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What I am about, love and want to share may not have broad appeal. Many I think may be interested might be too busy already so to open up to a larger audience seems a smart move to me. I have been following you, reading your posts and commenting when appropriate and wonder if you consider someone like me an idiot? I have bulit a great network of people with ideas and questions I can learn from and contribute to and if that took caring about how many follw me so be it. I do hope you look close enough to find we are not idiots.<br>With much Aloha and loving kindness, Gina", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:24:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "1acd420f12b037de278a4aa249a689af", "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}, "9713016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I`ll keep your blog window open and check back later for the friendfeed vid. Thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:26:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "23dece3fb5e3252bbdfce18504d9e728", "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}, "9713017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "PS I'm @starlightlife  :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:27:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "1acd420f12b037de278a4aa249a689af", "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}, "9713018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michael Arrington &amp; TechCrunch sucks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:28:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "ba01b47a3a6c1f0a25a3f580ce8da267", "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}, "9713019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for writing this Scoble. I don't pretend to understand what twitter or the network or all the different channels will look like in the near or distant future, but love the open debate and self correcting nature of the people and content in here and the platform as a whole. I had a long debate last night at dinner with people who despise twitter/facebook etc as they think it is 100% about people needing to feel important, heard and validated. People who actually think that others care that the line at Century Theaters in redwood city is long, or just ate a cookie, it was good, type of updates. I explained that people create different realities in twitter and networks of followers vary based on the user. Personally, I like the balance of people that add real value in content, circulating others content etc. If that is good I enjoy hearing about what they are doing as well because it make them approachable and adds to their credibility as a source. I think it is better than a newscaster on TV who chats with their co-chair at lulls about what they are doing for the holidays etc. Of course I also have my guilty pleasure follows that are 100% about what they are thinking, feeling or doing and adds no more value than from an anthropology perspective. Thanks for the enlightenment as usual.<br>Kevin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:24:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "70197796a359b085f832294ac339450d", "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}, "9713020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice to have you on the good side Robert.<br><br>I've been examining the friendfeed/twitter society formation for the past few months, and this is no different from groups forming in the offline world: There are thinkers and there are wannabe's imitating thinkers. The common sense tells you that thinkers are followed and wannabe's are following them, which is not the case. Throughout the history, wannabe's were followed more often than the genuine thinkers. The expectation with internet was that, this misunderstanding would vane because the online society is forming around solid ideas, and that real thinkers would be the followed ones. Still, there are a lot of ways to hide idiocy within word and links and images here, which lets wannabe's be perceived as authority, as is in the offline world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b0a31ddf15b917b94e88dc965e36ed4", "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}, "9713021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Twitter has removed much of the FRICTION that blogging and the unknown world of RSS (for the average internet user) had created. I still think that the 2% excellent conversations are worth gold as you would not have them otherwise.<br>I can't walk into your office every day nor can all our followers can. Most other networks have failed to create those coffee table conversations where much creative work happens because it's organic...<br>I also notice that the @chrisbrogan, @scobleizer @Davetaylor ... are asking many questions through their tweets that blogs have NOT statisfied... proof i found out about this important [appearance VS relevance] conversation via my [relevant] thread in Tweetdeck...<br><br>Thanks for letting everyone participate. We're learning. Live.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:20:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "248d3f9093bd65d5332e0e27fc4bbeeb", "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}, "9713022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm following around 200 people on twitter because most of their tweets are thought provoking or entertaining in some way. I don't have much interesting to say myself so I couldn't care less how many follow me or follow me back.<br><br>I follow Robert because he's so well connected and he's like a filter that brings the really interesting stuff (and people) to the top, the stuff I like to read.<br><br>To tell you the truth, I'm getting tired of the tech crowd going all kindergarten-dramatic in an attempt to get more attention. I swear, I've been rolling my eyes so much lately that I'm getting headaches and have been unfollowing people on twitter left and right because it's so obvious what they're up to.<br><br>But what bothers me the most is the people who I respected who react exactly the way the drama queens intended. It disappoints me because I thought they would have known better.<br><br>Anyway, as long as it's interesting to me I'll read and watch. When it gets too childish I'll move on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:10:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "9956bc4a869ceba98ff6f9a08e4c3fbe", "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}, "9713023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, for me its my engaged followers. These are the ones I learn the most from. The second tier are the people I follow and learn from. I vet who I follow. I expect the people who follow me to vet me as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "1d1377c6457694139566c068c78d3111", "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}, "9713024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "1.<br>We are living in a world where the scarcest and the most valuable thing is people's attention.<br><br>2.<br>Celebrity is one of the basic metrics in an attention economy.<br><br>3.<br>Celebrity is measured by how many followers a person has.<br><br>Following the logic - I don't see anything wrong with Arrington's and Loic's claims and idea of using the # of followers to filter out who we should listen to.  Their idea is on the right track.<br><br>But I would tweak their formula a bit.<br><br>As Dan Zarella pointed out to me... twitter authority should be measured by the formula = \"(followers/following)*followers\"<br><br>It will get rid of many of the people who game the system to become celebrities.  It will lower the ranks of people who start following 100s of people in the hopes that some of them might start following them too.  But at the same time - it gives us a good idea of knowing which of the folks on twitter are worth listening to.<br><br>(Yes it is not a perfect formula.  Because people who follow everyone that starts following them will have a lower rank too.  But its not altogether off the rails...)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:09:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "12200ce32b8d46b2bb81cb6089dd66bc", "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}, "9713025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Adi - If you've been paying attention you'd realize that Robert is saying it doesn't matter \"why should anyone follow\" him. The point is who he follows, who he reads, what he learns from that. If you don't give a damn... why are you reading this?<br><br>Follower count might correlate to authority on some subjects.  But the subjects will vary with the person. Some people will have high follower count simply because they are \"famous\" already, some because they are fun to read, some because they are seen as an authority in  a given area. MarsPhoenix has 40,300 followers and is The Authority on... a square meter or so of the surface of Mars. Large following, narrow authority area.<br><br>Authority is the wrong word. Yes, if you have many followers, more people will see something you say. However, that doesn't mean they will automatically take your word for it, accept your opinion, or rush out and by whatever you mentioned. Authority requires more than just eyeballs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:07:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "2cd8a74d15dbb3b1d788899868554af9", "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}, "9713026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've seen enough \"help me get to # followers\" in the past 24 hours to be convinced that raw numbers alone are not sufficient.<br><br>However, there is a positive correlation between followers and opinion leader status. Imperfect but positive.<br><br>And although I am far, far from an expert on search engine algorithms, these things tend to be self-propagating. That is, if @scobelizer is automatically higher-ranked because of his followers, then he will always be atop the search results. So he will get clicked upon more often.<br><br>And although it is not deterministic, the people who follow those results will be more likely to follow him, which will then perpetuate the cycle.<br><br>Hence I agree completely.<br><br>However, there must be a way to use the tools of communication science for formal network analysis (and surely someone is doing this) to look at information flow in a meaningful and helpful way.<br><br>Rather than a way to bottleneck communication by only returning results of those with huge followings, an effective algorithm could help identify holes in your network -- holes not from a raw number perspective but holes in information that should be flowing to you but is not. Holes in relationships and conversations.<br><br>Mr. Tweet seems to do this at a very basic level. But I don't think that it would be altogether inappropriate to flag Twitter search results with an indicator of how well that person matches (for lack of a better word) your network without ranking the results themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_15:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "ab262b01743b6a3f90a0ce4f4bbe26a8", "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}, "9713027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "At the very end of the first Matrix (or the only Matrix, if you're like me), there's that part where Neo realizes he doesn't even have to dodge the bullets any longer.<br><br>I don't care about the authority of twitter search results. Twitter is a wired network and I know how to search it. I know how to parse the people I want to read. I know how to extract and insert value.<br><br>I hope they don't muck with Twitter search. I use it just fine, all the time.<br><br>As for the fight? I don't spend my calories that way. Lots of people have no idea what Twitter's about, and they write a new article about it ever day. Fine by me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_14:51:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "97c9f8bfa1c0a65222075bacdea9b7bd", "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}, "9713028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>Thanks for the insight into why you 'hand-followed' the first 5000 people - they are early adopters etc.  But that leaves a god 15,000 people and your response seems to suggest that you used some form of auto-follow to follow them  Again this is something I don't understand.  If people are following me I want them to continue only because they value what I say - I lose almost as many followers every day as I gain and overall the count inches up because the people who stay find things I say valuable.  If someone wants to leave just because I didn't follow them back they are the wrong kind of person - so I have never found autofollow meaningful. Could you also explain what is the value of auto following other than to \"retain\" followers?   I want to believe you when you say \"it's who you follow that matters\" but it seems like you have two different kinds of following behavior - a) you autofollow anyone who follows you just so they don't drop away and b) you head over to Friendfeed and really *listen* to only a few people  using filtering tools. So why continue to \"follow\" so many people when you don't really listen to ~95% of them?  To me following really means valuing what people say - and by following about 150 people (the monkeysphere) I can get valuable information and build relationships all just using Twitter tools.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_14:54:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "6120f9023773786bc02b73cbe80d2649", "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}, "9713029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's is a very hard problem, You see now since he derailed us.  We will have to get a crane to fix us.  Only way we ca fix this is getting people involved and get it back to where it needs to go!!  I totally agree about this and can't wait to see what other people say!!!   <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/9tyydb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/9tyydb</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:44:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed931608b012ccd70dc9ee7c240f2c91", "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": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9713030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Twitter is just a \"web 2.0\" version of a chat room and while some chats are better than others, the 'delivery' is poor at best. Even Tweetree, a service that tries to thread the conversation, doesn't get it into a better usable format.<br><br>So, let them have their 'advanced' search options for whatever criteria they want. I just think the use of \"authoritative' got this conversation going into being a train wreck.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:45:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "3eb4787adc442c68eb8f591af04c1023", "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}, "9713031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm so glad I follow you... even if you did make a snarky remark to one of my @replies to you. You make me think. Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:49:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "778c83bc35c38e6968fa9cbbd184fa2b", "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}, "9713032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>You're right on target in the post.<br><br>But the fact that you are following 20,000+ people - how does that compute when you say it's more important who you follow.  Are you saying you are following 20,000 people because you filtered and sorted and found they were the one's you found interesting - or did you just blindly \"follow back\" anyone following you - for MySpace'ish reasons ?<br>And once you follow so many people your friends timeline is completely useless and even the @'s and DM's get so voluminous that you are essentially a one way megaphone - so I am curious what exactly is the point of following 20,000 people.  I have never understood why people do that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "6120f9023773786bc02b73cbe80d2649", "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}, "9713033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>Your points are valid and well taken.<br><br>This logic can be followed in other areas as well: Madonna has more \"followers\" than Chick Corea. Few (if any) could say she is more of a music authority than he.<br><br>We could go on and on with similar examples.<br><br>No, do not join the \"idiot crowd.\" Please do what you do and operate according to your own standard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "e4d5427e3a098444a8baf54a8079d542", "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}, "9713034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't believe I was advocating selling stuff on your Twitter account Robert.  In fact, I was defending your point as well - it was not solely a defense of Loic or Mike.  I learn a lot from those I follow.  I just go about it all a little differently - I use my followers for discovery.  I wouldn't have followers if I didn't place value in whom I follow.  I just think there's also value in followers - unfortunately, knowledge does not always equal money.  People have to prioritize, and for me I have to figure out a way to get the best of both worlds so I can support my family, fulfill my dreams, and becomes a smart person at the same time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:53:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "d881753042a8bbff52ed4b78f1e7bec5", "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}, "9713035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nitin: I hand followed about 5,000 of my 20,000 and I only followed early adopters. I wanted to study what early adopters are doing. I've always assumed that Twitter would give us more features to group people. Turned out FriendFeed did that. So I can separate out the people I'm following into folders. <a href=\"http://Peoplebrowsr.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peoplebrowsr.com</a> is helping me too. But most of my inbound reading time now is on friendfeed for a whole lot of reasons, a big one is exactly what you're talking about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very interesting post Robert. I have followed the FriendFeed conversations between you and the others, read Jesse's point of view on his blog and now yours.<br><br>Personally, I believe that everyone will find different ways of using and engaging social media. You talk about how important it is to surround yourself with smart people, people who have ideas.. My question is how do you define, 'smart' or intelligence.. Surely, it cant just be about adding as many people as you can, right? I think this is what Loic was trying to arrive at.<br><br>The idea to me sounds interesting.. the way to measure 'intelligence' with follower count - that seems rudimentary.<br><br>I really do hope this conversation between the worlds top bloggers will result (maybe even inspire?) someone to create better AI? Only time will tell.<br><br>In the meantime, here is wishing you and yours a wonderful new year :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:53:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Asfaq", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jesse: your post makes it very clear that you see huge value in having tons of followers. You don't care how you get those followers, just that you want more. Which is why you're writing tonight's post on someone else's blog, isn't it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:54:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm really glad you're fighting for ideas and innovation over popularity and business models. That is where the true value is. All this over optimization-pseudo value crap is what got the country into this crisis. We need people to ditch this self delusion and self-indulgence and start creating real value-- voraciously pursuing the best ideas and then actually making them happen. Social media can and needs to play a big role in making this happen. But this will only work if we make it an idea contest rather than popularity contest.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:55:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "3682e994e8b69ef7cdfea72db1d1015d", "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}, "9713039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I'm not sure Mike Arrington derailed us at all - you already posted a riposte, and you're both coming at the issue from different, legitimate angles.<br><br>You want more signal and higher-quality conversations. You should be able to get that through Twitter (start by unfollowing anyone who provides more noise than signal) and Friendfeed. Start a new Twitter group or Friendfeed room. Like you, I don't see a lot of value in raw numbers. Like you, I put a lot of time into video productions that don't have the apparent payout of an easily link to a celeb news story.<br><br>I suspect that the complaint you make could just as easily be made about the mainstream media -- at any time in the past 60 years, in fact.<br><br>That's why we have Fox, People magazine and the National Enquirer. That's why \"The Bachelor\" outperforms the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, CNN and dozens of other niche channels combined.<br><br>Embrace the niche, the intelligent conversations, and don't worry about the rabble. You're never going to convert them, so ignore the nonsense and keep doing what you feel is right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_04:57:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8406eced56cec7d50e6eb97e67624b1", "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}, "9713040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the opinion, Robert! Btw, agree to your thesis completely.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:00:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "44f5e1083a52a719fcb38156eb42ab72", "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}, "9713041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I love your passion and honesty.<br><br>What's that saying though? \"Let sleeping dogs lie\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:02:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "1bb6c5f0888156811533f295de95d8dd", "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}, "9713042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I care that each and every one of those followers shows some interest in me.  That's important to me - they've invested in the follow, so I have an obligation to do what I can to build that relationship. There are some I go out of my way to follow because I think they're smart, as well - many of those I really wish would follow me back so we can have a real conversation (Tim O'Reilly is one of those).  It's hard to have a conversation with someone who has shown no interest back in you, and you'll learn a lot less that way if you can't hold a real conversation with them.  You have the advantage that you're well known, and most of these people follow you back.  I don't have that yet unfortunately.<br><br>Regarding \"blogging on someone else's blog\" - I was simply using that as a point.  <a href=\"http://LouisGray.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">LouisGray.com</a> is no longer just \"someone else's blog\".  <a href=\"http://LouisGray.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">LouisGray.com</a> is now a brand, with multiple bloggers, Louis Gray at the helm. I'm sure he can vouch further though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "d881753042a8bbff52ed4b78f1e7bec5", "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}, "9713043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Arnold: what fun would that be? Arrington wanted me to blog more. He got his wish. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:05:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, you're spot on. Focus on helping people make sense of change. I agree O'Reilly's got it. But there's plenty of space for other sense-makers. I've only recently started following your video interviews, and I'm really enjoying them. There are so many skills to now transfer out beyond the tech community. Leave the others to court celebrity - it's a road to ruin.<br><br>Cheers, Mark", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:05:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f1fa6eb05ef62cdbc41b32ffcdddcc4", "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}, "9713045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's a pretty simple argument against their logic: @britneyspears has over 12.5k followers - are we supposed to pretend that this means she's going to tweet something important any day now?<br><br>\"I love Japan! I think all the tiny cars are so cute! -Britney 3:34 PM Dec 14th from mobile web\"<br><br>When popularity = authority, we're all doomed... Follower numbers mean NOTHING if those followers were 1 time visitors who signed up, clicked the \"follow @scobleizer\" or \"follow @techcrunch\" buttons and never logged on again to twitter.