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(I just hope I'll remember to check for it...)<br><br>Delia<br><br>P.S. take care! D.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_13:41:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "c138a231d212670ae7a492717a004272", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I use Google Reader in much the same way ... I know, actual web site feeds must seem so old school but there is still a lot of content there. I can definitely see sliding over into a conversational mode with Twitter but frankly I find myself receding from distractions. 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If you really don't want to follow a whole bunch of people you can track a person (like robert) and get both sides of the conversation.<br>More here on this post where I describe how I cobbled together what, for me, is the ultimate twitter client:<br><a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/5azd7b\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/5azd7b</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_12:52:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "085c769e1f3cec36009e72b34d6f63af", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WTF are you talking about?<br><br><br>Global Warming Alarmists Beware... <a href=\"http://www.EvilCarbon.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.EvilCarbon.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_18:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "9029e772f3fb5272685aa5800f5ba972", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You just made my day! I follow a lot of great people (like you), but don't have too many following me yet. I'll focus more on who I follow. Thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_18:36:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "b44dbbe48eb3e4693a3f71063ebf7afc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i completely agree with you. Now i am scrolling back up to see who else to follow. craigslist eh he he", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_20:30:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d33b809fe37587e0b754dfc9f526397b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just checked the ebay auction and it's over $1500 with 8 days remaining.  I really don't see the value.  It's important, in the business world at least, to have a great following.  However, quality is so much more important than quantity.  Great can be 50 people who support you matter what.  Great is not 2000 people who follow you for no reason and have no loyalty to you.  The other way to be great is to be a great person with great ideas inspired by great people.<br><br>Excellent points, Robert.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_21:00:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "8926fa93deaeac99e5c18c1e2fd707e3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If not for Twitter I would not be involved in converations with some of the greatest developers, people and tech geeks the world has to offer.<br><br>I would not have it any other way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_21:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "cf88e25582abc63cc9fd03eb4126aa75", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert I like it. I just followed Scott's directions and Twitter is working much better for me now. I have to agree with nacho I often have a hard time getting real life friends interested in technology.<br><br>I have been adding people from different countries that I either speak the language of with a degree of fluency or I am studying. As a linguist this allows me to pick up on changes and nuances in these languages by people who are native or regular users of these languages.<br><br>Plus looking at Arabic, Hebrew and Cyrillic scripts on here is cool. Mix in some French, Spanish and Catalan and I start to get quite a worldview or cacophany if you like, Babel even.<br><br>I have also added news services from different regions and am finding that I am getting news reports as they happen before the major wires are giving the full story.<br><br>I heard about Twitter when it first started but it didn't seem applicable to me at that time. I later joined it and tried to get a few friends and family on it. It was nice to have a new way to communicate with them but they all haven't seemed as enthusiastic about it as I have and fair enough.<br><br>However reading an article on Silicon Wadi led me to a whole series of clicks that has me using Twitter in a completely different way and in fact probably quite close to what Robert has described. I have about 50 people following me but I am following in theory about 500 twitter accounts although I would say that maybe a third of those are active.<br><br>Yes some people say you can't do it and if you have more than 500 people you are just clicking to add people and therefore don't want to be 'friends' with you. As long as they allow me to follow them I am still getting the insights as described above.<br><br>In a couple of instances this has been a little frustrating I would not have minded a conversation but that is as it may be. In one instance someone asked for their new followers to identify themselves and the only way to do that was to click on the link they provided to Facebook. That I didn't actually feel inclined to want to add them as a Facebook 'Friend' although I did say hello provides some indication as to order of priority.<br><br>One 'twit'? asked me how I had located their profile but didn't add me as a friend. I replied simply by stating I had entered cities and countries in the provided search boxes and added those who I thought had something to say. I am sure I will have more to say on this in the future. Probably 2 minutes after I submit this but... ;]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_21:08:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff43b0e61f2398cccb5d03d6c4c9140b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Robert! Couldn't agree more. There is obviously benefit to having followers and following others though. Sure, you can gain a lot of insight from following lots of quality people. Likewise, having thousands of people listening to you doesn't hurt either.I think the end game with Twitter is to have lots of both.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_00:02:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "aa2edfb167ff8677109f86942aef2372", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You have described the reasons why I primarily use my site to read feeds rather than worry about who might ever read my occasional blog entries. The programmer in me wants to do this myself so I'm having great fun adding tons of feeds using Drupal and some modules. Having lots of feeds aggregated doesn't mean I have to read everything coming in all of the time, that would be a bit crazy. I just read the things I want when I want. I delete feeds that bore me. I add feeds that sound interesting. A friend can just look at my site to see what I'm interested in. Very fun. I gather Twitter is much the same except that short burst change the nature of the communication.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_00:14:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "e0049118f8edb7629a5aee3d45ce97f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Man, what a great post!  I'm new to twitter  and really think it has great potential.  And I agree that a lot can be learned from who \"you\" follow, not who is following \"you\".<br><br>I've just did some catchup (use to follow, then left, now I'm back) on your blog reading.  Keep you the great work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-26_18:49:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "a7258e2a63e67374d3fa5f086c70a721", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think you're right on track with this. A lot of people want to collect followers for some sort of ego value, but I think it's more for the exchange of information. I cull good little tidbits from Twitter and I have great conversations on Pownce. I learn about good sites on StumbleUpon, and so on...I treat my friending differently in each space.<br><br>On Twitter I'll follow back most people, except for the obvious \"friend collectors.\" As my Pownce list has grown, I've become a bit fussier. I aim for slow growth there because I don't want to have so many friends that I can't keep up with, and reply to the threads. I guess you have to fine-tune the strategy to each community.<br><br>But really the difference between social media and regular Web sites is the direction of communication. We're not just pushing content out on these sites, if we do just that we'll be ignored. Instead we're sharing our ideas, consuming the ideas of others and sometimes having a conversation in the process. That can't be done with a tiny friends list. It needn't be as large as yours, but I do think you need to reach a certain saturation point in order for the dialog to happen.