<br><br><a href="http://www.worldgolftour.com" rel="nofollow">www.worldgolftour.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705896" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705896" href="http://prstore.typepad.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scott Hepburn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705896" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Robert, Hi Bob. I\'m a long-time fan, Robert, but this is my first comment on your blog. And since I\'m also a long-time fan of Bob\'s work, this thread has replaced the Clinton-Obama saga as my entertainment of choice. I had to way in.<br><br>Bob, you\'re one of the copywriting greats...highly respected in my office...but I have to disagree with your claim that the new media innovations are too much to keep up with and should thus be ignored. That may be true for many businesses, but just like the press release or the website, these tools are part of a marketing arsenal. Whether you use one tool really well or use many in combination will depend on the nature of your business, your customer, and your personal style.<br><br>One reason I use these tools is because influential people are using them. The Scobles, Rowses and Huffingtons of the world can do as much for my company with a single mention as the Rathers, Jenningses and Brokaws. Mastery, or at least a working knowledge, of the tools they use is the sine qua non of connecting with these influencers.<br><br>Robert, while I agree with most of your argument, unfortunately (or fortunately, for those of us on the front edge), most businesses haven\'t figured out Twitter, Flickr, videoblogging, et al. They\'re powerful tools, for sure, but we\'re just barely into the experimental phase. The really exciting stuff -- entrepreneurs and working-class buffoons like me inventing new uses for these tools -- is still ahead of us.<br><br>Great running debate, guys...best read I\'ve had so far this week.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705897" href="http://www.internetisshit.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Christopher Coulter</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705897" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://globosphere.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://globosphere.blogspot.com/</a> too dated...but my answer is there, click under Links.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705898" href="http://lowtechtimes.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">S.P. Gass</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705898" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob Bly, I agree with you on Twitter, Facebook, Blackberry, iPod, and the iPhone.  Their cost and/or time investment is not worth the benefit for me at this time in my judgement.<br><br>I have tried Flickr and do like the feature where you can order photobooks from qoop.  For me that is easier than putting the prints in an album myself.    What I don\'t like about Flickr is that they limit free-account users to just three albums at a time stored on their site.<br><br>At a previous job, I was issued a laptop and do appreciate it\'s portability vs a desktop.  Since then, I\'ve purchased one and enjoy blogging outside on the screened-in porch.<br><br>Also, I avoided purchasing a cell phone for a long time, but my wife finally talked me into it.  It\'s a pay-as-you-go plan that costs $100/year which isn\'t too bad.  I have it in case of emergencies or other times when it occasionally comes in handy.  But in general, I keep the phone turned off.<br><br>Robert S., I believe you are wrong to suggest that those who choose not to spend their money/time on the latest unnecessary hi-tech gadgets and services are ignorant.  More on my site if interested...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705899" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705899" href="http://www.istrategylabs.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Peter Corbett</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705899" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr. Bly you are an absolute master of self promotion. Well played.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705900">Jimmy Dell</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705900" class="dsq-comment-message">The sad thing, that I\'ve discovered in being in this industry for at least as long as you, Robert, is that besides the constant sugar high of getting something new every day, that it doesn\'t confer any advantage, so unless the journey is it\'s own reward, so it\'s just not worth running like a hamster jumping at each new idea coming from twitter or techmeme.  For a long time, I used to think that somehow getting it first would somehow give me the leg up, and I found that it didn\'t, and worse, that the truism of the pioneer getting the arrows in his back was correct.  There\'s  room for one Scoble, you get to be the food taster that chokes on the poison burrito, but there\'s no need for anyone to emulate you, we\'ll be able to capitalize on your great discoveries and avoid your dismal failures.  You\'re the Russian roulette player who pulls the trigger again and again and again...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705901">Joaquin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705901" class="dsq-comment-message">Great place for people with differing ideas to spend a great deal of time unsucessfully convincing others they are right. Thanks for the 4 minutes of entertainment. I\'ll wait until the movie comes out to see how it ends.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705902" href="http://TribalSeduction.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@CoachDeb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705902" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO<br><br>Quote by Scoble:<br><br>"Markus: I think we have a reading problem here. I can’t help it if you can’t read fast."<br><br>ooooh i can SO attest to how Twitter has turned me into SUCH a better speed reader!<br><br>I can\'t believe how much I know about new media technology &amp; resources for my clients ever since I joined TWitter &amp; followed the early adopters. WOW! I never read this many blog posts before - b/c they often were "long" and I didn\'t think I had the time for them.<br><br>But Twitter is actually a time SAVER for me in regards to getting all the latest &amp; greatest resources out there FAST!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705903">Gary Wisniewski</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705903" class="dsq-comment-message">Somehow, social media "tools" have spawned a religion.  It\'s no longer good enough to look at a tool and assess it\'s purpose and suitability.  No, you have to believe that it is "the answer".  You have to believe that being an early adopter somehow imbues participants with insight which reaches beyond the specifics of a tool\'s utility and into the very fabric of social quality.   No longer are tools "suitable for some and not for others" but instead there are "new exciting tools" and "outmoded tools".   Tech tools have become the varsity badges of the winning team these days.  