<br><br>Are 10,000 never-used-it-but-the-once followers more important than 100 really engaged, very involved followers? Not in my world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:05:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "feb6106eb5edc89f49d14a4227d58fea", "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}, "9713046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's interesting but if you look at the Shorty Awards nominations, except for a few exceptions, you won't find the most popular Twitterholics, you'll find \"ordinary\" but popular Twitterers. You could say that people are hustling for nominations but the fact that there are over 1200 user generated categories that were unanticipated shows the large amount of creative, original content highlighting the contributions from many Twitterers. The almost complete absence of the Twitterers with the highest number of followers is striking to me.<br><br>I think you can only correlate a high number of followers with a greater amount of visibility/publicity that someone's Tweets can have. But many people follow the most popular Twitterers not because they are influenced by them but because they assume that the top people have contacts that would provide them with the latest information. They are a source or news or gossip, people don't blindly follow their opinions &amp; recommendations, they listen to their friends for that, people whose opinion they trust.<br><br>If popularity indicates influence, then tech people on Twitter fade into obscurity compared to actual political, business &amp; entertainment celebrities. Twitter is a vocal but small little world and I think it is ridiculous to inflate ones importance because one has more followers than others. It's depth, not breadth, quality, not quantity that determines influence.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:08:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Liz99", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Liz: I couldn't have said it better. Absolutely!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:11:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lucretia, that's why I say a combination of the two is ideal - imagine if Britney engaged all 12.5k of those followers, building community with them.  She wouldn't have people to engage if she didn't have the followers in the first place (again, the chicken or the egg problem).  The number is one thing, and still important.  Scoble's right too though in that she actually has to listen to those followers to get the full value from it.  That was the point of my own post.  To get the full value you can't have one without the other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:11:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "d881753042a8bbff52ed4b78f1e7bec5", "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}, "9713049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Scoble<br>I am a recent user (1 month) and I see this as a medium to capture what is happening around me in a casual manner and in the process, join conversations that I feel are relevant to me. I often look at the 2nd and 3rd (even 4th, 5th) pages of search engine results and am amazed at what I find out, sometimes not relevant to the search but still useful.<br><br>While there is nothing wrong in the most active users to demand/expect a little extra, ranking based on authority (and followers) could end up drowning other voices as it will give more importance to scoble and arrington and loic.<br><br>\"Better friends. Better content. Better news. Better ideas. Better People\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "e82f84f4309802847a34d98ab44b7e71", "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}, "9713050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the insightful post, Robert. This is exactly why 70% of the people I follow on twitter are either people I have met personally or services that I use. (More so the former.) The other 30% are people and companies that I feel I can learn something from or find interesting.<br><br>What this really means is that ultimately my followers number will stay fairly low, and grow slowly. I don't blindly follow in the hopes that my numbers will grow, rather I prefer to actually use the service as something that connects me with more interesting people and enriches my life. I think it could be safely said that this is more in keeping with the original intent of twitter.<br><br>If there's one thing I can't stand, it's being followed and unfollowed repeatedly by the dummies with bots who are trying to boost their follower numbers. If I look and see that you have a 200:1 followed-to-follower ratio with few updates, you can bet that I will immediately write you off as somebody who is not worth the space in my tweetdeck.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:13:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "f61b64c85cf8b01fb1b648560da95d80", "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}, "9713051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>The central argument of your post seems to be, \"a person ought to focus more on adding value than showmanship.\" It is a fair argument and I fully concur with it.<br><br>On an abstract note, everyone is smart enough to dig out the truth, provided she is interested in finding it. As such, when masses follow someone with this facet of equation being balanced, there is more value in filtering the results based on who has more followers. Clearly, that depends on whether or not the masses had an interest in looking at the truth. Matter of fact is that the truth is weirder than fiction, because unlike the later, it has no compulsion to make sense. It is harder to handle for us humans. Surely, no piece of technology can help with that.<br><br>\"Try go get smarter\" is any day better. Let's not worry about rails, the Universe has a quaint property to balance itself well, :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:14:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "74772376211397c316beea8863032023", "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}, "9713052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Look, I agree with your position that it should be about who you follow and not followers. But, let's be honest here.<br><br>You can take that position, comfortable in the knowledge that you're sitting on one of the largest group of followers in the Twit world (make up your own punch line).<br><br>You have over 40K followers. If you offer a new e-book for $39 tomorrow, Twitter alone might bring $15-20K in one day's direct revenue. I have less than 1,000 followers and zero celebrity, compared to you. I'd love to have that kind of potential one day, and only generating followers will accomplish that.<br><br>Maybe a lot of your elite tech buddies also know that and figure that it's best to play the game with the hand that's been dealt. I suspect that, for those who are in the high profile group, the relative ease of building a huge Twitter following and the certainty of being able to monetize it must be pretty attractive.<br><br>I'd love to see the following/follower ratio be dropped. I started following a lot of people when I started and then was told that this would endanger my account. Others called me a spammer because my ratio was \"out of whack.\"<br><br>I'd love to see a lot of changes to Twitter and guys like you -- with major media access -- can help to bring that about.<br><br>While I'm ranting, I'd also love to see some of you power players follow me when I follow you.<br><br>And if you did, I'd REALLY love to see you actually re-tweet something to your stream. I follow a few of the big hitters and I can't ever recall seeing any of you re-tweet anything -- from me or anybody else -- though your stuff is RT'd all the time.<br><br>Okay. Done. Thanks.<br><br>Keep it coming.<br><br><a href=\"http://twitter.com/jerryroberts\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://twitter.com/jerryroberts</a><br><br>(just in case you feel charitable today)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "877df06ab1d44e53886a21c683094e30", "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}, "9713053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Comic Project: exactly.<br><br>Jesse: the problem is that you are advocating using follower numbers to juice the search results. If you do that you'll reward types like Britney Spears or Obama, or, worse, companies, who don't participate and who just have lots of followers. That's EXACTLY why it's the wrong metric to use. There are far better ones.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jerry: you sound like someone I try to stay away from. A follower gamer. Why should I follow you? What will you teach me? Why don't you approach me that way than try to make me follow you just because you're following me?<br><br>By the way, what we're talking about would be REWARDING people with lots of followers (like me). So, if we did what Loic and Mike wanted us to do people like you would be greatly hurt because you would be washed out of search results. Today if you go to <a href=\"http://search.twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://search.twitter.com</a> we're all treated the same. Do you really want that engine to treat me better than it would treat you? That's what you're advocating for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:19:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To add to my earlier comment, what I would love to see in Twitter is a more intelligent way of searching for valuable content.<br><br>Even with only 1,000 people who I'm following, it's impossible to keep up and filter good stuff from the fluff and direct pitches.<br><br>It would be wonderful to surround myself with great thinkers on Twitter, but it would be even better to have the ability to siphon off their tweets without having to plow through all the other stuff.<br><br>Maybe one of the tech elite that congregates here will point me toward a solution for that.<br><br>Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:26:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "877df06ab1d44e53886a21c683094e30", "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}, "9713056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who said you have to post about your personal life or celebrities? It's not the \"media's\"  fault, it's how we use it. Post IT news and links or follow people doing this already. Twitter is just a small picture of the real world, with all kind of people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:28:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "da5650af05dbf470f2d6872a9ebc8739", "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}, "9713057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert : I as MANY OTHERS out there in the REAL World are LISTENING to others' s experience' sharing, LEARNING from them, TESTING their new services. In summary, we WANT to MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, TOGETHER.<br>What LLM and MA are \"telling\" us don't matter at all to us: they are like young kids at the kindergarten, playing with toys that don't belong to them, toys that they didn't pay for at all. Heck, are Seesmic or TC really changing the World ?<br><br>Please keep going, Buddy. You have it right.<br>_Marc", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:32:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "488cf6976014f4366310f3f19360fdd6", "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}, "9713058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Authority = popularity<br>Hum... This had a name once: populism. A dirty concept for troubled times...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:42:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "3956247c0b11ee26b96cf6d749fa4af7", "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}, "9713059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I'm talking about enabling that as an option, but not the only option.  # Followers shouldn't be the only factor in determining authority - it should be flexible, to be determined by the individual.  There are times it could be valuable to search by number of followers, but I certainly don't want that as my only option - I wouldn't find search valuable if that were the case.<br><br>My whole point is that I think both you, and Mike and Loic all have a point.  I'm simply taking the middle ground here - I think any business not interested in followers is an idiot, yet the only way to fully utilize those followers is to engage and talk to them, by following them back.  They're idiots if they don't do that as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:42:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d881753042a8bbff52ed4b78f1e7bec5", "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}, "9713060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, if loic really wants to filter out the tweets that matter, he should first make up his mind about what he actually wants to measure. The total number of followers says only something about your popularity as you already have stated.  However, I suggest that twitter should introduce a rating system just like friendfeed has its \"likes\". Now here comes my statement. We should think in relative numbers, not in raw/absolute numbers because again, the latter relates to one's popularity. Percentages are the way to go if we want to add value. Of course people with more followers are more likely to have stronger influence resulting in more retweets. But really, do they make us any smarter compared to underdogs? Eventually it all comes down to power and we all know that with great power comes great responsibility.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:47:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "kriskras", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>I can understand how you'd see it that way, with how I presented my initial argument. I suppose I was trying to play devil's advocate in a small way.<br><br>I'm certainly trying to build some following on Twitter, and big numbers would be nice, but the real value is what comes down the stream. I've already hired someone from Twitter, solved a couple of problems, and came up with a Christmas game when I needed one instantly.<br><br>Long term, I care about the quality of who I get to listen to; while I still have to consider that I have a business to build.<br><br>My most important point is that I CAN'T follow everybody I'd want to. I'd be suspended for that. To me, the ratio issue is ridiculous. But if I want to play on Twitter, what recourse do I have?<br><br>Per your question, \"What can you teach me?\"...my ego is not so large that I'm going to say I'm capable of teaching you anything.  However, I'm launching a career/workplace blog in the next week, with a voice that I don't think exists to any large degree within my noisy little niche.<br><br>Not sure that would be of interest to you but even if it was, how would you know unless I had a way to get on your radar screen?<br><br>Have a good one.<br><br>Jerry", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:47:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "877df06ab1d44e53886a21c683094e30", "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}, "9713062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jerry: getting on my radar screen is very easy. You just have to include @scobleizer in your Tweet. I guarantee you I'll see that, even if I don't respond to every one. An even better way, though? Participate over on friendfeed. That's where I've spent most of my time this year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_05:54:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert: Also--think about video vs. text (blog) from the readers perspective. I have alot of time to read a lot of stuff when presented in text as it is efficient for me.  Scanning and drill down is easy and under my control.  Getting info via video is \"real\" time and hard for me to scan and drill down.  Hence I don't bother doing video unless it's for entertainment.   So ... don't abandon blogging and don't rely instant messaging at the expense of creating well-crafted things for readers to *read*.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_06:13:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "33a3333456b291542488dcb65a11c32f", "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}, "9713064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The larger issue, I think, goes way beyond twitter. How do we encourage a society where people value Tim O Reilly over Britney Spears? That's a noble question to ponder, IMHO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_06:19:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b7aaf588d0ec5f5f37a18f89591d48d", "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}, "9713065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Arjun Singh Says:   \"The larger issue, I think, goes way beyond twitter. How do we encourage a society where people value Tim O Reilly over Britney Spears? That\u2019s a noble question to ponder, IMHO\"<br><br>Regardless of the medium, the celeb crowd will find it, populate it, and eventually control it -- in terms of sheer numbers. The Twitter of 2009 or 2010 won't even resemble what we see today. I'm sure the quality was better last year than now.<br><br>It's not just social media, but all media.<br><br>Maybe Friendfeed or some other app will provide safe haven for awhile, but it's a bandaid and not the solution you're looking for.<br><br>Cool trumps \"noble,\" so far as most people are concerned. It's sad, but an inescapable fact.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_06:33:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "877df06ab1d44e53886a21c683094e30", "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}, "9713066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>Chris Brogan, Tim O`Reilly and yourself helped me see the value in twitter. I`m following more peeps than are following me right now precisely because of value. I keep finding interesting, informative or entertaining people, so I follow. If they become spammish or otherwise annoying, I tend to unfollow. It does bug me when someone has a gazillian followers and doesn`t follow people back, but I know that`s a personal peeve, and there are many logical explanations for it. I also find that once a twitterer`s followers go up, they are less likely to respond to @ statements, and it becomes annoying to be systematically ignored. I`ve chatted about this with other peeps, and they are rather annoyed at the `distant twitter gods`who do this as well. On the other hand, there is only so much time in a day, so I have sympathy for the gods.<br><br>There are some people, like yourself, that though you ignore me on twitter, I do continue to follow. Why? Because you know do really know your stuff and you do provide clear and concise content of interest and value to me. I really appreciate how hard line you are about value being number 1 and not getting sucked into the numbers game. It is tough not to because there are oh soooo many devil`s advocate reasons to suck you in. Do you, Tim O`Reilly and Chris Brogan attend sweat lodges now and then to keep on the true warrior`s path or something?<br><br>Now about friendfeed. Just tried tweetree today, and thinking maybe it can be improved so I wont need friendfeed? I have peeked into friendfeed land, and I have to admit it does look complicated = big learning curve.  @geniodiabolico`s (Dave Slusher) rants against twitter and for friendfeed got me thinking, and so I checked it out, but found it a bit like a large dark and foreign wood, so I scooted right back out again. Any other encouraging words for why friendfeed instead of twitter?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_06:40:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "23dece3fb5e3252bbdfce18504d9e728", "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}, "9713067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maria: I'll do a video about friendfeed when I get up later today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_06:42:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9713068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert you forgot something,<br><br>Smart people are going to places like Google to get money as in my statup is geting some Google attention and I expect once the reading GPS from javascript on android video is up I expect hat turn into somewhat seed capital from Google..<br><br>Its an interesting story involving engineering excellence, clouds, social clouds, and mobile..<br><br>Yes, started doing video s of dev progress. probably the very first time a start up has been that transparent.<br><br>and Robert I would not call those who are non technical idiots or land o idiots as its somewhat not respecting where the money comes from..you do not see me calling my potential users idiots do YOU ROBERT?<br><br>Dev progress of Xpsot vids are at:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/memine44\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/user/memine44</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_07:10:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "b86bf4bc0bad3872deec1f92d17204bb", "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}, "9713069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, interesting thoughts. This has been going on for awhile though. The top tier bloggers essentially became media outlets - and thus beholden to the same \"newsertainment\" demands that CNN and others long succumbed to. Others are following them by <a href=\"http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/01/techmeme-digg-a.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"lazyblogging.\"</a><br><br>You and I got into blogging long ago for the connections and the deep thoughts. The way we can change and go back in time is to be the change we want to see. As much as I respect you, posts like these and participating in \"b-memes\" don't get you to where I think you want to go. So my suggestion is to be the change you want to see. Lead and others will follow - some won't but that's ok. There's room for newsertainment in social media just as there is everywhere else.<br><br>This is why I don't often blog about these memes because I am more turned on intellectually by what I find in <a HREF=\"http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/05231423523838309470/label/thinkers\" rel=\"nofollow\">my Thinkers group</a>. Just a suggestion - friend to friend.<br><br>Steve", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:08:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "abf6d3ee6a028f73deec08be3ea5cbaf", "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}, "9713070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read once,<br><br>\u201cOnly 2% actually think,<br><br>3% think they think<br><br>and the other 95% would<br><br>rather die than think!\u201d<br><br>It's hard work to think.. Why do you think we had<br>only one Thomas Edison, one Ben Franklin..one John Lennon ect.<br><br>It's easier to<br>play the role of idiot (your word not mine)<br><br>However when it's all said and done.. Those who teach and share<br><br>and are able to give more \"give\" value end up getting more \"get\" value!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:27:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "02d1e3a346a0c20bf027aea6e0a86f50", "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}, "9713072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Us librarians agree with you - we've always been about \"improving the question\" - which sounds awefully similar to having smarter conversations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:36:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "65c910cc539899165f1afe0d5e7db667", "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}, "9713073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great thoughts but sadly I think you are in the minority.  For many, Twitter is a place to increase their personal brand rather than a place to sit down, listen, and have a drink.  Instead of a pub, many think Twitter is a podium.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:47:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "6abeeed61b33eb108d781d1d6c649886", "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}, "9713074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Focus on the goal people. If your goal is to have smarter conversations, then you're absolutely right Robert: you should focus on that goal. If your goal is to make more money, or attract those that can help you make more money (aka Mr. Arrington), then you should absolutely do whatever will take you to that goal.<br><br>I like the idea of smarter conversations. My goal is to connect with more authentic people.<br><br>Thanks for another smart conversation!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_09:48:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ba38428e40fad268738fa513c90004a9", "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}, "9713075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>I agree with your statement: \"I want better friends. Better content. Better news. Better ideas. That means I need to find better people to be part of my social network.\"<br><br>It is for a reason I often use the nickname, Lyceum. It was the name of Aristotle's school in ancient Greece.<br><br>Next year I will continue a new series of podcast interviews with rational individuals in order to have valuable conversation and to learn new stuff. I have interviewed an editorial cartoonist and an author so far. Next in line is a smart investor. Stay tuned!