<br><br>And while some are skeptical of your ability to manage such large lists, you're also quite good at replying to Tweets, so somehow you are managing which shows that it must be working for you.<br><br>p.s. I saw a few people mentioning FriendFeed which is a cool tool, but I've recently started using <a href=\"http://www.socialthing.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.socialthing.com</a> and found it's another great way to keep track of multiple accounts in one location. Quite handy even if managing smaller groups than yours.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-21_01:05:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "e158c0c13588073a60e7a7808a8d1886", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Google Talk Gadget is pretty nifty actually. I was working all night and about to wind down and I saw out of the corner of my eye a couple of tweets from my daughter who didn't seem like a happy camper after getting a nasty critique on her design work. I guess her boyfriend wasn't around ;].<br><br>I fired off one @message and then 5-6 directs at her. She gets them to her cellphone, we are a few timezones and a continent apart. So very cool twitter function amongst all the other networking. It's also personal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_21:50:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "ff43b0e61f2398cccb5d03d6c4c9140b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "great post robert. added it to <a href=\"http://www.tectrnd.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tectrnd.com</a><br><br>cheers", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_14:14:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "d37319d4bfd8811e9cbb82b8f9b316fc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Social networking can be a wonderful tool that allows me to be myself at a greater distance. I'm working on a news story I'm calling Street Kids Across America simply because I connected with a memoirist expert on the matter from the U.S. East Coast via MySpace. I'm localizing with my own hyperlocal content on the U.S. West Coast. That's the power of social networking.<br><br>I'm barely beginning Twitter but already have an interview lined up with Noah Glass. Why? Because Twitter has been developed to help people connect minds, ideas and more. And I've only been twittering a week... great post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_02:40:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "d86cb03ffba5b118e24122507cf9259a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, you swim in the froth at the tip of the rumor wave. You slide down the razor blade of the Right-Now. You pirouette with the buzz and try to kiss the future, pressing your face against the looking glass of next week.<br><br>But that's not for me. I'm just a tourist here, I don't mind if my rumors are a few days old. I'm glad you follow the mad hurly-burly crowd; it means I don't have to.<br><br>(Sorry for all the metaphors.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_12:31:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "3085a82d299dd1c5655f6702ddfc52f3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Robert!<br><br>I actually wrote about what I characterize as \"Twitter's branding problem,\" but it plays into exactly what you are describing above...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.leveragingideas.com/2008/04/13/twitter%25E2%2580%2599s-branding-problem/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.leveragingideas.com/2008/04/13/twitt...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_12:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "215a22d7e4653f7618c105292265ed0a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The issue with being on Pownce, Dopplr etc etc etc is you wind up following as many aggregators as friends.  (exception in your case ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_12:24:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "54b4fcef80d6ce62327dceb654bb4549", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with the last part most. I love to read blogs by people from other fields than mine, I think I learn more from them than from reading what people who do exactly the same thing as me have to say. Similarly, I enjoy immensely 'listening' to twitterers with different interests. But many still think this is a waste of time, with no immediate return. Is our life one of immediate returns only?<br><br>Thanks for this post. Nadine Touzet", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-17_12:45:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "99c619086e8167a335cb21b42f9115e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Robert,<br><br>great post. It's all about engaging people. What u put in is what u will get out of it. I started following you on @CoachDeb recommendation.<br><br>Enjoyed reading your Israel tweets.<br><br>Your quote sums it all up:<br><br>\"If you define yourself by who is following you you\u2019ll always feel inadequate. But, define yourself by who you are following and you can really build something of high value.\"<br><br>Ann Rusnak<br>\"The Time Diva\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-17_12:01:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "8e88a31deb81b31d3f9d4224fba0bf3f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The friend divide means that people who have no friends on these services have poor experiences and aren\u2019t getting any interesting information or apps or photos or music, etc. People who have tons of friends have HUGELY different experiences on these services.\"<br><br>- Isn't that why it's called social networking?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-17_07:26:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1759b1c669981b7c52ec9a97d19e6bd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, you keep saying this, and I get it, and it's true, Facebook was dead for me even with old college friends or relatives, until I followed you and mined your friends to make my newsfeed more interesting BUT...<br><br>You can't build worlds only on having the 2 or 10 percent of content producers acquire followers.<br><br>And that's all you're doing, is mining the millions of Twitterers for the ppl who make content. The examples you supplied are all professional content produers. While it's true you have lots of guys named Joe fooling around in their garage in Dubuque, Iowa, took, you couldn't expect to mine their occasional insight to keep yourself from being bored forever.<br><br>Everyone who has ever been on a MMORPG or Virtual World knows that the 10 make for the other 90. Will Wright always talked about this. It's a kind of law. Perhaps social media bumps this up *a tiny bit* to make *a few more people* content providers. It enables amateurs to get a look-see. But, ultimately, there are vast quantities of consumers, looking for content, and you can't pretend you are dining out on gazing at the infinite reflection of them following you as really satisfying just because it makes you feel altruistic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-17_02:49:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "b1088dbd877c2d7d33e6b3b63ee38081", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great message, Robert. Did someone say brilliant? Well, maybe not revolutionary, but I definitely thank you for bringing some common sense to the party ;-)<br><br>I have been tracking some social media trends on my blog as well, and have a track-back setup for you as well over at <a href=\"http://www.changeforge.com/2008/04/17/scoble-on-the-friend-divide-in-social-media/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.changeforge.com/2008/04/17/scoble-on...</a><br><br>Keep up the great thoughts. It's tough following the volume of your posts, but these little gems are worth it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-16_23:19:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "161d7dd077186533b330bb663a1a6bb2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If I define myself by the people who I follow, well, I follow the smartest, richest, coolest, funniest people in the world. That makes me smarter, richer, cooler, and funnier.\"<br><br>All I can say is WOW. Following people on Twitter makes you none of those things Scoble. You cannot have a meaningful relationship with 500 people on Twitter.  Meaningful relationships that challenge you emotionally and intellectually take time and patience and effort.  