It seems that typewriters are useless and new social technology tools are supremely good no matter how they are applied.<br><br>To me, this is utter horse shit.<br><br>If your job is to communicate, then you need communications tools.  If your job doesn\'t involve communication but, let\'s say, requires that you invent new characters for a work of fiction, or derive a new chemical formula, or paint a landscape, you may require endless weeks of uninterrupted time.   Some people thrive by being on top of things.  Others thrive by being on the bottom of things.<br><br>Maybe some of those who use Twitter are the ones who don\'t get it.  Maybe they have never done anything which required six months of silence and uninterrupted concentration.   The tech culture of absorb, regurgitate, and mash-up has its value.   But, let\'s not make it the only answer.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705812" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705812" href="http://www.goebel.net/technews/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Markus Göbel&#39;s Tech News Comme</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705812" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705812" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t want to see your cemetery photos nor does the age of a cameraman matter to me. Please stay focused on technology!<br><br>These new social media make the people bring up so much noise, simply because it\'s technically possible. I see no difference in Twitter or Friendfeed.<br><br>Please no more tagging, hyperlinks and additional information! I am missing the good old technology magazines on paper, because they didn\'t have distracting hyperlinks which always give me the feeling to miss something.<br><br>I hope they still exist.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705836">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705836" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705836" href="http://opendomain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mary Zolinett</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705836" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705836" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow... does this make you think, Robert??? :-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705904">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705904" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705904" href="http://www.zoliblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Zoli Erdos</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705904" class="dsq-comment-message">Gee, Robert, changing diapers is not optional...<br>:-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705837">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705837" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705837" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705837">toivo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705837" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705837" class="dsq-comment-message">It is good that Scoble has not lost the abilty to think and he is not totally blinded by twittery things.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705835">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705835" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705835" class="dsq-comment-message">Zoli: that\'s true, but WHO changes them IS optional. Sometimes. :-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705839">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705839" href="http://www.entrepremusings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Aruni</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705839" class="dsq-comment-message">Wonderful, well-written post.  Wish I had been able to read it earlier. How we define productivity is what it comes down to.  What you do is productive for you because you seem to enjoy doing it and it apparently \'pays the bills.\'<br><br>I think is trying to figure out what you really like to do and even if it appears non-productive to others it is productive to you and for you.  I think \'time\' is the element that we often overlook to figure that out for ourselves and our companies.  It just takes time!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705818">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705818" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705818" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705818">John Locastro (Jlo)</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705818" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705818" class="dsq-comment-message">Technology is great for a number of reasons, including productivity and connecting with others.<br><br>At the end of the day with all things said and done......here\'s the real true reason why we should use technology:<br><br>FROM: <a href="http://bullfrogsnbutterflies.blogspot.com/2008/05/power-of-mac.html" rel="nofollow">http://bullfrogsnbutterflies.blogspot.com/2008/...</a><br><br>I dropped DH (dear husband) off at the airport last night for his 15 + 2 hour LA trip to Sydney, Australia. He is working over in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne for two weeks and then he heads to Malaysia and Singapore.<br><br>The girls and I miss him already!! I have to say though, I absolutely love my MacBook! DH landed a few hours ago safely and we just got done chatting via video iChat! I was sitting in my kitchen in suburbia Texas and he was at an Italian Cafe having a cappuccino outside in the heart of Sydney, Australia.<br><br>Isn\'t that incredible?? It\'s Sunday morning there...<br><br>Also, hubby\'s cell phone died and he wasn\'t at the hotel room so we communicated via our MacBook\'s! As an added bonus, DH already took some great pictures of his view from the hotel room and already uploaded them to Flickr. Now when the girls wake up in the morning I can show them pictures of where daddy is at on the AppleTV. It just keeps getting better...<br><br>Thank you Apple!<br><br><br>BTW...tell terrystorch from lifechurch.tv I said hello....hope the Google conference is going well.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705817">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705817" href="http://brentnewhall.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brent P. Newhall</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705817" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705817" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob Bly\'s just lost this reader, alas.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705816">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705816" href="http://brentnewhall.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brent P. Newhall</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705816" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm.  Looking at my comment again, I realize it\'s unclear.<br><br>Bob made a solid point in his original letter to Scoble.  His followup comments reveal an argumentative attitude towards a respected person.  I\'ve lost respect for him, which means I plan to avoid his work from now on.  