<br><br>Best Premises,<br><br>Martin Lindeskog - American in Spirit.<br>Gothenburg, Sweden.<br><br>Lyceum0 @ FriendFeed<br><a href=\"http://Twitter.com/lyceum\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://Twitter.com/lyceum</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_10:11:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "d5d902f1065e0ac8a4ee80c054099c62", "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}, "9713076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert:  at the risk of sounding trite or simplistic, I think you should consider the following points:<br><br><br>1.  Ignore Mike Arrington's opinion in this matter - you have different goals backing your opinion on the value of large numbers of followers.  Or at least accept that he has a different point of view.  Oh, by the way, Mike hasn't dragged me off the rails, nor has he dragged 99%+ of the world's (or blogosphere's) population after him.  The people who we use as thought-leaders and role models tend not to be the most popular.  \"Me too\" is getting far too old.  Also, perhaps the recent declines in Techcrunch readership are not a sign of idiocy of the readership, but a sign of intelligence: a signal that it's not meeting some people's needs.<br>2.  Continue trying to start or join in smart conversations - see, you're already on the right track<br>3.  Continue to look beyond the tech blogosphere for smart people and smart conversations (which you've been doing this year) - see point 2<br>4.  Finish what you start - if you start a new conversation, etc.  then give it some time to carry on, become more complex, etc. and keep checking in.   Build on it.  You're already doing that in this post.<br>5.  Acknowledge that we all want some brain candy in addition to good, nourishing stuff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_10:56:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "01009b0cf7a65a9c6e90eda4c7ce5439", "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}, "9713077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess the question is Robert, why should anyone follow you?  All this Twitter based naval gazing, who really gives a damn?  You appear famous for absorbing yourself in Twitter and their ilk, so personally speaking I subscribe to your blog in the hope that this will enable you to provide real insight into the world of web 2.0.  All this playground squabbling is all rather sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_11:49:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "3d59fe0a22d8676d6bc4b95fa3f1d5e2", "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}, "9713078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really you have a very correct point there.This is a real idiocy or rather a game for popularity.Twitter has a beauty of randomness which should be preserved.The obscurity of less popular users will grow leading to circle of only popular tweeters.This will be like making a celebrity web2.0 portal.Great opinions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:01:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "002d7cc19b5550ba8c0baf2dc1bda774", "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}, "9713079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I write financial and investment articles on Newsvine. I treat any kind of writing, whether it's an article or blog post as a creative endeavor. I write when I have something to say and when I'm in a creative mood. That means I rarely write every day. Usually it's once a week or longer. This came from my music background where I would write songs only when my creative juices were flowing. Anytime I tried to write without feeling the creative flow, the result sounded forced and the quality was not up to my creative standards.<br><br>Blogging frequently for the sake of increasing traffic doesn't make sense to me. I find the majority of bloggers who post once a day or more tend to repeat a lot of content and the quality of the writing suffers. There are exceptions as some bloggers are extremely prolific.<br><br>Bottom line, blog when you're ready to say something meaningful and I'll read it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:15:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "98279d47be610de260aac1d68e71a175", "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}, "9713080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hogwash! Authority should be weighed by key words and interactions, not followers. Having a 140 convo about tech often should up your \"Authority\" on the search word tech...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:38:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "dc0a2b959d5414b57d78cf437b655404", "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}, "9713081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Measuring online authority is difficult. After publishing a <a href=\"http://www.jeroenmirck.nl/2008/12/twitter-top-40/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Top-40</a>, I received a lot of criticism about measuring the amount of tweets. Those critics thought that the amount of followers was the ultimate criterium, but they should read your remarks above. There is no ultimate criterium, and why should we care?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:38:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "4413b64aa52058d8326b9d290fd0b233", "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}, "9713082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>I think you make some excellent points. This is not about numbers, nor about which tool is best (although it helps to know which tools make it easier.) Whether it is Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Friendfeed, etc the point is really about reaching out to others to broaden your network, and thus broaden the incoming information into your brain. We all will use various tools differently. But what really matters is how we use the relationships that come from these \"social adventures\" and how these relationships both aide our offline and online worlds. What do people make of the relationships? That is what really matters I think. All this nonsense of who has more followers or who is on top of what list is a waste of time. Thank you for some excellent insights.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_12:49:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "cf46a68510027b6f4c0f3d426f161205", "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}, "9713083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tweeting is  smaller type blong-wanking...<br>An \"idiot\" is someone who does not participate in public discourse or vote. By that measure, any fan-fury is idiotic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_13:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "357a20e8c56e69d6f9734d23ef9517e8", "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}, "9713084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, curious has there been anything you learned from the 5,000 people you follow you put to practical use?<br><br>Also a side note, could you power your comments with disqus so I don't have to login all the time?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_13:15:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "ee1434391d7f16e16b2203b90cb1310e", "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}, "9713085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>  As someone who is relatively new to Twitter and is just trying to figure it out I am at a crossroads. I want to follow \"smart people\" but assessing their intelligence is not that easy. There may be name recognition, we examine their Tweets, maybe visit their blog, or if they have a lot of followers than we can guess that they must have important things to say.<br><br>There are a few that I follow because they are in a space that I am interested in and they have a lot of followers. There are others I follow because they are in my space and seem to be \"smart\" but do not have a lot of followers. Unfortunately, there are others I follow because if I don't follow them they will stop following me and it seems that if I want to have a loud voice in this space then the number of people that follow me is supposed to be important.<br><br>So, my reason for being on Twitter is three fold:<br>1-Be part of the conversation<br>2-Learn from \"smart\" people<br>3-Share my knowledge with others<br><br>I am writing a blog that is supposed to help people, add to the conversation and educate. I don't insert adSense ads or try to monetize the site in any way. I want people to read my blog and contribute and, now that I have been on Twitter, I am seeing that traffic increase.  That is a good thing. People are reading what I have to say, making comments and it is allowing me to think harder, grow and be part of the conversation.<br><br>What is your recommendation to someone like me? new to Twitter, who has been blogging for 5 months and wants to be part of the conversation?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_13:49:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "e7b01b6672ebac55daa1afa6207beba1", "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}, "9713086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here is my highly simplistic solution:<br><br>This can solved if everyone reading this thread followed the statement below more often, tweeted it to their friends and promoted it to celebrities:<br><br>LINK TO URLS WITH CONTENT CREATED BY THOSE WHO ARE FAR MORE INTELLIGENT THAN YOU IN YOUR TWEETS.<br><br>Why? You are now partially transparent no matter how many friends you have.  Your \"authority\" does not matter.  Of course promote yourself as well, but remember that you are there to share.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_16:34:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "af636a18c84ed203cb1f0205569b1614", "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}, "9713087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble,  when talking about Tweeting smarter conversations, I agree, but no offense, I stopped following you on Twitter for that very reason. You post at high volumes things I don't care about or are too personal for an outsider thats not your best buddy. We all could do a better job, including you.<br><br>Jason<br>Editor | <a href=\"http://tinyComb.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">tinyComb.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_16:38:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "b7af422bcd4e582f1c14cb6217a17b1a", "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}, "9713088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Vicki,<br><br>Not really sure I follow you.  Surely this blog, and any other medium Robert uses to publish content, is the outpouring of thoughts derived from following all of the people he does.  So of course in that context it's important to know why he should be followed because it directly correlates to him being able to be at the cutting edge of this industry.  Most people don't have the time (or perhaps the inclination) to spend hundreds of hours a month on Twitter and Friend Feed and I always figured that blogs like this one existed largely to provide this market with a succinct summary of upcoming trends.<br><br>For me, this and the other posts about a pretty innocent feature suggestion for Twitter have been banal in the extreme and havn't (imo) lived up to the reputation Robert has forged for himself with this blog.  Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_16:49:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "3d59fe0a22d8676d6bc4b95fa3f1d5e2", "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}, "9713089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes! That is how you write blog articles. I like the style, I like the language, I like the passion. Tired of reading snoozer types that are soaked with PCness!<br><br>Good job!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_17:52:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "apsinkus", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would love to be able to slice and dice.<br><br>For one slice, I want the popular perspective.  For the other, I want want the *experts* say.  It's like a the cold medicine that pharmacists recommend vs. the one that tastes good.<br><br>Yeah, O'Reilly is a consistent flowing stream of insights and action.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_18:35:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "f1425edda11f271d9fa4ddd9aa2368e7", "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}, "9713091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Haven't made it through all the comments yet, but see this discussion mirroring my own evolution on Twitter:<br><br>First, I came to Twitter because it was recommended as one of many possible SM for promoting my shop on a new site.  New to e-commerce and new to SM it's been quite a learning experience as I naively started out with the challenge of trying to figure out how to find people who would be interested in following me back and/or who might be potentially \"useful\" for my marketing endeavors.<br><br>Well, Twitter is not set up for that at all, loL!  To find those people, Twitter would require a much more extensive and monitored profile questionnaire and not allow responses such as \"location: somewhere over the rainbow\" or location=iphone #.<br><br>So, my \"strategy\" shifted to finding people in geographical areas I'm interested in and/or who seemed to be in fields I might be able to network with.<br><br>And, I also began to be followed by people like me (ie, artisan, online shop, equally clueless) and I followed back out of courtesy.<br><br>And, it also became very apparent to me I needed to rethink (and LEARN) marketing via SM works because I quickly un-followed those who tweet only links, magpie, etc and never engage in dialogue w/me.  Golden rule (as in \"do unto others...\" not \"Gold Rules!\") applies online as in life.  I'm feeling and seeing a huge resistance to spammers, spambots, and other one-sides PR tweets.<br><br>I went through the TwitterGrader phase... as if my score was meaningful, and if I should follow only someone with a high score, too. Then I saw a blog about effective branding and SM, where someone used as their primary criteria TwitterGrade for ranking a company's effectiveness.  Since my grade at that time was higher than many companies on the list (and is even higher now), and I know that I am famous--only to those who know me-- I cannot take this Grade based on some flawed secret formula very seriously.<br><br>So, I got over the \"Should I follow someone because of how many people are following him/her?\"  For the numbers game, it doesn't matter if I follow that person, if that person doesn't follow me back.  And for the life satisfaction factor, why would I follow that person if there is nothing besides a questionable popularity to commend him/her?<br><br>So, my criteria has shifted to is this person interesting?  Can I learn from this person? Can I share with this person?  What is the communication style/quality?  What kind of conversations are happening.<br><br>Will I ever (effectively) use Twitter for P/R, marketing, or advertising?  Probably not... at least not until I build a community that really cares enough about what I do to not un-follow me when I drop that \"look what I just listed\" link.<br><br>And this is what makes this whole drive for numbers nutzoid.  Business wants ROI= numbers, and communication on Twitter can't be quantified in a nice tidy mathematical bundle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_20:42:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "404e353549146c0283a7dde0d52bbb00", "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}, "9713092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, you are the man! Once again, your post comes in the nick of time of myself being derailed from my own personal tracks. I can't thank you enough for this.<br><br>This is only a supplement, but it serves to better reinforce a few thoughts that I've been having since this morning. I was getting very depressed about the results of my online ventures, since I wanted to gain a \"following\" somehow, but I also wanted to learn more and share more. I guess I just couldn't do enough sharing or learning if I also kept \"following\" people and having them \"follow\" me a priority.<br><br>So starting today, screw the society I know as the blogosphere. I'm going to go back to what I was once doing, and will give more quality as much as possible.<br><br>I guess I will always go back to the day when Seth Godin first said we should always go for the intelligent crowd because it's better than serving a flock of idiots. That's how I've always been truly feeling since the day I ventured online. All this only makes my point stronger.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_20:43:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "dbca2c7db5beb9c7bc6cc8549a99e398", "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}, "9713093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sorry for such a long post!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_20:44:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "404e353549146c0283a7dde0d52bbb00", "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}, "9713094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One last thought... not mentioned in the \"eyeball\" discussion is the false assumption that all those eyeballs are paying attention at the particular moment of a particular tweet, and how many are the followers following that they'll even notice a particular tweet even if they are online.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_21:02:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "404e353549146c0283a7dde0d52bbb00", "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}, "9713095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble, you move us further into Idiot Land every time you type or record something and push it out there.  Take your link bait post, filled with further link bait into the rest of your content, and shove it up your twitter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_21:24:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "753e9a5de6521b55fc7b99846c96f1c8", "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}, "9713096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert I appreciate the fact you are arguing against something that would benefit you far more than others.   However my beef with Loic is the idea that popularity or even authority *in any form* is something we should work hard to protect and promote.   Call me a digital anarchist, but I'm tired of TechCrunch's often regurgitated news stream.  I find that increasingly I want to know what Peoria is  thinking as much as what Mountain View thinks.   Even though Peoria is rarely as interesting or well articulated or technologically sophisticated, it's far more *representative* and if I'm looking for business ideas or social trends...I'd like to know that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_22:08:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8bb4623895a9ba01a125d3d7800bead", "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}, "9713097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Question for you, Robert (and readers):<br><br>Would the realization of a true, context-driven Twitter search change Twitter for the better?<br><br>What I have in mind is: a remarkably powerful search algorithm which returns the results of a search based not on keyword (or # followers, please!) but on context?<br><br>A robust Search.Twitter would provide a built-in incentive for Twitterers to produce relevant streams of tweets (and that's what Twitter is: streams of data, not static web pages).<br><br>Yes Twitter is about conversation (sort of) and networking. (I'm with Chris Brogan here, but up to a point). An intelligent search portal would seem to take Twitter to a new level.<br><br>Google search is about *servers*. Twitter search is about *brains*, no? Why are we underestimating the potency of that?<br><br>What would you pay if you had the power to search millions of brains? Granted, many of them aren't working full-force: still, the power of that has got to mean something.<br><br>Have we gotten so used to the \"computer\" web that we've forgotten that, as of now, the most powerful supercomputers reside in our skulls?<br><br>This is why I think Twitter (enhanced by a \"winning\" Twitter Search) can be such a game-changer: especially if it collates mobile data--now that's one hell of a web, no?<br><br>Am I off? Is my question worth answering? Please, somebody help me out here, because I'm thinking we have something very important going on here that I don't know is discussed often enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_22:14:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "19a0f7b2edfd72f69a401fe2e41054d8", "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}, "9713098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "twitter is a social messaging utility", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_22:58:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "3fa1db622f50f65f0bbbb4ab1cbe0a05", "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}, "9713099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "may be i don't understand, but what is the value of twitter searches? Its like Google trends, pure amusing curiosity without any real value.<br><br>Say 1,000 babies are born every second and each is a world onto itself. Some might say that King's son is more important, but everyone knows that it is not right or true. And every baby deserves his or her voice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "a56b2896a7cb107e72285b5547b67dc5", "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}, "9713100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "why not just remove yourselves from Twitter altogether???<br>It'll definitely stop the complaining..<br>and btw.. i'm not on twitter.. so don't say i'm an idiot over there :D :D<br>i got better things to do than spend my time on Twitter<br>:P<br>:P<br><a href=\"http://lakmi.wordpress.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://lakmi.wordpress.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-28_23:21:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "f0201edc6e8fa5b4cad578a0cb0ab96f", "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}, "9713101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess (like you) I of the camp that most followers is useless for authority.  I am really unhappy that we have turned into a society where yelling over everyone makes you better.  This last Presidential election cycle was such a disappointment from a issues perspective.  It is really about the content.  I guess all these schemes tend to miss the content.<br><br>I like Scobel, I value your comments on tech and startups.  I don't value your political comments.  That's not a criticism, it is that I don't look to you for political commentary anymore then I value anyone else's.  I have other people I look to for that insight in politics.  Just as I value other people's opinion about woodworking more (apologies if woodworking is one of your skills).<br><br>Popularity is appeal to false authority.  It is like when I listen to an actor tell me anything political.  They have the pulpit because of popularity for something else, not on the subject they are speaking.<br><br>I'm human with finite amounts of time, I need filters when dealing with so many voices.<br><br>So, I guess what I would love is to be able to add tags to the people I'm following.   Then when people are writing their tweets they could tag them or maybe someone will come up with a magic algorithm to figure out what tags apply to the message.  This would provide me with a filter if I just wanted to search on a tag, because you could take the number of people following someone tagged with X to get the comments on X as a first pass.  To combat spammers I would want and \"ignore this person\" list.  Maybe some amazon-like grouping as a second level (you like Jane Doe for #woodworking so others like you also like Fred).<br><br>Somehow, though, we need to be able to find the new voices - instead of going through a whole new media revolution again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_00:22:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "304394e850deab862833a76c9c641009", "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}, "9713102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who cares.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_00:45:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "be2ae6972049c7f97493238fa2c616fe", "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}, "9713103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Entertainment will always drive more audience than education. This is how our society has been, and will always be. We learn by necessity, and entertain by choice.<br><br>The Internet will just put the responsibility on the right actors. Before, we used to blame the media organizations for spoiling our society, now, we just have ourselves to blame.