One way twits are not conversations, they are IMs that only stroke the senders ego in an effort to add importance or gain some attention to whatever task he or she is doing at that moment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_11:53:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "2337df24cfaea5bfdf1677bdcb4e099d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Friends aren't collectibles, they aren't Cracker Jack prize packs. And, in the way you use the service, you don't so much care about them, as wanting them to care about YOU, narrowcasting style. But like RSS feeds, Tablets and Facebook, you will tire of this eventually anyways, only a matter of time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_11:44:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "7f6291e8344b594235e57b843fc05d9b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As someone who edits a gadget site for a living, the sites you mention not only allow me to keep up-to-date with real life friends, they have opened up sources of stories I would never have stumbled across on my own. Anything that makes the internet a little smaller and more manageable is ok in my book.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_11:04:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "46c0ff8afc7f6b5ba926a5e3f3cfc93a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sometimes I feel sort of pathetic since I don't follow any \"real-life\" friends on Twitter.  I've tried to talk them into trying it out, but none have any interest.  I follow people like Scoble, Leo, Kevin, Dvorak (finally) and other Tech folk I've been fans of over the years.  I enjoy receiving their tweets and hearing what's going on, so I guess that's what it's all about.  For me at least.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_16:46:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "793b3185bd061149e73631f06b8a7953", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I posted last week on a related topic: How the \"social\" part of social networks effects the user experience &amp; impacts the software design process as well.<br><a href=\"http://evolvingwe.com/design/defining-user-perception-of-social-applications/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://evolvingwe.com/design/defining-user-perc...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_16:21:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "a41f3378f9275f6526c37423b9d79785", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The friend divide means that people who have no friends on these services have poor experiences and aren\u2019t getting any interesting information or apps or photos or music, etc.\"<br><br>the day this ever applies to me, someone please unplug my computer and open the window.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_17:12:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b6a9b5e717fea8389e36dbba6fc7990", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But what is the limit of number users to follow in order to keep it efficient!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_17:43:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "23513de2907b7a35632f7036d35c5f07", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert<br>if you follow people who have access to the primary sources of history - like a Whitehouse shutterbug - then there is a chance of disintermediating the traditional press and getting a look at the first draft of history at half a remove I suppose. Twitter hasn't grabbed me but I can see how that might be interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:42:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "42351a62d96e0e9be3d27e8ae0dbf63f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If I were to follow 20 000 people, each person would have to get my undivided attention for 4.32 seconds a day. That is if they only update once every 24 hours. Which is barely enough to read one tweet. I wouldn't sleep, I wouldn't eat. I would just read Twitter.<br><br>You're following 20k people because of the attention it brings to your 'persona', in reality you're getting device updates from a much smaller (as in, realistically followable) group of people (under 1000 I assume). Clever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:27:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cdc05de245c195c21a6dc5d7070527f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excellant explanation of the value of twitter if used correctly.  I follow people that I find interesting, I have no expectation that they will follow me, I think its nice, but not necessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:33:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "3158b582e65e87667dea0a11c413a4e3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703714": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble-<br><br>You make it out like your way of using Twitter is the ONLY way.<br><br>Yes, I'm over the 1k mark on both sides myself. I love Twitter. I love connecting with people. I love the eventstream/newsstream aspects of it. I get as much information through Twitter, if not more, as I do through Google Reader or its ilk.<br><br>That said, Twitter doesn't serve the same purpose, meet the same need, for everyone who uses it. Yes, I agree, following tons of people, interacting with as many people as possible, maximizes its value to ME. But you, me, doesn't make a majority. Nor do we represent lowest common denominator.<br><br>Plenty of people use Twitter to stay in close touch with a small number of friends. I think that's great for them. But then you have those people who post in their bios \"if you follow too many people, I'm going to block you!\"<br><br>I think both perspectives are obnoxious. Use Twitter however you'd like to use Twitter. Use it because it's fun. Use it because it's educational. But don't use it because Robert Scoble told you to.<br><br>And please, PLEASE people -- stop with the mass adding. Scoble's formula for gaining followers is nothing but an ego boost -- yet Robert, you seem to be saying \"Twitter shouldn't be about ego.\" Add people because you find them interesting and informative. Add people because you'd like to get to know them. Don't add them to get your follow count up, it's obnoxiously spammy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_06:04:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "01f253e16f8550888ed0d5760934ad3a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble, great post.  I don't have that many followers, but I follow a lot of people and my experience with Twitter has been great.  Cheers!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_02:21:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "a48bdf14dea6728bc1e3321e481e85b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703716": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you follow the \"best, A-List\" bloggers?  dude, you are a fuckin' ho that follows anybody (man, woman or bot) that follows you.<br>And would you please stop pretending you are a fuckin' sociologist/social psychologist?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:18:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "36f0f22b74c2edae0232349e034cf7d7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Delia: I need to do a video so you can see just how many people I do have a relationship with online and just how they add value to my life on all these services.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:19:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice explanation, Robert. I finally understand how your mind works. Still won't be following 100+ people anytime soon, as I can't keep up!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_05:02:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "f77e6f157d474c3fa1eecbccc8c3643d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A well worthwhile explanation. I admit it took me a while to get my head around Twitter and its functionality as a social networking tool. But over the last week or two I've started to focus on what you're talking about - the use of Twitter as a *listening* tool.<br><br>Let's face it, the interactive nature of the Web means that what we want to do most of the time is *talk*, whether that be through blogging, commenting, posting to social networking sites. Twitter is primarily a tool for listening, and sure it kind of falls down on functionality and purpose if all you're doing is checking out how your friends are \"feeling a bit tired today\" or similar. But following high quality posters and business leaders can help you be first on the buzz for topics, get the earliest links to new blog posts etc.