Might be good stuff, but I personally don\'t put up with that.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705815">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705815" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705815" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705815" href="http://www.FederalDirect.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mark Amtower</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705815" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705815" class="dsq-comment-message">As to the comment that Mr Bly started his blog AFTER his comment on blogging, that is simply not accurate. It was the first comment ON his blog.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705838">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705838" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705838" href="http://www.stupersocial.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amanda MacArthur</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705838" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705838" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob is a friend of mine so I have some bias on the subject, but I think what Bob is looking for is how social media and gadgets help a blogger/copywriter/author.<br><br>Not to say that he has no benefit in getting a facebook or twitter account (infact, I think Twitter is a great way for authors to sell books), but really, I think what Bob is missing is how SOME of this new technology is really about marketing more than anything.<br><br>Until you have a network of friends in social media, it\'s really hard for someone to understand the benefit.<br><br>As a copywriter, he doesn\'t necessarily need Google Docs or the latest cellphone to satisfy his copywriting clients. Everyone must stil use Microsoft Word in his client industry. If he had clients asking him to use Google Docs, he\'d be using it by now.<br><br>And I think he might be probing you a little more than he is letting on in order to get a full response, as Bob has a blog and has copywritten, very well, on Internet marketing for some time now.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705813">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705813" href="http://globalneighbourhoods.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">shel israel</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705813" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob sounds like he should be reading me and not you. I wonder about what excites you as well sometimes. Let\'s discuss in front of the camera today at the WorkFast rehearsal.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705905">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705905" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9705905">sam</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705905" class="dsq-comment-message">Life is a very short journey and we are not here to waste it in using Twitter, Facebook, iPhone, Flickr,ETC..  then simple die.I just don\'t get it how do we benefits the community and the people by using these things what is the meaning of these things in life. people are dying all over the world and we are using Twitter to stay in touch with friends.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705906">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705906" href="http://www.personafile.com/products" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pbx</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705906" class="dsq-comment-message">Bob\'s letter could apply to many of us... and he might be right.  There are more serious matters the world over and people that love us that go without during times of tech. obsession.  Its a drug, like heroin.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705907" href="http://www.PersuasiveAdCopy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David Johnson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705907" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been a big fan of Bob Bly for a long time, I give him credit for my copy writing career as I have read about 10 of his books. He is old school and I did notice that he asked for clarification in his letter to Robert, not to be attacked.<br><br>While I don\'t want to be on anybodies side I think we should share why and how technology has brought us all together as a society. I have no doubt that he gets more done than I do because I\'ll spend more time on things I shouldn\'t, like forums. They will sure suck up your time! But they also have their marketing benefits that I contribute a lot of work to.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705908">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705908" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705908" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705908" href="http://www.npsperde.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">perde</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705908" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705908" class="dsq-comment-message">[...] simpatico: hace 21 min Robert Scoble publico un post explicando su uso de estas herramientas. Muy recomendada lectura. Sabias que el Mars Lander esta en Twitter explicando “Que esta [...]</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705909">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705909" href="http://liijaluzi.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">perde</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705909" class="dsq-comment-message">"an email asking him why he wastes so much time with Web 2.0 services and technology gadets, Scoble wrote: Lately I’ve been asking myself a lot of similar questions that Bob has been asking"<br><br>Yes. Thanks</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9705910">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9705910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9705910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9705910" href="http://www.softomic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Paul St. Amant</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9705910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9705910" class="dsq-comment-message">Social networking is a fine outlet for social people.  Maybe Bob is the type that still takes photos with a Polaroid like my father-in-law and doesn\'t have many people who want to chat with him online.  It is possible that he isn\'t much for socializing on or offline.  I think Elisa saw right through the letter.<br><br>I have, relatively few friends on Facebook, a conservative LinkedIn connections page, a blog that only gets comments from me, and a Flickr site with cute kids, but rarely a comment, but I am hardly a celebrated author.  It doesn\'t bother me because I\'m a nobody.<br><br>Bob is a big time author and I really like his books and he has a lot more to lose to have a less than stellar social network.  So keep your eyes out for his next book.  This has been a pretty damn good publicity stunt.</div>\
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	 </li>\
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