<br><br>A sad experiment to do, would be to do one web page with the two following links:<br><br>- \"Learn more about the Britney Spears' crying man\"<br>- \"Learn more about the Genocide in Darfur\"<br><br>The stats might be depressing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_01:12:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "593a31b95d0e639cc60c16fead3fbc7c", "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}, "9713104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mr Scoble, This is a very sensible post that makes me think better of you than of some of the others involved in this space. Interesting conversations = social media = FTW!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_01:59:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "76c418a85450c123f5369bf1d87d85bc", "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}, "9713105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble - what I'd like to see is a Twitter search which would find tweets by people whose followers are the most intelligent, rather than the most numerous.<br><br>Thanks  for your publicizing Fluidinfo, by the way: great stuff!<br><br>@maysonic", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_02:19:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mayson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"There aren\u2019t enough smart people so you gotta create some drama to pull in the idiots\"<br><br>I think it might be time to lower my standards and create some drama.  ;) Great post Robert.<br><br>This whole idea that followers = \"Authority\" is ludicrous. to make my point I became an \"Authority\" on Mercedes convertibles and honey baked ham to have some fun with this fundamentally flawed concept of twitority.<br><br>Here is a screen shot with some notes. <a href=\"http://twitpic.com/xeio\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://twitpic.com/xeio</a><br><br>Cheers!<br><br>Rodney Rumford", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_04:00:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "a71ba4d31bb1fe3bb312ecbc44fea0ce", "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}, "9713107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thank you for saying that your goal is having smarter conversations. i love that way of thinking about it. sometimes i feel like we're all dogs chasing our own tails here on the web...and for what? if we're not becoming enriched by the experience, then this is no different than watching idiotic television shows night after night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_04:35:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "9946612cd3ff1dd6e6142aa523787131", "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}, "9713108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think what we're trying to find here is an equivalent to the Technorati Rank, which is based on incoming links and is (or was) considered a measure of authority. But the number of followers is not equivalent to incoming links; it's equivalent to blog visitors and feed subscribers. The equivalent of incoming links is the number of @replies, I think.<br><br>So \"Authority\" sorting could be based on the number of @replies (bearing in mind that everything can be gamed with multiple twitter accounts).<br><br>However, it doesn't really hurt if we can sort by number of followers too, does it? It's as useful a weighing/filtering criteria as any other. We should just not be confused about its meaning.<br><br>But what I really want from Twitter is a good directory so people can find Twitterers in the place they live, or in the place they are going to visit. That would make my little service for Switzerland obsolete. I'm looking forward to that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_07:22:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "fe7d692aa8afadacb7ffa74a8b27b2fa", "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}, "9713109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The comments for this post seem to be posts by themselves! :-)<br><br>Twitter and its ecosystem seem to be growing by the day. A mere 140 characters can change the social networking scene on its head!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_07:28:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "5052f3f4bc3359c7e92ab94c5f019a11", "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}, "9713110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this all thing is kinda meh<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763vmCrRBDg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763vmCrRBDg</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_07:38:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "e066fde5985d0848e3b6ee7d7a86eec0", "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}, "9713111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Robert! Thanks.<br><br>Drama and gossip has always worked best for attention in any news.<br>Only a minority of the worlds population is willing and able to have smart conversations.<br>As the user base of the internet is getting bigger and getting news over the internet is getting more popular, gossip news will be a big favourite. I dont think Mike or any other person has to do with it. People will look for gossip and they will find people that deliver!<br>simple and plain.<br>I just hope that you and others will never stop putting the good stuff out there! Cause the smart people will always be there too and appreciate it.<br>I certainly do.<br>Hopefully some late adopters will get the grip too.<br><br>All the best from Germany,<br>Kahlil", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_07:59:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "3198ba084096e96b38f16878773a7439", "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}, "9713112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Robert for writing these comments.<br>Looks to me like M. Arrington and Loc Le... are just out to increase their click rates. They don't care much about quality but publicity and here is their problem. I have a fix for them: why not use more the S.E.X. word in the blog headings guys, I suppose that would increase your Comscore ratings over night and then you could attract banner ads from appropriate companies too?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_08:10:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "8970e14991c83f6bf855bf14d936074f", "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}, "9713113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>The message of your post can be boiled down into this phrase: A social network should create and produce better connections.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_10:25:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "906add0d5fa25f9aed7e47db70634217", "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}, "9713114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm with you man. I want to learn, to teach and to have amazing conversations.<br><br>If I want entertainment, I'll go to a movie, concert, play or turn on the TV. Pandering to the lower common denominator is, to me, grossly unoriginal and a major turn-off.<br><br>Yes, there will always be a market for both. But I personally want to be a provider of the gold, not the crap. And I want to support and listen to those that do the same. Thus, I'm now listening to you :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_10:59:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c452007b19342f9810542c775b52fe5", "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}, "9713115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert , you speak the truth, nowadays be popular is the main goal, I call it the \"Hollywood Syndrome\", but they are still people outside trying to change the world, trying to innovate, trying to learn new things and this kind of people is the hope for the rest of the world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_15:31:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d397a8aaf855722da168e390c73d3f7", "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}, "9713116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your timing is excellent on this post, because I was getting ribbed by an employee over his rapidly climbing Twitter rank vs my slow growth. The same goes for his LinkedIn &amp; Facebook networks. While I get a chuckle out of the \"competition\", I'm really more interested in building a network where I can learn from listening and where I can add value when appropriate. I don't have time to cull through billions of \"I'm out walking my dog\" or \"I'm having a bad hair day\" tweets and in the process overlook something that might have been a real asset to me or my company...or that I can share back with my followers (and both of them are relieved I said that, I'm sure).<br><br>I always enjoy reading your stuff, Robert, because I always find it of value. BTW, how's the intervention coming?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_15:44:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "46af0c3ad9a46add851f3f15364b6422", "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}, "9713117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like your blog!<br><br><a href=\"http://racheteapaintersdiary.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://racheteapaintersdiary.blogspot.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:02:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "2ad9dcadf5d70937868b5ad0b120be07", "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}, "9713118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like your blog best. The other stuff is too busy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "b1088dbd877c2d7d33e6b3b63ee38081", "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}, "9713119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dude, it's the same land that elected Barack Obama, did you expect anything less?<br><br>One has to wonder if the words Twitter and idiot weren't in your post title if this post would have gotten so much love as well...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:29:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad8e9b47e3ce9447005d53f82061cec2", "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}, "9713120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is it a bad thing that thanks to your blog here I am now following you on Twitter?<br><br>I certainly think that you have some interesting things to say.  And I happen to agree that I would rather read interesting information and learn something new, as opposed to \"chatting\" in Twitter.<br><br>At least there is the occasional nugget of good information if you can take the time to find it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c11a967a76f7f6b349ea9d4b71d34a0", "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}, "9713121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Scoble and readers. We're continuing the discussions over Twitority here - come check it out and let us know your thoughts -<br><br><a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/7akqlc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/7akqlc</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:33:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "litmanlive", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "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}, "9713122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've blogged about the Cult of Twitter here:<br><br><a href=\"http://onproductmanagement.net/2008/12/12/the-cult-of-twitter/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://onproductmanagement.net/2008/12/12/the-c...</a><br><br>I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone. Twitter is a tool, a feature of a larger communication mechanism in reality. It has value but also limits. The hype around Twitter reminds me of the hype around ICQ way back when.<br><br>By this time next year, Twitter will be replaced by the next \"new new\" thing.<br><br>People should deal with that. I'm glad Scoble is speaking out in agreement.<br><br>Saeed", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_16:44:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "b2d96bd5cec83f48ed0a0e479473ad99", "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}, "9713123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's funny, the other day defending yourself against The Intervention, you said that you could use the number of followers you had as a pitch to get business. You know what I mean. Clout, advertising, Seagate, *wink wink*.<br><br>In my world, you have no authority, you're just a loud mouth to stupid to realize how often you're making a fool of yourself, and that's where the entertainment value is. You get access to areas others who live in different parts of the world, and who work in different circles do not. That's why people follow you. Don't worry, I'm quite sure nobody thinks your a genius. What genius sits up till all hours of the night, chatting in the worlds biggest chat room? How many billionaires in this world work as hard as you 'work'. You have to work smarter, not harder.<br><br>I know you still think there is some value in knowing about news events 45 minutes before the mainstream media report them. But ask yourself, \"What did I really gain from that?\". You put your life on hold, just to find out. Little or nothing, if you're being honest. Because you were sat in front of your computer all that time. So what if you found out when most people do? So what?<br><br>Your behavior is extreme and out of touch with the average web user, so it leads to you having opinions that simply don't scale down. You don't lead a life thats even remotely similar to the average web user.<br><br>I'm a tech geek like everyone else here, but to hear you insult others for their interests that don't match yours is so juvenile and immature, it's embarrassing.<br><br>How many heads of Fortune 500 companies do you see behaving like you and Mike Arrington etc? Really, think about it? Public bitch sessions that make soap operas seem like sunday school. Yes, I know, they're out of touch ha ha. Because they don't have a FriendFeed room.<br><br>\"But no one cared, which is why that post didn\u2019t show up on TechMeme.\"<br><br>Like I said, your perspective is out of whack. And you're such a hypocrite it's sometimes infuriating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_18:57:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "723c2dd094de72c82ed32a706b270be5", "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}, "9713124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Perhaps this is all over thought? Scoble, Le Meur, et all are simply rich nodes in the network.  I follow both, and many more \"authorities\" on Twitter.<br><br>I think the ultimate power of Twitter is in emphasis of the many to many relationships, not the many to few; however, like a crystal, the network needs something to grow around.<br><br>Enjoy life and don't worry about it too much.  There are no more idiots in the world today than yesterday.  :-)<br><br>Eric", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_19:08:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "85cc71ec99be3a4fc513609b4be38fd1", "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}, "9713125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's a lot of people out there (like me) who don't use Twitter to gain notoriety, large numbers of followers or anything of the sort.<br><br>Twitter for me, is a bit of a space between spaces... I started using it to promote my blog, but then, its something I write anonymously because the content is very personal. My initial friends on Twitter were people I knew from Blog Catalog actually. They know my blog, not me personally.<br><br>Yet, I am a hybrid geek, working in a geeky world. So then, once people I knew from my 'real life' started following me, I stopped promoting blog posts that way. Hence, no backlink from my Twitter page to my blog.<br><br>Eventually I used tools like Mr Tweet to find people in related geeky industries to follow and learn things from.<br><br>I haven't locked down my feed because I don't think anything I'm tweeting is so important that I need to. But that does mean even someone as lowly and unimportant as myself... attracts the odd 'idiot' who follows people so they will reciprocate.<br><br>I'm with Nick (somwhere above in the comments) where he says his follow list will grow slowly. I'd add to that, my follow list will grow based on my own interests and not 'just because'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_19:52:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "80ecbd23e683c824d06fec5fff34307b", "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}, "9713126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bravo", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-29_21:09:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c5d88e2782faa5d9beeea94a135e957c", "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}, "9713127": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What didn't you like about my comment Robert?  Too close to the bone? A little too accurate?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-30_03:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "723c2dd094de72c82ed32a706b270be5", "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}, "9713128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was with you until the word(?) incent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-30_04:33:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "01f2a991ac7281ef46cb26c2a302bcbb", "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}, "9713129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's face it the internet is a representation of relationships in the real world, human interaction, something which is complex. There are all sorts of people, from different cultures, with different background, jobs, income. Of course there are many idiots around, although that is not an absolute truth. What might look like an idiot to Robert Scoble may not be for Mike Arrington or this modest twitterer. People tend to be competitive, idiots or not, people like to vote, express opinions, be loved, be followed, heard and flattered. Then there are variants, some do it for the money, some for power, for friendship, to learn, to satisfy their own ego. Many of the so called A-List twitterers got there because they won such reputation thanks to the fact they were already influential when it all started. I agree with Liz, the number does not mean you are the voice to be heard, a sort of Tim O'Reilly just to give an example. I would also like to be surrounded by influential voices, sift my followers and only deal with intellectually prepared leaders that understood better, that led the way and set the path. I would like to learn from them and if possible have something important to say. But in doing so I would have to turn my back on other people that at the same might be looking for influential people and not me. Summing up this is not just about who you follow, at least in my opinion. I think there are not many voices, leaders, intellectuals, gurus that can be so, that can be heard without their audience, followers. It doesn't make sense. Having thousands of useless followers of the spamming kind must be a pain in the a** (I agree on that!). On the other hand, there is an authentic cohort of idiots up there! Although a good amount is also respectable and respectful. Of course these are general thoughts that I thought were interesting to say now that you brought the issue. I like your interviews and friendfeed activity so I am one of those inconditionals :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-30_15:52:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "938abd07e9b90df7a939772c787668d2", "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}, "9713130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The problem, the way I see it, is not the \u201cranking\u201d, the problem is that this ranking would be the only way to filter. Imagine that google\u2019s search results are sorted by pagerank - and only by page rank. You got something really hot/useful on your site, but until after the next Google\u2019s PR update - no one would notice, because you\u2019re #7 on page 12.<br>Twitter will instantly become useless - to those who\u2019s voices aren\u2019t loud enough - once that feature will be turned on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-30_16:15:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "47ac63f3d3b645f4f7098082d55669e5", "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}, "9713131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert:<br><br>I liked you before......now I respect you......take care!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-31_00:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b69bee6256bde8de57501bb6d4fb836", "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}, "9713132": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I totally agree!<br><br>Try following industry icons like VC investor Brad Feld with over 2K plus followers and do you get great insight in the investment community or the industry?  No you get  \"I got up this morning and ran\" \" I love boulder\" (5 times a week)  \"thinking about running\"   WTF??<br><br>Is twitter becoming reality TV?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-31_08:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "cf0fda3e19dfad0163ffbb7145037820", "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}, "9713133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@charles - Oh - c'mon - my tweets are more useful than that.  Actually, I just looked at my tweets for today - maybe they aren't!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-31_22:31:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "2131ff2810e216741547676676b19b7c", "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}, "9713134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does the world really cares THAT much about twitter and how they implement their f*ing flawed search functionality?<br><br>Oh boy, the never ending stamina of echo chamber. Yes, Google AdSense made all us much more idiotic; we reward traffic instead of quality. Not much news, though.<br><br>Your post with Tim had 11 comments. This one alone had almost 150, and counting. Does it means that this thread is more important than the former?  Yes if you use the same twitter's flawed logic of followers = importance.<br><br>Paradoxically as it seems, what really matters is the real world. Those - like Tim - with focus on what really matters to real people are doing well. 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  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
  this.MODERATE_OPTIONS = "Moderate Options";

  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  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=thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land' +
		'&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/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/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='	+ 'thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land'
			+ '&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/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/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">132</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/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/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/">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/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/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:18349996" 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'				: 'thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land',
			// 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/thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land/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='	+ 'thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land'
			+ '&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='	+ 'thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land'
			+ '&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='		+ 'thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land'
				+ '&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/18349996/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;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

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

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

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();
		}
	};
};

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>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

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;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/scobleizer/queueurl.js');
	};
};

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);
	};

	return obj;
}();


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