<br><br>Sure it's still interactive, but it's more about providing you with information that you providing the world with your thoughts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_05:16:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b08ce2e372f1e0185cce0d89b5792f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703720": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "On the friends thing, I think the idea that Google suggest in the social graph api would help all of these different services, so you can join a service, and if your friends are already there, it knows this and adds them<br><a href=\"http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/</a><br><br>As for Andrew Baron selling his twitter account, well I followed him, and as soon as I saw he was selling, I removed him ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_05:20:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "68aae5a9302180613afdd93dede598a4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This time i totally agree with you and i liked this article. [We disagreed the last time i dropped a comment here though i guess (my intention was not to insult you... well, maybe i did... if so: sorry for that)]<br><br>I define myself on Twitter and friendfeed by the persons i follow. Because: It defines what i'm interested in.<br><br>Still, i need to judge. There's many persons who's opinion i'm interested in... on the other hand there's  this \"number of tweets per hour\" rate that controls who/what i follow.<br><br>It is mainly a limitation of my Blackberry and the Twitter Clients available on it i guess. Would the iPhone solve this? Don't know. Would a macbook solve this? Not with german dataplans for Wifi ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_05:28:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "marinesetwas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your arguments Robert have several major flaws to them.<br><br>I see Twitter as nothing more than the year 2008 version of CB Radio ...for BlogStars (and their groupies)... here's why:<br><br>First, you see Twitter through the lens of a BlogStar - not my Mom and Sister (who have no need for sources, tips or breaking news). Just as casinos make the lions share of profits from grandma and the slot machine....social media gets the lion share of their users from people like my Mom and Sister. And they don't get Twitter...<br><br>Second, Twitter has numerous \"deal breaker\" flaws that I'm not sure they'll ever fix:<br><br>a. It's incredibly difficult to see who's who.  What most people are doing is \"making friends\" with a catchy icon or someone who posts a few one liners. There is also a pretty good hype going on with many BlogStars throwing out \"you should follow\" edicts to their groupies. Weird.<br><br>BlogStars would love that you \"just follow who I say\".<br><br>And to get the most out of Twitter, you pretty much have to follow who they say -- because it's damn near impossible to find relevant info on your own.<br><br>b. Following entire conversations is nearly impossible (Yeah, I know how cool Friendfeed is - I listened the last 20 times you tweeted it. I know about Quotably).<br><br>How quaint in this age that I have to use 10 add-ons to equal one \"social experience\". Yet BlogStars repeatedly fail to draw any attention to this big shortcoming.<br><br>c. Talking back to those you follow is near impossible - leaving a comment on a blog will always be FAR superior to trying to @scobeleizer through the vast noise that is the Twitter timeline.<br><br>Don't believe it -- try replying sometime. But don't do it from a recognizable twitter account. Then come back and post your experiences.<br><br><br>d. My all time favorite signal that Twitter is topping out is that I've started to see BlogStars pompously proclaim \"tell me why I should follow you\".<br><br>Talk about the beginning of the end.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_05:52:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "4a2f0f30164d951ba653beb7dbeffdc5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wolf: first off, not everyone posts every day, so the number of messages is far less than you might expect. Second, I can read a Tweet in about .25 seconds. If it takes you longer to understand what 140 characters is about then you are pretty damn slow. Third, using search I can find and filter on just what I'm interested in. <a href=\"http://www.tweetscan.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.tweetscan.com</a> for instance. How long does it take you to read a page of Tweets? Me? 10 seconds or less with dozens of Tweets.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:15:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is why FriendFeed starts off with subscriptions from the get-go....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:15:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "4a99f3c6cc183e3610afd528e7c68ee9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The fundamental principle of being a great leader is to have absolutely no need whatsoever for followers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:57:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "b6d9b0c7d43ccd16d2f8ea24181d33d0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This reminds me of something I read on a blog recently, regarding all these feeds and how it relates to productivity:<br><br>\"Keeping up to date with industry news is important, but probably not as important as actually contributing to the industry.\"<br><br>...which struck a chord with me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:01:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "656056ac7ffbc97b499c02df119e2bab", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great posting! Well put! As an early adopter, I struggle to get my real-life friends to join in. I follow some interesting people in twitter and I am happy with it. However, I find it difficult to explain to everyone else I know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_04:04:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "nacho", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I ponder the future of Twitter. The question I ponder is:  is it scalable?  I don't mean can it support n million users, but whether user x can really get great value from following too many users.  Now that I am following like 1,000 people, I find it hard to follows the ones that say interesting things.  And of course I can prune that list, but what will I miss.  Its like trying to listen in on two many conversations at a party.<br><br>Will Twitter have to go with a 'groups' approach?  Where you can group users... and then how does the top level UI change?<br><br>Or maybe my brain is too small to process x conversations at once.  That's probably true independent of the comments I made above.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-15_13:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3197b1e334b4c827f03d835a5c56ed26", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great way to look at these services, especially twitter. I've been trying to understand it's value as of late, but I think you just nailed it on the head. Thank you for the insightful post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_10:34:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "e47d9cf470959ab80fd4464544942778", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Curious, my comment seems to have evaporated.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_09:13:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "01f253e16f8550888ed0d5760934ad3a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Take that back, still there, apologies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_09:13:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "01f253e16f8550888ed0d5760934ad3a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Having friends online bears a strong analogy(similarities) to having them offline in the real world. You provide value. You receive value. The more value you can provide, the higher order level of friend you attact. As stated, just like the real world.<br><br>I like Scoble's emphasis on numbers, to reach a critical mass, but also on quality over quantity. Quantity without quality is just noise. It is, as the expression goes, \"a whole lot of nothing\". Quality with quantity is real power. You have a cross section of really influential people to draw upon and from.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_10:13:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8a08b2b2efff7daf0db8e851ab41186", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "in other words - reading is more powerful than writing", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_07:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "6711fb4f704f4e8767c8960797722957", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's taken me a long time to get Twitter but through following people like Chris Pirillo, Leo Laporte and Robert I've discovered SmugMug, ZigTag, Animoto and FriendFeed. I'm now using all the services these sites offer so that's been Twitter's value to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_07:48:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "ddf295914d8ab602619b2ab3ee3269c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmm - this sounds an awful lot like the \"lurker\" of yore. You have to do both -- contribute and listen. Listening is easy - doing is hard!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_07:14:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "38bd7d08ff4e1f6d68464de6dd2186e7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>just how much time are you spending following half a thousand people around these services? do you really *know* these people at a meaningful level? (random pictures and one line twitter posts don't seem all that conducive to knowing people -- definitely not 500 of them...)<br><br>Delia<br><br>P.S. it all sounds rather silly to me... (sorry if I'm wrong) D.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:07:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c138a231d212670ae7a492717a004272", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703737": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very clever Robert, very clever indeed.<br><br>I enjoy following you. Keep truckin'<br><br>I must say Alert Thingy appears better presented to me than Twitter4Skype. Any thoughts?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:16:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "851baee0928f8385a4d993885cfb7f41", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like it.   You describe why I use twitter and friendfeed...to see what the best and brightest are talking about.  I was talking about the others, but now, I think I have to include you in that list.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_02:58:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "30d04d1395ae8c709610fe02c3356e90", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ comment#2, if your thing is to follow the early adopter crowd, and you have a need to do so, what Scoble does probably makes sense. He is into/needs to know what's going on with a bunch of products and services and I think following 20,000 on Twitter although perhaps insane gives him a way to control (or at least the illusion of control) participating in a much wider conversation net than he otherwise could.<br><br>It's definitely NOT an efficient approach for the masses, but it seems to work for Robert.<br><br>In the same way, I don't think following 6000 RSS feeds makes any sense at all efficiency wise for me, and the approach you recommend and similar approaches make far more sense to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:00:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "7fe7ef5f47610e62f41a8efc386a5cb7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, Thanks for this post.<br><br>It provides a contrast I like with tweets I have seen counting followers out loud such as \"I will donate xxx if I get to 500 followers tonight\".<br><br>Sure I understand if you're a band on MySpace. Number of followers reflects on your brand.<br><br>But what is precious on Twitter for me is that it is a social network where I am experiencing relationships. It may be my delusion but it feels like that.<br><br>Even when I am accepting followers for Singelringen, I do take the time to vet friend requests on MySpace and elsewhere. This is to protect my friends. I don't want to expose them to profiles I don't trust.<br><br>I'm new to all this. I'm recently returning from Japan where we were surprisingly behind on hooking into social networks. I was well networked into the First Life world so I didn't miss a second one.  But I am very glad to have discovered Twitter as this network has been one of a few great transitions home.<br>@lindasherman", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_03:02:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "aa868efaa40f5f8d6e68478c5e68aa2d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Brilliant explanation. Now, if only we could get politicians to understand that who they listen to defines them just as much as their message...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_02:45:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "98440694bc9208fba43c88865b0fbb6b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You can get the same quality of information by looking at the homepage makers of:<br><br>Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Delicious, StumbleUpon, YouTube etc<br><br>The fact is that collectively these sites represent the minds of MILLIONS of people around the world.<br><br><b> <a href=\"http://searchengines.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/intrigue/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://searchengines.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/i...</a><br></b><br><br>Of course, you can still search for certain accounts to see who voted for what if you want to narrow your focus<br><br>By only using the sites you mentioned, you are limiting yourself to just a chosen few in your clique", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-04-14_02:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8190e3316ce996d53b603b15b2b5329", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really interesting post! Loving your style these days...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-02_08:56:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "cec06bfbcf77183b987f0d6a8dbf8d77", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9703744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "absolutely right. and exactly the reason why i do follow you. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-09_16:29:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "777799979f318134719fbbbd734dedba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12962785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am exploring to see what all the fuss is about Twitter. You explained it well. I am eager to try it. I understand following someone. Why would anyone want to be followed?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_13:12:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "lindaking111", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "9703679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To #12 --- A Leader without followers is mearly out for a walk.<br><br>A true leader can be defined not by those who choose to follow him/her but by those he follows himself.<br><br>There is the reason there are followers to those who those that chose to follow \"up\" to gain insight.  Follow those who you like to see what they are doing and follow those with great insight will give you a greater and more beneficial experiance. 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	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=twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide' +
		'&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/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/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='	+ 'twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide'
			+ '&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/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/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">67</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/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/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/">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/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/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:18356193" 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'				: 'twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide',
			// 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/twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide/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='	+ 'twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide'
			+ '&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='	+ 'twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide'
			+ '&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='		+ 'twitter_and_inadequacy_er_the_great_friend_divide'
				+ '&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/18356193/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>';