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			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');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(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)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	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);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713029">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713029">laforge129</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713029" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s is a very hard problem, You see now since he derailed us.  We will have to get a crane to fix us.  Only way we ca fix this is getting people involved and get it back to where it needs to go!!  I totally agree about this and can\'t wait to see what other people say!!!   <a href="http://tinyurl.com/9tyydb" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/9tyydb</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713030">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713030">R. Moose</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713030" class="dsq-comment-message">Twitter is just a "web 2.0" version of a chat room and while some chats are better than others, the \'delivery\' is poor at best. Even Tweetree, a service that tries to thread the conversation, doesn\'t get it into a better usable format.<br><br>So, let them have their \'advanced\' search options for whatever criteria they want. I just think the use of "authoritative\' got this conversation going into being a train wreck.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713031">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713031" href="http://living-intheory.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SugarJones</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713031" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so glad I follow you... even if you did make a snarky remark to one of my @replies to you. You make me think. Thanks.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713032">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713032" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713032" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713032" href="http://twitter.com/nitin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nitin Borwankar</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713032" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713032" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>You\'re right on target in the post.<br><br>But the fact that you are following 20,000+ people - how does that compute when you say it\'s more important who you follow.  Are you saying you are following 20,000 people because you filtered and sorted and found they were the one\'s you found interesting - or did you just blindly "follow back" anyone following you - for MySpace\'ish reasons ?<br>And once you follow so many people your friends timeline is completely useless and even the @\'s and DM\'s get so voluminous that you are essentially a one way megaphone - so I am curious what exactly is the point of following 20,000 people.  I have never understood why people do that.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713033">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713033">robmichaelmusic</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713033" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>Your points are valid and well taken.<br><br>This logic can be followed in other areas as well: Madonna has more "followers" than Chick Corea. Few (if any) could say she is more of a music authority than he.<br><br>We could go on and on with similar examples.<br><br>No, do not join the "idiot crowd." Please do what you do and operate according to your own standard.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713034">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713034" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713034" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713034" href="http://staynalive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jesse Stay</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713034" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713034" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t believe I was advocating selling stuff on your Twitter account Robert.  In fact, I was defending your point as well - it was not solely a defense of Loic or Mike.  I learn a lot from those I follow.  I just go about it all a little differently - I use my followers for discovery.  I wouldn\'t have followers if I didn\'t place value in whom I follow.  I just think there\'s also value in followers - unfortunately, knowledge does not always equal money.  People have to prioritize, and for me I have to figure out a way to get the best of both worlds so I can support my family, fulfill my dreams, and becomes a smart person at the same time.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713035">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713035" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713035" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713035" class="dsq-comment-message">Nitin: I hand followed about 5,000 of my 20,000 and I only followed early adopters. I wanted to study what early adopters are doing. I\'ve always assumed that Twitter would give us more features to group people. Turned out FriendFeed did that. So I can separate out the people I\'m following into folders. <a href="http://Peoplebrowsr.com" rel="nofollow">Peoplebrowsr.com</a> is helping me too. But most of my inbound reading time now is on friendfeed for a whole lot of reasons, a big one is exactly what you\'re talking about.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713036">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713036" href="http://www.asfaq.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Asfaq</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713036" class="dsq-comment-message">Very interesting post Robert. I have followed the FriendFeed conversations between you and the others, read Jesse\'s point of view on his blog and now yours.<br><br>Personally, I believe that everyone will find different ways of using and engaging social media. You talk about how important it is to surround yourself with smart people, people who have ideas.. My question is how do you define, \'smart\' or intelligence.. Surely, it cant just be about adding as many people as you can, right? I think this is what Loic was trying to arrive at.<br><br>The idea to me sounds interesting.. the way to measure \'intelligence\' with follower count - that seems rudimentary.<br><br>I really do hope this conversation between the worlds top bloggers will result (maybe even inspire?) someone to create better AI? Only time will tell.<br><br>In the meantime, here is wishing you and yours a wonderful new year :)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713037">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713037" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713037" class="dsq-comment-message">Jesse: your post makes it very clear that you see huge value in having tons of followers. You don\'t care how you get those followers, just that you want more. Which is why you\'re writing tonight\'s post on someone else\'s blog, isn\'t it?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713038">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713038" href="http://twitter.com/maxmarmer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Max</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713038" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m really glad you\'re fighting for ideas and innovation over popularity and business models. That is where the true value is. All this over optimization-pseudo value crap is what got the country into this crisis. We need people to ditch this self delusion and self-indulgence and start creating real value-- voraciously pursuing the best ideas and then actually making them happen. Social media can and needs to play a big role in making this happen. But this will only work if we make it an idea contest rather than popularity contest.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713039">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713039" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713039" href="http://socialmedia.biz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JD Lasica</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713039" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713039" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I\'m not sure Mike Arrington derailed us at all - you already posted a riposte, and you\'re both coming at the issue from different, legitimate angles.<br><br>You want more signal and higher-quality conversations. You should be able to get that through Twitter (start by unfollowing anyone who provides more noise than signal) and Friendfeed. Start a new Twitter group or Friendfeed room. Like you, I don\'t see a lot of value in raw numbers. Like you, I put a lot of time into video productions that don\'t have the apparent payout of an easily link to a celeb news story.<br><br>I suspect that the complaint you make could just as easily be made about the mainstream media -- at any time in the past 60 years, in fact.<br><br>That\'s why we have Fox, People magazine and the National Enquirer. That\'s why "The Bachelor" outperforms the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, CNN and dozens of other niche channels combined.<br><br>Embrace the niche, the intelligent conversations, and don\'t worry about the rabble. You\'re never going to convert them, so ignore the nonsense and keep doing what you feel is right.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713040">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713040">Alan Kodzasov</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713040" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the opinion, Robert! Btw, agree to your thesis completely.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713041">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713041" href="http://www.mrgadget.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Arnold - Mr.Gadget</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713041" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I love your passion and honesty.<br><br>What\'s that saying though? "Let sleeping dogs lie"</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9713042">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713042" href="http://staynalive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jesse Stay</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713042" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I care that each and every one of those followers shows some interest in me.  That\'s important to me - they\'ve invested in the follow, so I have an obligation to do what I can to build that relationship. There are some I go out of my way to follow because I think they\'re smart, as well - many of those I really wish would follow me back so we can have a real conversation (Tim O\'Reilly is one of those).  It\'s hard to have a conversation with someone who has shown no interest back in you, and you\'ll learn a lot less that way if you can\'t hold a real conversation with them.  You have the advantage that you\'re well known, and most of these people follow you back.  I don\'t have that yet unfortunately.<br><br>Regarding "blogging on someone else\'s blog" - I was simply using that as a point.  <a href="http://LouisGray.com" rel="nofollow">LouisGray.com</a> is no longer just "someone else\'s blog".  <a href="http://LouisGray.com" rel="nofollow">LouisGray.com</a> is now a brand, with multiple bloggers, Louis Gray at the helm. I\'m sure he can vouch further though.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713043" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713043" class="dsq-comment-message">Arnold: what fun would that be? Arrington wanted me to blog more. He got his wish. :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713044">Mark Charmer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713044" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, you\'re spot on. Focus on helping people make sense of change. I agree O\'Reilly\'s got it. But there\'s plenty of space for other sense-makers. I\'ve only recently started following your video interviews, and I\'m really enjoying them. There are so many skills to now transfer out beyond the tech community. Leave the others to court celebrity - it\'s a road to ruin.<br><br>Cheers, Mark</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713045" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713045" href="http://www.geekmommy.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lucretia Pruitt</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713045" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a pretty simple argument against their logic: @britneyspears has over 12.5k followers - are we supposed to pretend that this means she\'s going to tweet something important any day now?<br><br>"I love Japan! I think all the tiny cars are so cute! -Britney 3:34 PM Dec 14th from mobile web"<br><br>When popularity = authority, we\'re all doomed... Follower numbers mean NOTHING if those followers were 1 time visitors who signed up, clicked the "follow @scobleizer" or "follow @techcrunch" buttons and never logged on again to twitter.<br><br>Are 10,000 never-used-it-but-the-once followers more important than 100 really engaged, very involved followers? Not in my world.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713046" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713046" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713046" href="http://spiral-scratch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713046" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s interesting but if you look at the Shorty Awards nominations, except for a few exceptions, you won\'t find the most popular Twitterholics, you\'ll find "ordinary" but popular Twitterers. You could say that people are hustling for nominations but the fact that there are over 1200 user generated categories that were unanticipated shows the large amount of creative, original content highlighting the contributions from many Twitterers. The almost complete absence of the Twitterers with the highest number of followers is striking to me.<br><br>I think you can only correlate a high number of followers with a greater amount of visibility/publicity that someone\'s Tweets can have. But many people follow the most popular Twitterers not because they are influenced by them but because they assume that the top people have contacts that would provide them with the latest information. They are a source or news or gossip, people don\'t blindly follow their opinions &amp; recommendations, they listen to their friends for that, people whose opinion they trust.<br><br>If popularity indicates influence, then tech people on Twitter fade into obscurity compared to actual political, business &amp; entertainment celebrities. Twitter is a vocal but small little world and I think it is ridiculous to inflate ones importance because one has more followers than others. It\'s depth, not breadth, quality, not quantity that determines influence.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713047" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713047" class="dsq-comment-message">Liz: I couldn\'t have said it better. Absolutely!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713048" href="http://staynalive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jesse Stay</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713048" class="dsq-comment-message">Lucretia, that\'s why I say a combination of the two is ideal - imagine if Britney engaged all 12.5k of those followers, building community with them.  She wouldn\'t have people to engage if she didn\'t have the followers in the first place (again, the chicken or the egg problem).  The number is one thing, and still important.  Scoble\'s right too though in that she actually has to listen to those followers to get the full value from it.  That was the point of my own post.  To get the full value you can\'t have one without the other.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713049" href="http://www.thecomicproject.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Comic Project</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713049" class="dsq-comment-message">@Scoble<br>I am a recent user (1 month) and I see this as a medium to capture what is happening around me in a casual manner and in the process, join conversations that I feel are relevant to me. I often look at the 2nd and 3rd (even 4th, 5th) pages of search engine results and am amazed at what I find out, sometimes not relevant to the search but still useful.<br><br>While there is nothing wrong in the most active users to demand/expect a little extra, ranking based on authority (and followers) could end up drowning other voices as it will give more importance to scoble and arrington and loic.<br><br>"Better friends. Better content. Better news. Better ideas. Better People"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713050" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713050" href="http://twitter.com/gronumbulator" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nick</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713050" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the insightful post, Robert. This is exactly why 70% of the people I follow on twitter are either people I have met personally or services that I use. (More so the former.) The other 30% are people and companies that I feel I can learn something from or find interesting.<br><br>What this really means is that ultimately my followers number will stay fairly low, and grow slowly. I don\'t blindly follow in the hopes that my numbers will grow, rather I prefer to actually use the service as something that connects me with more interesting people and enriches my life. I think it could be safely said that this is more in keeping with the original intent of twitter.<br><br>If there\'s one thing I can\'t stand, it\'s being followed and unfollowed repeatedly by the dummies with bots who are trying to boost their follower numbers. If I look and see that you have a 200:1 followed-to-follower ratio with few updates, you can bet that I will immediately write you off as somebody who is not worth the space in my tweetdeck.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713051" href="http://vidagdha.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shailesh S. Khandekar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713051" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>The central argument of your post seems to be, "a person ought to focus more on adding value than showmanship." It is a fair argument and I fully concur with it.<br><br>On an abstract note, everyone is smart enough to dig out the truth, provided she is interested in finding it. As such, when masses follow someone with this facet of equation being balanced, there is more value in filtering the results based on who has more followers. Clearly, that depends on whether or not the masses had an interest in looking at the truth. Matter of fact is that the truth is weirder than fiction, because unlike the later, it has no compulsion to make sense. It is harder to handle for us humans. Surely, no piece of technology can help with that.<br><br>"Try go get smarter" is any day better. Let\'s not worry about rails, the Universe has a quaint property to balance itself well, :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713052">Jerry Roberts</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713052" class="dsq-comment-message">Look, I agree with your position that it should be about who you follow and not followers. But, let\'s be honest here.<br><br>You can take that position, comfortable in the knowledge that you\'re sitting on one of the largest group of followers in the Twit world (make up your own punch line).<br><br>You have over 40K followers. If you offer a new e-book for $39 tomorrow, Twitter alone might bring $15-20K in one day\'s direct revenue. I have less than 1,000 followers and zero celebrity, compared to you. I\'d love to have that kind of potential one day, and only generating followers will accomplish that.<br><br>Maybe a lot of your elite tech buddies also know that and figure that it\'s best to play the game with the hand that\'s been dealt. I suspect that, for those who are in the high profile group, the relative ease of building a huge Twitter following and the certainty of being able to monetize it must be pretty attractive.<br><br>I\'d love to see the following/follower ratio be dropped. I started following a lot of people when I started and then was told that this would endanger my account. Others called me a spammer because my ratio was "out of whack."<br><br>I\'d love to see a lot of changes to Twitter and guys like you -- with major media access -- can help to bring that about.<br><br>While I\'m ranting, I\'d also love to see some of you power players follow me when I follow you.<br><br>And if you did, I\'d REALLY love to see you actually re-tweet something to your stream. I follow a few of the big hitters and I can\'t ever recall seeing any of you re-tweet anything -- from me or anybody else -- though your stuff is RT\'d all the time.<br><br>Okay. Done. Thanks.<br><br>Keep it coming.<br><br><a href="http://twitter.com/jerryroberts" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/jerryroberts</a><br><br>(just in case you feel charitable today)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713053" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713053" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713053" class="dsq-comment-message">The Comic Project: exactly.<br><br>Jesse: the problem is that you are advocating using follower numbers to juice the search results. If you do that you\'ll reward types like Britney Spears or Obama, or, worse, companies, who don\'t participate and who just have lots of followers. That\'s EXACTLY why it\'s the wrong metric to use. There are far better ones.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713054" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713054" class="dsq-comment-message">Jerry: you sound like someone I try to stay away from. A follower gamer. Why should I follow you? What will you teach me? Why don\'t you approach me that way than try to make me follow you just because you\'re following me?<br><br>By the way, what we\'re talking about would be REWARDING people with lots of followers (like me). So, if we did what Loic and Mike wanted us to do people like you would be greatly hurt because you would be washed out of search results. Today if you go to <a href="http://search.twitter.com" rel="nofollow">http://search.twitter.com</a> we\'re all treated the same. Do you really want that engine to treat me better than it would treat you? That\'s what you\'re advocating for.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713055" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713055" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713055">Jerry Roberts</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713055" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713055" class="dsq-comment-message">To add to my earlier comment, what I would love to see in Twitter is a more intelligent way of searching for valuable content.<br><br>Even with only 1,000 people who I\'m following, it\'s impossible to keep up and filter good stuff from the fluff and direct pitches.<br><br>It would be wonderful to surround myself with great thinkers on Twitter, but it would be even better to have the ability to siphon off their tweets without having to plow through all the other stuff.<br><br>Maybe one of the tech elite that congregates here will point me toward a solution for that.<br><br>Thanks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713056" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713056" href="http://www.log.gr/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dimitris Siskopoulos</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713056" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713056" class="dsq-comment-message">Who said you have to post about your personal life or celebrities? It\'s not the "media\'s"  fault, it\'s how we use it. Post IT news and links or follow people doing this already. Twitter is just a small picture of the real world, with all kind of people.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713057" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713057" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713057">marcduchesne</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713057" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713057" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert : I as MANY OTHERS out there in the REAL World are LISTENING to others\' s experience\' sharing, LEARNING from them, TESTING their new services. In summary, we WANT to MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, TOGETHER.<br>What LLM and MA are "telling" us don\'t matter at all to us: they are like young kids at the kindergarten, playing with toys that don\'t belong to them, toys that they didn\'t pay for at all. Heck, are Seesmic or TC really changing the World ?<br><br>Please keep going, Buddy. You have it right.<br>_Marc</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713058">Thierry de Baillon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713058" class="dsq-comment-message">Authority = popularity<br>Hum... This had a name once: populism. A dirty concept for troubled times...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713059" href="http://staynalive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jesse Stay</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713059" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I\'m talking about enabling that as an option, but not the only option.  # Followers shouldn\'t be the only factor in determining authority - it should be flexible, to be determined by the individual.  There are times it could be valuable to search by number of followers, but I certainly don\'t want that as my only option - I wouldn\'t find search valuable if that were the case.<br><br>My whole point is that I think both you, and Mike and Loic all have a point.  I\'m simply taking the middle ground here - I think any business not interested in followers is an idiot, yet the only way to fully utilize those followers is to engage and talk to them, by following them back.  They\'re idiots if they don\'t do that as well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713060" href="http://krisvandenbergh.be/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713060" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, if loic really wants to filter out the tweets that matter, he should first make up his mind about what he actually wants to measure. The total number of followers says only something about your popularity as you already have stated.  However, I suggest that twitter should introduce a rating system just like friendfeed has its "likes". Now here comes my statement. We should think in relative numbers, not in raw/absolute numbers because again, the latter relates to one\'s popularity. Percentages are the way to go if we want to add value. Of course people with more followers are more likely to have stronger influence resulting in more retweets. But really, do they make us any smarter compared to underdogs? Eventually it all comes down to power and we all know that with great power comes great responsibility.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713061" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713061">Jerry Roberts</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713061" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>I can understand how you\'d see it that way, with how I presented my initial argument. I suppose I was trying to play devil\'s advocate in a small way.<br><br>I\'m certainly trying to build some following on Twitter, and big numbers would be nice, but the real value is what comes down the stream. I\'ve already hired someone from Twitter, solved a couple of problems, and came up with a Christmas game when I needed one instantly.<br><br>Long term, I care about the quality of who I get to listen to; while I still have to consider that I have a business to build.<br><br>My most important point is that I CAN\'T follow everybody I\'d want to. I\'d be suspended for that. To me, the ratio issue is ridiculous. But if I want to play on Twitter, what recourse do I have?<br><br>Per your question, "What can you teach me?"...my ego is not so large that I\'m going to say I\'m capable of teaching you anything.  However, I\'m launching a career/workplace blog in the next week, with a voice that I don\'t think exists to any large degree within my noisy little niche.<br><br>Not sure that would be of interest to you but even if it was, how would you know unless I had a way to get on your radar screen?<br><br>Have a good one.<br><br>Jerry</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713062" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713062" class="dsq-comment-message">Jerry: getting on my radar screen is very easy. You just have to include @scobleizer in your Tweet. I guarantee you I\'ll see that, even if I don\'t respond to every one. An even better way, though? Participate over on friendfeed. That\'s where I\'ve spent most of my time this year.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713063" href="http://rmschneider.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rob Schneider</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713063" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert: Also--think about video vs. text (blog) from the readers perspective. I have alot of time to read a lot of stuff when presented in text as it is efficient for me.  Scanning and drill down is easy and under my control.  Getting info via video is "real" time and hard for me to scan and drill down.  Hence I don\'t bother doing video unless it\'s for entertainment.   So ... don\'t abandon blogging and don\'t rely instant messaging at the expense of creating well-crafted things for readers to *read*.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713064" href="http://www.arjunsingh.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Arjun Singh</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713064" class="dsq-comment-message">The larger issue, I think, goes way beyond twitter. How do we encourage a society where people value Tim O Reilly over Britney Spears? That\'s a noble question to ponder, IMHO</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713065">Jerry Roberts</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713065" class="dsq-comment-message">Arjun Singh Says:   "The larger issue, I think, goes way beyond twitter. How do we encourage a society where people value Tim O Reilly over Britney Spears? That’s a noble question to ponder, IMHO"<br><br>Regardless of the medium, the celeb crowd will find it, populate it, and eventually control it -- in terms of sheer numbers. The Twitter of 2009 or 2010 won\'t even resemble what we see today. I\'m sure the quality was better last year than now.<br><br>It\'s not just social media, but all media.<br><br>Maybe Friendfeed or some other app will provide safe haven for awhile, but it\'s a bandaid and not the solution you\'re looking for.<br><br>Cool trumps "noble," so far as most people are concerned. It\'s sad, but an inescapable fact.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713066" href="http://blog.marialavis.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Maria Lavis</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713066" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>Chris Brogan, Tim O`Reilly and yourself helped me see the value in twitter. I`m following more peeps than are following me right now precisely because of value. I keep finding interesting, informative or entertaining people, so I follow. If they become spammish or otherwise annoying, I tend to unfollow. It does bug me when someone has a gazillian followers and doesn`t follow people back, but I know that`s a personal peeve, and there are many logical explanations for it. I also find that once a twitterer`s followers go up, they are less likely to respond to @ statements, and it becomes annoying to be systematically ignored. I`ve chatted about this with other peeps, and they are rather annoyed at the `distant twitter gods`who do this as well. On the other hand, there is only so much time in a day, so I have sympathy for the gods.<br><br>There are some people, like yourself, that though you ignore me on twitter, I do continue to follow. Why? Because you know do really know your stuff and you do provide clear and concise content of interest and value to me. I really appreciate how hard line you are about value being number 1 and not getting sucked into the numbers game. It is tough not to because there are oh soooo many devil`s advocate reasons to suck you in. Do you, Tim O`Reilly and Chris Brogan attend sweat lodges now and then to keep on the true warrior`s path or something?<br><br>Now about friendfeed. Just tried tweetree today, and thinking maybe it can be improved so I wont need friendfeed? I have peeked into friendfeed land, and I have to admit it does look complicated = big learning curve.  @geniodiabolico`s (Dave Slusher) rants against twitter and for friendfeed got me thinking, and so I checked it out, but found it a bit like a large dark and foreign wood, so I scooted right back out again. Any other encouraging words for why friendfeed instead of twitter?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713067" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713067" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713067" class="dsq-comment-message">Maria: I\'ll do a video about friendfeed when I get up later today.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713068" href="http://www.jroller.com/shareme" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fred Grott</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713068" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert you forgot something,<br><br>Smart people are going to places like Google to get money as in my statup is geting some Google attention and I expect once the reading GPS from javascript on android video is up I expect hat turn into somewhat seed capital from Google..<br><br>Its an interesting story involving engineering excellence, clouds, social clouds, and mobile..<br><br>Yes, started doing video s of dev progress. probably the very first time a start up has been that transparent.<br><br>and Robert I would not call those who are non technical idiots or land o idiots as its somewhat not respecting where the money comes from..you do not see me calling my potential users idiots do YOU ROBERT?<br><br>Dev progress of Xpsot vids are at:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/memine44" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/memine44</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713069" href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Steve Rubel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713069" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, interesting thoughts. This has been going on for awhile though. The top tier bloggers essentially became media outlets - and thus beholden to the same "newsertainment" demands that CNN and others long succumbed to. Others are following them by <a href="http://www.micropersuasion.com/2008/01/techmeme-digg-a.html" rel="nofollow">"lazyblogging."</a><br><br>You and I got into blogging long ago for the connections and the deep thoughts. The way we can change and go back in time is to be the change we want to see. As much as I respect you, posts like these and participating in "b-memes" don\'t get you to where I think you want to go. So my suggestion is to be the change you want to see. Lead and others will follow - some won\'t but that\'s ok. There\'s room for newsertainment in social media just as there is everywhere else.<br><br>This is why I don\'t often blog about these memes because I am more turned on intellectually by what I find in <a HREF="http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/05231423523838309470/label/thinkers" rel="nofollow">my Thinkers group</a>. Just a suggestion - friend to friend.<br><br>Steve</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713070" href="http://IAmJoAnnDonahue.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JoAnn Donahue</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713070" class="dsq-comment-message">I read once,<br><br>“Only 2% actually think,<br><br>3% think they think<br><br>and the other 95% would<br><br>rather die than think!”<br><br>It\'s hard work to think.. Why do you think we had<br>only one Thomas Edison, one Ben Franklin..one John Lennon ect.<br><br>It\'s easier to<br>play the role of idiot (your word not mine)<br><br>However when it\'s all said and done.. Those who teach and share<br><br>and are able to give more "give" value end up getting more "get" value!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713072">David lee king</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713072" class="dsq-comment-message">Us librarians agree with you - we\'ve always been about "improving the question" - which sounds awefully similar to having smarter conversations.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713073" href="http://www.jordoncooper.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jordon Cooper</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713073" class="dsq-comment-message">Great thoughts but sadly I think you are in the minority.  For many, Twitter is a place to increase their personal brand rather than a place to sit down, listen, and have a drink.  Instead of a pub, many think Twitter is a podium.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713074" href="http://slackermanager.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Phil Gerbyshak</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713074" class="dsq-comment-message">Focus on the goal people. If your goal is to have smarter conversations, then you\'re absolutely right Robert: you should focus on that goal. If your goal is to make more money, or attract those that can help you make more money (aka Mr. Arrington), then you should absolutely do whatever will take you to that goal.<br><br>I like the idea of smarter conversations. My goal is to connect with more authentic people.<br><br>Thanks for another smart conversation!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713075" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713075" href="http://egoist.solidvox.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Martin Lindeskog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713075" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>I agree with your statement: "I want better friends. Better content. Better news. Better ideas. That means I need to find better people to be part of my social network."<br><br>It is for a reason I often use the nickname, Lyceum. It was the name of Aristotle\'s school in ancient Greece.<br><br>Next year I will continue a new series of podcast interviews with rational individuals in order to have valuable conversation and to learn new stuff. I have interviewed an editorial cartoonist and an author so far. Next in line is a smart investor. Stay tuned!<br><br>Best Premises,<br><br>Martin Lindeskog - American in Spirit.<br>Gothenburg, Sweden.<br><br>Lyceum0 @ FriendFeed<br><a href="http://Twitter.com/lyceum" rel="nofollow">http://Twitter.com/lyceum</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713076">markdykeman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713076" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert:  at the risk of sounding trite or simplistic, I think you should consider the following points:<br><br><br>1.  Ignore Mike Arrington\'s opinion in this matter - you have different goals backing your opinion on the value of large numbers of followers.  Or at least accept that he has a different point of view.  Oh, by the way, Mike hasn\'t dragged me off the rails, nor has he dragged 99%+ of the world\'s (or blogosphere\'s) population after him.  The people who we use as thought-leaders and role models tend not to be the most popular.  "Me too" is getting far too old.  Also, perhaps the recent declines in Techcrunch readership are not a sign of idiocy of the readership, but a sign of intelligence: a signal that it\'s not meeting some people\'s needs.<br>2.  Continue trying to start or join in smart conversations - see, you\'re already on the right track<br>3.  Continue to look beyond the tech blogosphere for smart people and smart conversations (which you\'ve been doing this year) - see point 2<br>4.  Finish what you start - if you start a new conversation, etc.  then give it some time to carry on, become more complex, etc. and keep checking in.   Build on it.  You\'re already doing that in this post.<br>5.  Acknowledge that we all want some brain candy in addition to good, nourishing stuff.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713077" href="http://www.adigaskell.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713077" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess the question is Robert, why should anyone follow you?  All this Twitter based naval gazing, who really gives a damn?  You appear famous for absorbing yourself in Twitter and their ilk, so personally speaking I subscribe to your blog in the hope that this will enable you to provide real insight into the world of web 2.0.  All this playground squabbling is all rather sad.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713078" href="http://www.abhishekrane.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Abhishek</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713078" class="dsq-comment-message">Really you have a very correct point there.This is a real idiocy or rather a game for popularity.Twitter has a beauty of randomness which should be preserved.The obscurity of less popular users will grow leading to circle of only popular tweeters.This will be like making a celebrity web2.0 portal.Great opinions.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713079" href="http://anarchoinvestor.newsvine.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ryan Taylor</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713079" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I write financial and investment articles on Newsvine. I treat any kind of writing, whether it\'s an article or blog post as a creative endeavor. I write when I have something to say and when I\'m in a creative mood. That means I rarely write every day. Usually it\'s once a week or longer. This came from my music background where I would write songs only when my creative juices were flowing. Anytime I tried to write without feeling the creative flow, the result sounded forced and the quality was not up to my creative standards.<br><br>Blogging frequently for the sake of increasing traffic doesn\'t make sense to me. I find the majority of bloggers who post once a day or more tend to repeat a lot of content and the quality of the writing suffers. There are exceptions as some bloggers are extremely prolific.<br><br>Bottom line, blog when you\'re ready to say something meaningful and I\'ll read it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713080" href="http://myphillynetwork.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AnthonyF.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713080" class="dsq-comment-message">Hogwash! Authority should be weighed by key words and interactions, not followers. Having a 140 convo about tech often should up your "Authority" on the search word tech...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713081" href="http://www.jeroenmirck.nl/2008/12/twitter-top-40/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jeroen Mirck</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713081" class="dsq-comment-message">Measuring online authority is difficult. After publishing a <a href="http://www.jeroenmirck.nl/2008/12/twitter-top-40/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Top-40</a>, I received a lot of criticism about measuring the amount of tweets. Those critics thought that the amount of followers was the ultimate criterium, but they should read your remarks above. There is no ultimate criterium, and why should we care?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713082" href="http://www.you2gov.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alan W Silberberg</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713082" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>I think you make some excellent points. This is not about numbers, nor about which tool is best (although it helps to know which tools make it easier.) Whether it is Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Friendfeed, etc the point is really about reaching out to others to broaden your network, and thus broaden the incoming information into your brain. We all will use various tools differently. But what really matters is how we use the relationships that come from these "social adventures" and how these relationships both aide our offline and online worlds. What do people make of the relationships? That is what really matters I think. All this nonsense of who has more followers or who is on top of what list is a waste of time. Thank you for some excellent insights.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713083">Bob</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713083" class="dsq-comment-message">Tweeting is  smaller type blong-wanking...<br>An "idiot" is someone who does not participate in public discourse or vote. By that measure, any fan-fury is idiotic.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713084">Gregory</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713084" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, curious has there been anything you learned from the 5,000 people you follow you put to practical use?<br><br>Also a side note, could you power your comments with disqus so I don\'t have to login all the time?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713085" href="http://www.freshclicks.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lary Stucker</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713085" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>  As someone who is relatively new to Twitter and is just trying to figure it out I am at a crossroads. I want to follow "smart people" but assessing their intelligence is not that easy. There may be name recognition, we examine their Tweets, maybe visit their blog, or if they have a lot of followers than we can guess that they must have important things to say.<br><br>There are a few that I follow because they are in a space that I am interested in and they have a lot of followers. There are others I follow because they are in my space and seem to be "smart" but do not have a lot of followers. Unfortunately, there are others I follow because if I don\'t follow them they will stop following me and it seems that if I want to have a loud voice in this space then the number of people that follow me is supposed to be important.<br><br>So, my reason for being on Twitter is three fold:<br>1-Be part of the conversation<br>2-Learn from "smart" people<br>3-Share my knowledge with others<br><br>I am writing a blog that is supposed to help people, add to the conversation and educate. I don\'t insert adSense ads or try to monetize the site in any way. I want people to read my blog and contribute and, now that I have been on Twitter, I am seeing that traffic increase.  That is a good thing. People are reading what I have to say, making comments and it is allowing me to think harder, grow and be part of the conversation.<br><br>What is your recommendation to someone like me? new to Twitter, who has been blogging for 5 months and wants to be part of the conversation?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713027" href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chrisbrogan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713027" class="dsq-comment-message">At the very end of the first Matrix (or the only Matrix, if you\'re like me), there\'s that part where Neo realizes he doesn\'t even have to dodge the bullets any longer.<br><br>I don\'t care about the authority of twitter search results. Twitter is a wired network and I know how to search it. I know how to parse the people I want to read. I know how to extract and insert value.<br><br>I hope they don\'t muck with Twitter search. I use it just fine, all the time.<br><br>As for the fight? I don\'t spend my calories that way. Lots of people have no idea what Twitter\'s about, and they write a new article about it ever day. Fine by me.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713028" href="http://twitter.com/nitin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nitin Borwankar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713028" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>Thanks for the insight into why you \'hand-followed\' the first 5000 people - they are early adopters etc.  But that leaves a god 15,000 people and your response seems to suggest that you used some form of auto-follow to follow them  Again this is something I don\'t understand.  If people are following me I want them to continue only because they value what I say - I lose almost as many followers every day as I gain and overall the count inches up because the people who stay find things I say valuable.  If someone wants to leave just because I didn\'t follow them back they are the wrong kind of person - so I have never found autofollow meaningful. Could you also explain what is the value of auto following other than to "retain" followers?   I want to believe you when you say "it\'s who you follow that matters" but it seems like you have two different kinds of following behavior - a) you autofollow anyone who follows you just so they don\'t drop away and b) you head over to Friendfeed and really *listen* to only a few people  using filtering tools. So why continue to "follow" so many people when you don\'t really listen to ~95% of them?  To me following really means valuing what people say - and by following about 150 people (the monkeysphere) I can get valuable information and build relationships all just using Twitter tools.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713026" href="http://www.commcognition.com/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sam Bradley</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713026" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve seen enough "help me get to # followers" in the past 24 hours to be convinced that raw numbers alone are not sufficient.<br><br>However, there is a positive correlation between followers and opinion leader status. Imperfect but positive.<br><br>And although I am far, far from an expert on search engine algorithms, these things tend to be self-propagating. That is, if @scobelizer is automatically higher-ranked because of his followers, then he will always be atop the search results. So he will get clicked upon more often.<br><br>And although it is not deterministic, the people who follow those results will be more likely to follow him, which will then perpetuate the cycle.<br><br>Hence I agree completely.<br><br>However, there must be a way to use the tools of communication science for formal network analysis (and surely someone is doing this) to look at information flow in a meaningful and helpful way.