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703741" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703741" href="http://www.capitolvalley.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrew Feinberg</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703741" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703741" class="dsq-comment-message">Brilliant explanation. Now, if only we could get politicians to understand that who they listen to defines them just as much as their message...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703742" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703742" href="http://searchengines.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SearchEngines</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703742" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703742" class="dsq-comment-message">You can get the same quality of information by looking at the homepage makers of:<br><br>Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Delicious, StumbleUpon, YouTube etc<br><br>The fact is that collectively these sites represent the minds of MILLIONS of people around the world.<br><br><b> <a href="http://searchengines.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/intrigue/" rel="nofollow">http://searchengines.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/i...</a><br></b><br><br>Of course, you can still search for certain accounts to see who voted for what if you want to narrow your focus<br><br>By only using the sites you mentioned, you are limiting yourself to just a chosen few in your clique</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703738">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703738" href="http://friendfeed.com/pokey" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pokai</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703738" class="dsq-comment-message">I like it.   You describe why I use twitter and friendfeed...to see what the best and brightest are talking about.  I was talking about the others, but now, I think I have to include you in that list.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703739">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703739" href="http://tvbythenumbers.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Seidman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703739" class="dsq-comment-message">@ comment#2, if your thing is to follow the early adopter crowd, and you have a need to do so, what Scoble does probably makes sense. He is into/needs to know what\'s going on with a bunch of products and services and I think following 20,000 on Twitter although perhaps insane gives him a way to control (or at least the illusion of control) participating in a much wider conversation net than he otherwise could.<br><br>It\'s definitely NOT an efficient approach for the masses, but it seems to work for Robert.<br><br>In the same way, I don\'t think following 6000 RSS feeds makes any sense at all efficiency wise for me, and the approach you recommend and similar approaches make far more sense to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703740" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703740" href="http://itsdifferent4girls.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Linda Sherman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703740" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703740" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, Thanks for this post.<br><br>It provides a contrast I like with tweets I have seen counting followers out loud such as "I will donate xxx if I get to 500 followers tonight".<br><br>Sure I understand if you\'re a band on MySpace. Number of followers reflects on your brand.<br><br>But what is precious on Twitter for me is that it is a social network where I am experiencing relationships. It may be my delusion but it feels like that.<br><br>Even when I am accepting followers for Singelringen, I do take the time to vet friend requests on MySpace and elsewhere. This is to protect my friends. I don\'t want to expose them to profiles I don\'t trust.<br><br>I\'m new to all this. I\'m recently returning from Japan where we were surprisingly behind on hooking into social networks. I was well networked into the First Life world so I didn\'t miss a second one.  But I am very glad to have discovered Twitter as this network has been one of a few great transitions home.<br>@lindasherman</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703736" href="http://craigslistcriticism.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Delia</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703736" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703736" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>just how much time are you spending following half a thousand people around these services? do you really *know* these people at a meaningful level? (random pictures and one line twitter posts don\'t seem all that conducive to knowing people -- definitely not 500 of them...)<br><br>Delia<br><br>P.S. it all sounds rather silly to me... (sorry if I\'m wrong) D.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703737" href="http://www.ecademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Thomas Power</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703737" class="dsq-comment-message">Very clever Robert, very clever indeed.<br><br>I enjoy following you. Keep truckin\'<br><br>I must say Alert Thingy appears better presented to me than Twitter4Skype. Any thoughts?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703712" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703712" href="http://www.wolfslittlestore.be/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wolf</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703712" class="dsq-comment-message">If I were to follow 20 000 people, each person would have to get my undivided attention for 4.32 seconds a day. That is if they only update once every 24 hours. Which is barely enough to read one tweet. I wouldn\'t sleep, I wouldn\'t eat. I would just read Twitter.<br><br>You\'re following 20k people because of the attention it brings to your \'persona\', in reality you\'re getting device updates from a much smaller (as in, realistically followable) group of people (under 1000 I assume). Clever.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703713" href="http://klandwehr.vox.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kim landwehr</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703713" class="dsq-comment-message">Excellant explanation of the value of twitter if used correctly.  I follow people that I find interesting, I have no expectation that they will follow me, I think its nice, but not necessary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703711" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703711" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703711">Rupert Watson</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703711" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703711" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert<br>if you follow people who have access to the primary sources of history - like a Whitehouse shutterbug - then there is a chance of disintermediating the traditional press and getting a look at the first draft of history at half a remove I suppose. Twitter hasn\'t grabbed me but I can see how that might be interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703725" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703725" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703725" href="http://www.casa-la-celada.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Amanda Hamilton</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703725" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703725" class="dsq-comment-message">The fundamental principle of being a great leader is to have absolutely no need whatsoever for followers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703726" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703726">Tim</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703726" class="dsq-comment-message">This reminds me of something I read on a blog recently, regarding all these feeds and how it relates to productivity:<br><br>"Keeping up to date with industry news is important, but probably not as important as actually contributing to the industry."<br><br>...which struck a chord with me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703727">nacho</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703727" class="dsq-comment-message">Great posting! Well put! As an early adopter, I struggle to get my real-life friends to join in. I follow some interesting people in twitter and I am happy with it. However, I find it difficult to explain to everyone else I know.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703724" href="http://mrinal.vox.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mrinal</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703724" class="dsq-comment-message">That is why FriendFeed starts off with subscriptions from the get-go....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703723" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703723" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703723" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703723" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703723" class="dsq-comment-message">Wolf: first off, not everyone posts every day, so the number of messages is far less than you might expect. Second, I can read a Tweet in about .25 seconds. If it takes you longer to understand what 140 characters is about then you are pretty damn slow. Third, using search I can find and filter on just what I\'m interested in. <a href="http://www.tweetscan.