<br><br>Rather than a way to bottleneck communication by only returning results of those with huge followings, an effective algorithm could help identify holes in your network -- holes not from a raw number perspective but holes in information that should be flowing to you but is not. Holes in relationships and conversations.<br><br>Mr. Tweet seems to do this at a very basic level. But I don\'t think that it would be altogether inappropriate to flag Twitter search results with an indicator of how well that person matches (for lack of a better word) your network without ranking the results themselves.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713025" href="http://twitter.com/vlb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vicki</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713025" class="dsq-comment-message">Adi - If you\'ve been paying attention you\'d realize that Robert is saying it doesn\'t matter "why should anyone follow" him. The point is who he follows, who he reads, what he learns from that. If you don\'t give a damn... why are you reading this?<br><br>Follower count might correlate to authority on some subjects.  But the subjects will vary with the person. Some people will have high follower count simply because they are "famous" already, some because they are fun to read, some because they are seen as an authority in  a given area. MarsPhoenix has 40,300 followers and is The Authority on... a square meter or so of the surface of Mars. Large following, narrow authority area.<br><br>Authority is the wrong word. Yes, if you have many followers, more people will see something you say. However, that doesn\'t mean they will automatically take your word for it, accept your opinion, or rush out and by whatever you mentioned. Authority requires more than just eyeballs.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713023" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713023" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713023">David Gerbino</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713023" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, for me its my engaged followers. These are the ones I learn the most from. The second tier are the people I follow and learn from. I vet who I follow. I expect the people who follow me to vet me as well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713024" href="http://www.NonToxin.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ankesh Kothari</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713024" class="dsq-comment-message">1.<br>We are living in a world where the scarcest and the most valuable thing is people\'s attention.<br><br>2.<br>Celebrity is one of the basic metrics in an attention economy.<br><br>3.<br>Celebrity is measured by how many followers a person has.<br><br>Following the logic - I don\'t see anything wrong with Arrington\'s and Loic\'s claims and idea of using the # of followers to filter out who we should listen to.  Their idea is on the right track.<br><br>But I would tweak their formula a bit.<br><br>As Dan Zarella pointed out to me... twitter authority should be measured by the formula = "(followers/following)*followers"<br><br>It will get rid of many of the people who game the system to become celebrities.  It will lower the ranks of people who start following 100s of people in the hopes that some of them might start following them too.  But at the same time - it gives us a good idea of knowing which of the folks on twitter are worth listening to.<br><br>(Yes it is not a perfect formula.  Because people who follow everyone that starts following them will have a lower rank too.  But its not altogether off the rails...)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713022" href="http://twitter.com/eddycole" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eddy Cole</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713022" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m following around 200 people on twitter because most of their tweets are thought provoking or entertaining in some way. I don\'t have much interesting to say myself so I couldn\'t care less how many follow me or follow me back.<br><br>I follow Robert because he\'s so well connected and he\'s like a filter that brings the really interesting stuff (and people) to the top, the stuff I like to read.<br><br>To tell you the truth, I\'m getting tired of the tech crowd going all kindergarten-dramatic in an attempt to get more attention. I swear, I\'ve been rolling my eyes so much lately that I\'m getting headaches and have been unfollowing people on twitter left and right because it\'s so obvious what they\'re up to.<br><br>But what bothers me the most is the people who I respected who react exactly the way the drama queens intended. It disappoints me because I thought they would have known better.<br><br>Anyway, as long as it\'s interesting to me I\'ll read and watch. When it gets too childish I\'ll move on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713021" href="http://www.extanz.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Yann Ropars</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713021" class="dsq-comment-message">Twitter has removed much of the FRICTION that blogging and the unknown world of RSS (for the average internet user) had created. I still think that the 2% excellent conversations are worth gold as you would not have them otherwise.<br>I can\'t walk into your office every day nor can all our followers can. Most other networks have failed to create those coffee table conversations where much creative work happens because it\'s organic...<br>I also notice that the @chrisbrogan, @scobleizer @Davetaylor ... are asking many questions through their tweets that blogs have NOT statisfied... proof i found out about this important [appearance VS relevance] conversation via my [relevant] thread in Tweetdeck...<br><br>Thanks for letting everyone participate. We\'re learning. Live.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713020" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713020" href="http://chemical--reaction.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ayca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713020" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice to have you on the good side Robert.<br><br>I\'ve been examining the friendfeed/twitter society formation for the past few months, and this is no different from groups forming in the offline world: There are thinkers and there are wannabe\'s imitating thinkers. The common sense tells you that thinkers are followed and wannabe\'s are following them, which is not the case. Throughout the history, wannabe\'s were followed more often than the genuine thinkers. The expectation with internet was that, this misunderstanding would vane because the online society is forming around solid ideas, and that real thinkers would be the followed ones. Still, there are a lot of ways to hide idiocy within word and links and images here, which lets wannabe\'s be perceived as authority, as is in the offline world.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713019" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713019" href="http://www.kevinmurray.com/mobile/pics/Pages/Portfolio.html#0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kevin Murray</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713019" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for writing this Scoble. I don\'t pretend to understand what twitter or the network or all the different channels will look like in the near or distant future, but love the open debate and self correcting nature of the people and content in here and the platform as a whole. I had a long debate last night at dinner with people who despise twitter/facebook etc as they think it is 100% about people needing to feel important, heard and validated. People who actually think that others care that the line at Century Theaters in redwood city is long, or just ate a cookie, it was good, type of updates. I explained that people create different realities in twitter and networks of followers vary based on the user. Personally, I like the balance of people that add real value in content, circulating others content etc. If that is good I enjoy hearing about what they are doing as well because it make them approachable and adds to their credibility as a source. I think it is better than a newscaster on TV who chats with their co-chair at lulls about what they are doing for the holidays etc. Of course I also have my guilty pleasure follows that are 100% about what they are thinking, feeling or doing and adds no more value than from an anthropology perspective. Thanks for the enlightenment as usual.<br>Kevin</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713015" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713015" href="http://starlightlifecoaching.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gina</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713015" class="dsq-comment-message">Aloha~ Being new to twitter (tweeting for about 3 or 4 weeks) I have found it of great importance to have followers and many if I am to have a large enough pool to find people who want my twitter acquaintance. What I am about, love and want to share may not have broad appeal. Many I think may be interested might be too busy already so to open up to a larger audience seems a smart move to me. I have been following you, reading your posts and commenting when appropriate and wonder if you consider someone like me an idiot? I have bulit a great network of people with ideas and questions I can learn from and contribute to and if that took caring about how many follw me so be it. I do hope you look close enough to find we are not idiots.<br>With much Aloha and loving kindness, Gina</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713016" href="http://blog.marialavis.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Maria Lavis</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713016" class="dsq-comment-message">I`ll keep your blog window open and check back later for the friendfeed vid. Thanks!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713017" href="http://starlightlifecoaching.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gina</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713017" class="dsq-comment-message">PS I\'m @starlightlife  :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713018" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713018">Steven</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713018" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713018" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael Arrington &amp; TechCrunch sucks!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713086" href="http://www.myspace.com/eadvocateradio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">eadvocate</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713086" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is my highly simplistic solution:<br><br>This can solved if everyone reading this thread followed the statement below more often, tweeted it to their friends and promoted it to celebrities:<br><br>LINK TO URLS WITH CONTENT CREATED BY THOSE WHO ARE FAR MORE INTELLIGENT THAN YOU IN YOUR TWEETS.<br><br>Why? You are now partially transparent no matter how many friends you have.  Your "authority" does not matter.  Of course promote yourself as well, but remember that you are there to share.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713087" href="http://tinycomb.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jason@tinyComb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713087" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble,  when talking about Tweeting smarter conversations, I agree, but no offense, I stopped following you on Twitter for that very reason. You post at high volumes things I don\'t care about or are too personal for an outsider thats not your best buddy. We all could do a better job, including you.<br><br>Jason<br>Editor | <a href="http://tinyComb.com" rel="nofollow">tinyComb.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713088" href="http://www.adigaskell.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713088" class="dsq-comment-message">Vicki,<br><br>Not really sure I follow you.  Surely this blog, and any other medium Robert uses to publish content, is the outpouring of thoughts derived from following all of the people he does.  So of course in that context it\'s important to know why he should be followed because it directly correlates to him being able to be at the cutting edge of this industry.  Most people don\'t have the time (or perhaps the inclination) to spend hundreds of hours a month on Twitter and Friend Feed and I always figured that blogs like this one existed largely to provide this market with a succinct summary of upcoming trends.<br><br>For me, this and the other posts about a pretty innocent feature suggestion for Twitter have been banal in the extreme and havn\'t (imo) lived up to the reputation Robert has forged for himself with this blog.  Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713089" href="http://LeanStartups.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Apolinaras Sinkevicius</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713089" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713089" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes! That is how you write blog articles. I like the style, I like the language, I like the passion. Tired of reading snoozer types that are soaked with PCness!<br><br>Good job!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713090" href="http://SourcesOfInsight.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">J.D. Meier</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713090" class="dsq-comment-message">I would love to be able to slice and dice.<br><br>For one slice, I want the popular perspective.  For the other, I want want the *experts* say.  It\'s like a the cold medicine that pharmacists recommend vs. the one that tastes good.<br><br>Yeah, O\'Reilly is a consistent flowing stream of insights and action.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713091" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713091" href="http://www.flowersbyfarha.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Flowersbyfarha</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713091" class="dsq-comment-message">Haven\'t made it through all the comments yet, but see this discussion mirroring my own evolution on Twitter:<br><br>First, I came to Twitter because it was recommended as one of many possible SM for promoting my shop on a new site.  New to e-commerce and new to SM it\'s been quite a learning experience as I naively started out with the challenge of trying to figure out how to find people who would be interested in following me back and/or who might be potentially "useful" for my marketing endeavors.<br><br>Well, Twitter is not set up for that at all, loL!  To find those people, Twitter would require a much more extensive and monitored profile questionnaire and not allow responses such as "location: somewhere over the rainbow" or location=iphone #.<br><br>So, my "strategy" shifted to finding people in geographical areas I\'m interested in and/or who seemed to be in fields I might be able to network with.<br><br>And, I also began to be followed by people like me (ie, artisan, online shop, equally clueless) and I followed back out of courtesy.<br><br>And, it also became very apparent to me I needed to rethink (and LEARN) marketing via SM works because I quickly un-followed those who tweet only links, magpie, etc and never engage in dialogue w/me.  Golden rule (as in "do unto others..." not "Gold Rules!") applies online as in life.  I\'m feeling and seeing a huge resistance to spammers, spambots, and other one-sides PR tweets.<br><br>I went through the TwitterGrader phase... as if my score was meaningful, and if I should follow only someone with a high score, too. Then I saw a blog about effective branding and SM, where someone used as their primary criteria TwitterGrade for ranking a company\'s effectiveness.  Since my grade at that time was higher than many companies on the list (and is even higher now), and I know that I am famous--only to those who know me-- I cannot take this Grade based on some flawed secret formula very seriously.<br><br>So, I got over the "Should I follow someone because of how many people are following him/her?"  For the numbers game, it doesn\'t matter if I follow that person, if that person doesn\'t follow me back.  And for the life satisfaction factor, why would I follow that person if there is nothing besides a questionable popularity to commend him/her?<br><br>So, my criteria has shifted to is this person interesting?  Can I learn from this person? Can I share with this person?  What is the communication style/quality?  What kind of conversations are happening.<br><br>Will I ever (effectively) use Twitter for P/R, marketing, or advertising?  Probably not... at least not until I build a community that really cares enough about what I do to not un-follow me when I drop that "look what I just listed" link.<br><br>And this is what makes this whole drive for numbers nutzoid.  Business wants ROI= numbers, and communication on Twitter can\'t be quantified in a nice tidy mathematical bundle.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713092" href="http://www.electronicpulp.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David Gonzales</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713092" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, you are the man! Once again, your post comes in the nick of time of myself being derailed from my own personal tracks. I can\'t thank you enough for this.<br><br>This is only a supplement, but it serves to better reinforce a few thoughts that I\'ve been having since this morning. I was getting very depressed about the results of my online ventures, since I wanted to gain a "following" somehow, but I also wanted to learn more and share more. I guess I just couldn\'t do enough sharing or learning if I also kept "following" people and having them "follow" me a priority.<br><br>So starting today, screw the society I know as the blogosphere. I\'m going to go back to what I was once doing, and will give more quality as much as possible.<br><br>I guess I will always go back to the day when Seth Godin first said we should always go for the intelligent crowd because it\'s better than serving a flock of idiots. That\'s how I\'ve always been truly feeling since the day I ventured online. All this only makes my point stronger.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713093" href="http://www.flowersbyfarha.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Flowersbyfarha</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713093" class="dsq-comment-message">sorry for such a long post!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713094" href="http://www.flowersbyfarha.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Flowersbyfarha</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713094" class="dsq-comment-message">One last thought... not mentioned in the "eyeball" discussion is the false assumption that all those eyeballs are paying attention at the particular moment of a particular tweet, and how many are the followers following that they\'ll even notice a particular tweet even if they are online.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713095" href="http://www.thedavehuston.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dave Huston</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713095" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble, you move us further into Idiot Land every time you type or record something and push it out there.  Take your link bait post, filled with further link bait into the rest of your content, and shove it up your twitter.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713096" href="http://www.joeduck.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joseph Hunkins</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713096" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert I appreciate the fact you are arguing against something that would benefit you far more than others.   However my beef with Loic is the idea that popularity or even authority *in any form* is something we should work hard to protect and promote.   Call me a digital anarchist, but I\'m tired of TechCrunch\'s often regurgitated news stream.  I find that increasingly I want to know what Peoria is  thinking as much as what Mountain View thinks.   Even though Peoria is rarely as interesting or well articulated or technologically sophisticated, it\'s far more *representative* and if I\'m looking for business ideas or social trends...I\'d like to know that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713097" href="http://philbaumann.com/2008/12/26/pandora-like-recommendations-for-twitter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Phil Baumann</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713097" class="dsq-comment-message">Question for you, Robert (and readers):<br><br>Would the realization of a true, context-driven Twitter search change Twitter for the better?<br><br>What I have in mind is: a remarkably powerful search algorithm which returns the results of a search based not on keyword (or # followers, please!) but on context?<br><br>A robust Search.Twitter would provide a built-in incentive for Twitterers to produce relevant streams of tweets (and that\'s what Twitter is: streams of data, not static web pages).<br><br>Yes Twitter is about conversation (sort of) and networking. (I\'m with Chris Brogan here, but up to a point). An intelligent search portal would seem to take Twitter to a new level.<br><br>Google search is about *servers*. Twitter search is about *brains*, no? Why are we underestimating the potency of that?<br><br>What would you pay if you had the power to search millions of brains? Granted, many of them aren\'t working full-force: still, the power of that has got to mean something.<br><br>Have we gotten so used to the "computer" web that we\'ve forgotten that, as of now, the most powerful supercomputers reside in our skulls?<br><br>This is why I think Twitter (enhanced by a "winning" Twitter Search) can be such a game-changer: especially if it collates mobile data--now that\'s one hell of a web, no?<br><br>Am I off? Is my question worth answering? Please, somebody help me out here, because I\'m thinking we have something very important going on here that I don\'t know is discussed often enough.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713098" href="http://technology.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Latest Tech News @ Technology.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713098" class="dsq-comment-message">twitter is a social messaging utility</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713099" href="http://horizontalplane.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ben Atlas</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713099" class="dsq-comment-message">may be i don\'t understand, but what is the value of twitter searches? Its like Google trends, pure amusing curiosity without any real value.<br><br>Say 1,000 babies are born every second and each is a world onto itself. Some might say that King\'s son is more important, but everyone knows that it is not right or true. And every baby deserves his or her voice.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713100">Lakmi</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713100" class="dsq-comment-message">why not just remove yourselves from Twitter altogether???<br>It\'ll definitely stop the complaining..<br>and btw.. i\'m not on twitter.. so don\'t say i\'m an idiot over there :D :D<br>i got better things to do than spend my time on Twitter<br>:P<br>:P<br><a href="http://lakmi.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://lakmi.wordpress.com</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713101">Matt M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713101" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess (like you) I of the camp that most followers is useless for authority.  I am really unhappy that we have turned into a society where yelling over everyone makes you better.  This last Presidential election cycle was such a disappointment from a issues perspective.  It is really about the content.  I guess all these schemes tend to miss the content.<br><br>I like Scobel, I value your comments on tech and startups.  I don\'t value your political comments.  That\'s not a criticism, it is that I don\'t look to you for political commentary anymore then I value anyone else\'s.  I have other people I look to for that insight in politics.  Just as I value other people\'s opinion about woodworking more (apologies if woodworking is one of your skills).<br><br>Popularity is appeal to false authority.  It is like when I listen to an actor tell me anything political.  They have the pulpit because of popularity for something else, not on the subject they are speaking.<br><br>I\'m human with finite amounts of time, I need filters when dealing with so many voices.<br><br>So, I guess what I would love is to be able to add tags to the people I\'m following.   Then when people are writing their tweets they could tag them or maybe someone will come up with a magic algorithm to figure out what tags apply to the message.  This would provide me with a filter if I just wanted to search on a tag, because you could take the number of people following someone tagged with X to get the comments on X as a first pass.  To combat spammers I would want and "ignore this person" list.  Maybe some amazon-like grouping as a second level (you like Jane Doe for #woodworking so others like you also like Fred).<br><br>Somehow, though, we need to be able to find the new voices - instead of going through a whole new media revolution again.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713102">Cares</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713102" class="dsq-comment-message">Who cares.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713103" href="http://www.bitsandbuzz.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jeremy Chone</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713103" class="dsq-comment-message">Entertainment will always drive more audience than education. This is how our society has been, and will always be. We learn by necessity, and entertain by choice.<br><br>The Internet will just put the responsibility on the right actors. Before, we used to blame the media organizations for spoiling our society, now, we just have ourselves to blame.<br><br>A sad experiment to do, would be to do one web page with the two following links:<br><br>- "Learn more about the Britney Spears\' crying man"<br>- "Learn more about the Genocide in Darfur"<br><br>The stats might be depressing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713104" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713104" href="http://katecarruthers.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kate Carruthers</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713104" class="dsq-comment-message">Mr Scoble, This is a very sensible post that makes me think better of you than of some of the others involved in this space. Interesting conversations = social media = FTW!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713105">Mayson</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713105" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble - what I\'d like to see is a Twitter search which would find tweets by people whose followers are the most intelligent, rather than the most numerous.<br><br>Thanks  for your publicizing Fluidinfo, by the way: great stuff!<br><br>@maysonic</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713106" href="http://facereviews.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rodney Rumford</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713106" class="dsq-comment-message">"There aren’t enough smart people so you gotta create some drama to pull in the idiots"<br><br>I think it might be time to lower my standards and create some drama.  ;) Great post Robert.<br><br>This whole idea that followers = "Authority" is ludicrous. to make my point I became an "Authority" on Mercedes convertibles and honey baked ham to have some fun with this fundamentally flawed concept of twitority.<br><br>Here is a screen shot with some notes. <a href="http://twitpic.com/xeio" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/xeio</a><br><br>Cheers!<br><br>Rodney Rumford</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713107" href="http://www.getangrywithme.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jackie sheeler</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713107" class="dsq-comment-message">thank you for saying that your goal is having smarter conversations. i love that way of thinking about it. sometimes i feel like we\'re all dogs chasing our own tails here on the web...and for what? if we\'re not becoming enriched by the experience, then this is no different than watching idiotic television shows night after night.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713108" href="http://swisstweets.ch/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matthias</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713108" class="dsq-comment-message">I think what we\'re trying to find here is an equivalent to the Technorati Rank, which is based on incoming links and is (or was) considered a measure of authority. But the number of followers is not equivalent to incoming links; it\'s equivalent to blog visitors and feed subscribers. The equivalent of incoming links is the number of @replies, I think.<br><br>So "Authority" sorting could be based on the number of @replies (bearing in mind that everything can be gamed with multiple twitter accounts).<br><br>However, it doesn\'t really hurt if we can sort by number of followers too, does it? It\'s as useful a weighing/filtering criteria as any other. We should just not be confused about its meaning.<br><br>But what I really want from Twitter is a good directory so people can find Twitterers in the place they live, or in the place they are going to visit. That would make my little service for Switzerland obsolete. I\'m looking forward to that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713109" href="http://lab209.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">lab209</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713109" class="dsq-comment-message">The comments for this post seem to be posts by themselves! :-)<br><br>Twitter and its ecosystem seem to be growing by the day. A mere 140 characters can change the social networking scene on its head!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713110" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713110" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763vmCrRBDg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RodDel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713110" class="dsq-comment-message">this all thing is kinda meh<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763vmCrRBDg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763vmCrRBDg</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713111" href="http://hustle-and-grow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kahlil Lechelt</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713111" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Robert! Thanks.<br><br>Drama and gossip has always worked best for attention in any news.<br>Only a minority of the worlds population is willing and able to have smart conversations.<br>As the user base of the internet is getting bigger and getting news over the internet is getting more popular, gossip news will be a big favourite. I dont think Mike or any other person has to do with it. People will look for gossip and they will find people that deliver!<br>simple and plain.<br>I just hope that you and others will never stop putting the good stuff out there! Cause the smart people will always be there too and appreciate it.<br>I certainly do.<br>Hopefully some late adopters will get the grip too.<br><br>All the best from Germany,<br>Kahlil</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713112" href="http://www.extendance.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ralf Haller</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713112" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Robert for writing these comments.<br>Looks to me like M. Arrington and Loc Le... are just out to increase their click rates. They don\'t care much about quality but publicity and here is their problem. I have a fix for them: why not use more the S.E.X. word in the blog headings guys, I suppose that would increase your Comscore ratings over night and then you could attract banner ads from appropriate companies too?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713113" href="http://www.rurelevant.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Reed</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713113" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>The message of your post can be boiled down into this phrase: A social network should create and produce better connections.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713114" href="http://dailydaley.windycitizen.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anna Tarkov</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713114" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you man. I want to learn, to teach and to have amazing conversations.<br><br>If I want entertainment, I\'ll go to a movie, concert, play or turn on the TV. Pandering to the lower common denominator is, to me, grossly unoriginal and a major turn-off.<br><br>Yes, there will always be a market for both. But I personally want to be a provider of the gold, not the crap. And I want to support and listen to those that do the same. Thus, I\'m now listening to you :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713115" href="http://remixedlife.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Israel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713115" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert , you speak the truth, nowadays be popular is the main goal, I call it the "Hollywood Syndrome", but they are still people outside trying to change the world, trying to innovate, trying to learn new things and this kind of people is the hope for the rest of the world.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713116" href="http://Bizzuka.com/JohnMunsell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John Munsell</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713116" class="dsq-comment-message">Your timing is excellent on this post, because I was getting ribbed by an employee over his rapidly climbing Twitter rank vs my slow growth. The same goes for his LinkedIn &amp; Facebook networks. While I get a chuckle out of the "competition", I\'m really more interested in building a network where I can learn from listening and where I can add value when appropriate. I don\'t have time to cull through billions of "I\'m out walking my dog" or "I\'m having a bad hair day" tweets and in the process overlook something that might have been a real asset to me or my company...or that I can share back with my followers (and both of them are relieved I said that, I\'m sure).<br><br>I always enjoy reading your stuff, Robert, because I always find it of value. BTW, how\'s the intervention coming?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713117" href="http://racheteapaintersdiary.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rachete</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713117" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713117" class="dsq-comment-message">I like your blog!<br><br><a href="http://racheteapaintersdiary.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://racheteapaintersdiary.blogspot.com/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713118">Prokofy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713118" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713118" class="dsq-comment-message">I like your blog best. The other stuff is too busy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713119">creeping</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713119" class="dsq-comment-message">Dude, it\'s the same land that elected Barack Obama, did you expect anything less?<br><br>One has to wonder if the words Twitter and idiot weren\'t in your post title if this post would have gotten so much love as well...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713120">signsus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713120" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713120" class="dsq-comment-message">Is it a bad thing that thanks to your blog here I am now following you on Twitter?<br><br>I certainly think that you have some interesting things to say.  And I happen to agree that I would rather read interesting information and learn something new, as opposed to "chatting" in Twitter.<br><br>At least there is the occasional nugget of good information if you can take the time to find it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713121" href="http://www.litmanlive.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">litmanlive</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713121" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Scoble and readers. We\'re continuing the discussions over Twitority here - come check it out and let us know your thoughts -<br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7akqlc" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/7akqlc</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713122">saeed</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713122" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve blogged about the Cult of Twitter here:<br><br><a href="http://onproductmanagement.net/2008/12/12/the-cult-of-twitter/" rel="nofollow">http://onproductmanagement.net/2008/12/12/the-c...</a><br><br>I\'m glad to hear that I\'m not alone. Twitter is a tool, a feature of a larger communication mechanism in reality. It has value but also limits. The hype around Twitter reminds me of the hype around ICQ way back when.<br><br>By this time next year, Twitter will be replaced by the next "new new" thing.<br><br>People should deal with that. I\'m glad Scoble is speaking out in agreement.<br><br>Saeed</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713123" href="http://www.alienspaces.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ray Scott</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713123" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s funny, the other day defending yourself against The Intervention, you said that you could use the number of followers you had as a pitch to get business. You know what I mean. Clout, advertising, Seagate, *wink wink*.<br><br>In my world, you have no authority, you\'re just a loud mouth to stupid to realize how often you\'re making a fool of yourself, and that\'s where the entertainment value is. You get access to areas others who live in different parts of the world, and who work in different circles do not. That\'s why people follow you. Don\'t worry, I\'m quite sure nobody thinks your a genius. What genius sits up till all hours of the night, chatting in the worlds biggest chat room? How many billionaires in this world work as hard as you \'work\'. You have to work smarter, not harder.<br><br>I know you still think there is some value in knowing about news events 45 minutes before the mainstream media report them. But ask yourself, "What did I really gain from that?". You put your life on hold, just to find out. Little or nothing, if you\'re being honest. Because you were sat in front of your computer all that time. So what if you found out when most people do? So what?<br><br>Your behavior is extreme and out of touch with the average web user, so it leads to you having opinions that simply don\'t scale down. You don\'t lead a life thats even remotely similar to the average web user.<br><br>I\'m a tech geek like everyone else here, but to hear you insult others for their interests that don\'t match yours is so juvenile and immature, it\'s embarrassing.<br><br>How many heads of Fortune 500 companies do you see behaving like you and Mike Arrington etc? Really, think about it? Public bitch sessions that make soap operas seem like sunday school. Yes, I know, they\'re out of touch ha ha. Because they don\'t have a FriendFeed room.<br><br>"But no one cared, which is why that post didn’t show up on TechMeme."<br><br>Like I said, your perspective is out of whack. And you\'re such a hypocrite it\'s sometimes infuriating.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713124">dealexpert</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713124" class="dsq-comment-message">Perhaps this is all over thought? Scoble, Le Meur, et all are simply rich nodes in the network.  I follow both, and many more "authorities" on Twitter.<br><br>I think the ultimate power of Twitter is in emphasis of the many to many relationships, not the many to few; however, like a crystal, the network needs something to grow around.<br><br>Enjoy life and don\'t worry about it too much.  There are no more idiots in the world today than yesterday.  :-)<br><br>Eric</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713125" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713125" href="http://svasti.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Svasti</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713125" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a lot of people out there (like me) who don\'t use Twitter to gain notoriety, large numbers of followers or anything of the sort.<br><br>Twitter for me, is a bit of a space between spaces... I started using it to promote my blog, but then, its something I write anonymously because the content is very personal. My initial friends on Twitter were people I knew from Blog Catalog actually. They know my blog, not me personally.<br><br>Yet, I am a hybrid geek, working in a geeky world. So then, once people I knew from my \'real life\' started following me, I stopped promoting blog posts that way. Hence, no backlink from my Twitter page to my blog.<br><br>Eventually I used tools like Mr Tweet to find people in related geeky industries to follow and learn things from.<br><br>I haven\'t locked down my feed because I don\'t think anything I\'m tweeting is so important that I need to. But that does mean even someone as lowly and unimportant as myself... attracts the odd \'idiot\' who follows people so they will reciprocate.<br><br>I\'m with Nick (somwhere above in the comments) where he says his follow list will grow slowly. I\'d add to that, my follow list will grow based on my own interests and not \'just because\'.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713126" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713126" href="http://www.blogs.zdnet.com/sustainability" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">James Farrar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713126" class="dsq-comment-message">Bravo</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713127" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713127" href="http://www.alienspaces.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ray</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713127" class="dsq-comment-message">What didn\'t you like about my comment Robert?  Too close to the bone? A little too accurate?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713128">Marlon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713128" class="dsq-comment-message">I was with you until the word(?) incent.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713129" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713129" href="http://barcelnoaphotoblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Carlos Lorenzo</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713129" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713129" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s face it the internet is a representation of relationships in the real world, human interaction, something which is complex. There are all sorts of people, from different cultures, with different background, jobs, income. Of course there are many idiots around, although that is not an absolute truth. What might look like an idiot to Robert Scoble may not be for Mike Arrington or this modest twitterer. People tend to be competitive, idiots or not, people like to vote, express opinions, be loved, be followed, heard and flattered. Then there are variants, some do it for the money, some for power, for friendship, to learn, to satisfy their own ego. Many of the so called A-List twitterers got there because they won such reputation thanks to the fact they were already influential when it all started. I agree with Liz, the number does not mean you are the voice to be heard, a sort of Tim O\'Reilly just to give an example. I would also like to be surrounded by influential voices, sift my followers and only deal with intellectually prepared leaders that understood better, that led the way and set the path. I would like to learn from them and if possible have something important to say. But in doing so I would have to turn my back on other people that at the same might be looking for influential people and not me. Summing up this is not just about who you follow, at least in my opinion. I think there are not many voices, leaders, intellectuals, gurus that can be so, that can be heard without their audience, followers. It doesn\'t make sense. Having thousands of useless followers of the spamming kind must be a pain in the a** (I agree on that!). On the other hand, there is an authentic cohort of idiots up there! Although a good amount is also respectable and respectful. Of course these are general thoughts that I thought were interesting to say now that you brought the issue. I like your interviews and friendfeed activity so I am one of those inconditionals :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713130" href="http://www.istudioweb.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vlad</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713130" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem, the way I see it, is not the “ranking”, the problem is that this ranking would be the only way to filter. Imagine that google’s search results are sorted by pagerank - and only by page rank. You got something really hot/useful on your site, but until after the next Google’s PR update - no one would notice, because you’re #7 on page 12.<br>Twitter will instantly become useless - to those who’s voices aren’t loud enough - once that feature will be turned on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713131" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9713131">claudio</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713131" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713131" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert:<br><br>I liked you before......now I respect you......take care!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9713132" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713132" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713132" href="http://www.wittiker.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">charles</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713132" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713132" class="dsq-comment-message">I totally agree!<br><br>Try following industry icons like VC investor Brad Feld with over 2K plus followers and do you get great insight in the investment community or the industry?  No you get  "I got up this morning and ran" " I love boulder" (5 times a week)  "thinking about running"   WTF??<br><br>Is twitter becoming reality TV?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713133" href="http://www.feld.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bfeld</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713133" class="dsq-comment-message">@charles - Oh - c\'mon - my tweets are more useful than that.  Actually, I just looked at my tweets for today - maybe they aren\'t!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713134" href="http://www.twitter.com/guiambros" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">guiambros</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713134" class="dsq-comment-message">Does the world really cares THAT much about twitter and how they implement their f*ing flawed search functionality?<br><br>Oh boy, the never ending stamina of echo chamber. Yes, Google AdSense made all us much more idiotic; we reward traffic instead of quality. Not much news, though.<br><br>Your post with Tim had 11 comments. This one alone had almost 150, and counting. Does it means that this thread is more important than the former?  Yes if you use the same twitter\'s flawed logic of followers = importance.<br><br>Paradoxically as it seems, what really matters is the real world. Those - like Tim - with focus on what really matters to real people are doing well. All the rest is pure echo chamber crap.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9713014" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9713014" href="http://myinfomatrix.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pavan K</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9713014" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9713014" class="dsq-comment-message">My favourite comment by Arjun Singh<br><br>"The larger issue, I think, goes way beyond twitter. How do we encourage a society where people value Tim O Reilly over Britney Spears? That’s a noble question to ponder, IMHO"<br><br>Robert - surely it would be valuable for you to hire someone to help consume all the comments etc. so you can unleash your talents elsewhere?</div>\
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';

(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=scobleizer&t=thanks_mike_arrington_for_taking_us_off_the_rails_into_twitter_idiot_land&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

// Global event handler for narcissus.
if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
	var g = Dsq.Utils.ie ? document : window;
	Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(g, 'keydown', function(event) {
		// Handle "enter" key on input for post box.
		if ((event.keyCode || event.which) == 13) {
			var target = Dsq.Utils.ie ? event.srcElement : event.target;
			// For Safari bug, detect text node.
			if (target.nodeType == 3) {
				target = target.parentNode;
			}

			if (target.nodeName == 'INPUT' &&
				target.parentNode.className == 'dsq-input-wrapper') {
				var postId = Dsq.Utils.extractId(target);
				Dsq.Templates.postComment(postId, this, false);
			}
		}
	});
}

})();