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tweetscan.com</a> for instance. How long does it take you to read a page of Tweets? Me? 10 seconds or less with dozens of Tweets.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703716" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703716" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703716" href="http://TwitterTutor.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mark</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703716" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703716" class="dsq-comment-message">you follow the "best, A-List" bloggers?  dude, you are a fuckin\' ho that follows anybody (man, woman or bot) that follows you.<br>And would you please stop pretending you are a fuckin\' sociologist/social psychologist?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703717" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703717" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703717" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703717" class="dsq-comment-message">Delia: I need to do a video so you can see just how many people I do have a relationship with online and just how they add value to my life on all these services.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703718" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703718" href="http://foodandretail.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vincent van Wylick</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703718" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703718" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice explanation, Robert. I finally understand how your mind works. Still won\'t be following 100+ people anytime soon, as I can\'t keep up!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703719" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703719" href="http://www.fogofeternity.com/blog.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robin</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703719" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703719" class="dsq-comment-message">A well worthwhile explanation. I admit it took me a while to get my head around Twitter and its functionality as a social networking tool. But over the last week or two I\'ve started to focus on what you\'re talking about - the use of Twitter as a *listening* tool.<br><br>Let\'s face it, the interactive nature of the Web means that what we want to do most of the time is *talk*, whether that be through blogging, commenting, posting to social networking sites. Twitter is primarily a tool for listening, and sure it kind of falls down on functionality and purpose if all you\'re doing is checking out how your friends are "feeling a bit tired today" or similar. But following high quality posters and business leaders can help you be first on the buzz for topics, get the earliest links to new blog posts etc.<br><br>Sure it\'s still interactive, but it\'s more about providing you with information that you providing the world with your thoughts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703720" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703720" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703720" href="http://www.i-wish.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jazza</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703720" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703720" class="dsq-comment-message">On the friends thing, I think the idea that Google suggest in the social graph api would help all of these different services, so you can join a service, and if your friends are already there, it knows this and adds them<br><a href="http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph/</a><br><br>As for Andrew Baron selling his twitter account, well I followed him, and as soon as I saw he was selling, I removed him ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703721" href="http://www.stangor.de" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">marinesetwas</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703721" class="dsq-comment-message">This time i totally agree with you and i liked this article. [We disagreed the last time i dropped a comment here though i guess (my intention was not to insult you... well, maybe i did... if so: sorry for that)]<br><br>I define myself on Twitter and friendfeed by the persons i follow. Because: It defines what i\'m interested in.<br><br>Still, i need to judge. There\'s many persons who\'s opinion i\'m interested in... on the other hand there\'s  this "number of tweets per hour" rate that controls who/what i follow.<br><br>It is mainly a limitation of my Blackberry and the Twitter Clients available on it i guess. Would the iPhone solve this? Don\'t know. Would a macbook solve this? Not with german dataplans for Wifi ;-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703722">Wayne Schulz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703722" class="dsq-comment-message">Your arguments Robert have several major flaws to them.<br><br>I see Twitter as nothing more than the year 2008 version of CB Radio ...for BlogStars (and their groupies)... here\'s why:<br><br>First, you see Twitter through the lens of a BlogStar - not my Mom and Sister (who have no need for sources, tips or breaking news). Just as casinos make the lions share of profits from grandma and the slot machine....social media gets the lion share of their users from people like my Mom and Sister. And they don\'t get Twitter...<br><br>Second, Twitter has numerous "deal breaker" flaws that I\'m not sure they\'ll ever fix:<br><br>a. It\'s incredibly difficult to see who\'s who.  What most people are doing is "making friends" with a catchy icon or someone who posts a few one liners. There is also a pretty good hype going on with many BlogStars throwing out "you should follow" edicts to their groupies. Weird.<br><br>BlogStars would love that you "just follow who I say".<br><br>And to get the most out of Twitter, you pretty much have to follow who they say -- because it\'s damn near impossible to find relevant info on your own.<br><br>b. Following entire conversations is nearly impossible (Yeah, I know how cool Friendfeed is - I listened the last 20 times you tweeted it. I know about Quotably).<br><br>How quaint in this age that I have to use 10 add-ons to equal one "social experience". Yet BlogStars repeatedly fail to draw any attention to this big shortcoming.<br><br>c. Talking back to those you follow is near impossible - leaving a comment on a blog will always be FAR superior to trying to @scobeleizer through the vast noise that is the Twitter timeline.<br><br>Don\'t believe it -- try replying sometime. But don\'t do it from a recognizable twitter account. Then come back and post your experiences.<br><br><br>d. My all time favorite signal that Twitter is topping out is that I\'ve started to see BlogStars pompously proclaim "tell me why I should follow you".<br><br>Talk about the beginning of the end.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703714" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703714" href="http://flipbitsnotburgers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrew Badera</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703714" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble-<br><br>You make it out like your way of using Twitter is the ONLY way.<br><br>Yes, I\'m over the 1k mark on both sides myself. I love Twitter. I love connecting with people. I love the eventstream/newsstream aspects of it. I get as much information through Twitter, if not more, as I do through Google Reader or its ilk.<br><br>That said, Twitter doesn\'t serve the same purpose, meet the same need, for everyone who uses it. Yes, I agree, following tons of people, interacting with as many people as possible, maximizes its value to ME. But you, me, doesn\'t make a majority. Nor do we represent lowest common denominator.<br><br>Plenty of people use Twitter to stay in close touch with a small number of friends. I think that\'s great for them. But then you have those people who post in their bios "if you follow too many people, I\'m going to block you!"<br><br>I think both perspectives are obnoxious. Use Twitter however you\'d like to use Twitter. Use it because it\'s fun. Use it because it\'s educational. But don\'t use it because Robert Scoble told you to.<br><br>And please, PLEASE people -- stop with the mass adding. Scoble\'s formula for gaining followers is nothing but an ego boost -- yet Robert, you seem to be saying "Twitter shouldn\'t be about ego." Add people because you find them interesting and informative. Add people because you\'d like to get to know them. Don\'t add them to get your follow count up, it\'s obnoxiously spammy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703735" href="http://gordonwatts.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gordon</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703735" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm - this sounds an awful lot like the "lurker" of yore. You have to do both -- contribute and listen. Listening is easy - doing is hard!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703733" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703733">Hanan Cohen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703733" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703733" class="dsq-comment-message">in other words - reading is more powerful than writing</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703734" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703734" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703734">Paul Nash</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703734" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703734" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s taken me a long time to get Twitter but through following people like Chris Pirillo, Leo Laporte and Robert I\'ve discovered SmugMug, ZigTag, Animoto and FriendFeed. I\'m now using all the services these sites offer so that\'s been Twitter\'s value to me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703730" href="http://flipbitsnotburgers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrew Badera</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703730" class="dsq-comment-message">Curious, my comment seems to have evaporated.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703731" href="http://flipbitsnotburgers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Andrew Badera</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703731" class="dsq-comment-message">Take that back, still there, apologies.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703732" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703732" href="http://techleaders20.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex Hammer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703732" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703732" class="dsq-comment-message">Having friends online bears a strong analogy(similarities) to having them offline in the real world. You provide value. You receive value. The more value you can provide, the higher order level of friend you attact. As stated, just like the real world.<br><br>I like Scoble\'s emphasis on numbers, to reach a critical mass, but also on quality over quantity. Quantity without quality is just noise. It is, as the expression goes, "a whole lot of nothing". Quality with quantity is real power. You have a cross section of really influential people to draw upon and from.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703729" href="http://www.atilus.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Zach Katkin</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703729" class="dsq-comment-message">Great way to look at these services, especially twitter. I\'ve been trying to understand it\'s value as of late, but I think you just nailed it on the head. Thank you for the insightful post.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703706" href="http://www.shinyshiny.tv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Susi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703706" class="dsq-comment-message">As someone who edits a gadget site for a living, the sites you mention not only allow me to keep up-to-date with real life friends, they have opened up sources of stories I would never have stumbled across on my own. Anything that makes the internet a little smaller and more manageable is ok in my book.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703705" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703705" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703705">Christopher Coulter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703705" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703705" class="dsq-comment-message">Friends aren\'t collectibles, they aren\'t Cracker Jack prize packs. And, in the way you use the service, you don\'t so much care about them, as wanting them to care about YOU, narrowcasting style. But like RSS feeds, Tablets and Facebook, you will tire of this eventually anyways, only a matter of time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703704">Jim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703704" class="dsq-comment-message">"If I define myself by the people who I follow, well, I follow the smartest, richest, coolest, funniest people in the world. That makes me smarter, richer, cooler, and funnier."<br><br>All I can say is WOW. Following people on Twitter makes you none of those things Scoble. You cannot have a meaningful relationship with 500 people on Twitter.  Meaningful relationships that challenge you emotionally and intellectually take time and patience and effort.  One way twits are not conversations, they are IMs that only stroke the senders ego in an effort to add importance or gain some attention to whatever task he or she is doing at that moment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703697" href="http://www.leveragingideas.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sam</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703697" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703697" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Robert!<br><br>I actually wrote about what I characterize as "Twitter\'s branding problem," but it plays into exactly what you are describing above...<br><br><a href="http://www.leveragingideas.com/2008/04/13/twitter%25E2%2580%2599s-branding-problem/" rel="nofollow">http://www.leveragingideas.com/2008/04/13/twitt...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703698" href="http://www.broadstuff.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">alan p</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703698" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703698" class="dsq-comment-message">The issue with being on Pownce, Dopplr etc etc etc is you wind up following as many aggregators as friends.  (exception in your case ;-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703696">Neal</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703696" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, you swim in the froth at the tip of the rumor wave. You slide down the razor blade of the Right-Now. You pirouette with the buzz and try to kiss the future, pressing your face against the looking glass of next week.<br><br>But that\'s not for me. I\'m just a tourist here, I don\'t mind if my rumors are a few days old. I\'m glad you follow the mad hurly-burly crowd; it means I don\'t have to.<br><br>(Sorry for all the metaphors.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703682" href="http://www.techlifeweb.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scott Kingery</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703682" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny thing is, Twitter is so easy it is hard to \'get\'. There is so much to it that just isn\'t obvious when you join up and post your first tweet. If you really don\'t want to follow a whole bunch of people you can track a person (like robert) and get both sides of the conversation.<br>More here on this post where I describe how I cobbled together what, for me, is the ultimate twitter client:<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5azd7b" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/5azd7b</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703681" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703681" href="http://robertdenton.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703681" class="dsq-comment-message">I use Google Reader in much the same way ... I know, actual web site feeds must seem so old school but there is still a lot of content there. I can definitely see sliding over into a conversational mode with Twitter but frankly I find myself receding from distractions. Constant partial attention does not equal good work like extreme focus can.<br><br>I don\'t always tune into GReader and if tweets can carry similar meaning perhaps it\'s a new space but it seems like the stack is just getting higher. So I read 3 dozen tweets in 1/10th the time I read 3 dozen articles in my GReader pool, but, those tweets simply add to the reading/consumption list.<br><br>It\'s about time. Increasing my conversation is usually a good thing, but, it\'s the quality and relevance of that conversation in my simple life that matters. That\'s how come I keep wondering how Twitter will reach beyond the current mass of a-lister puppy dogs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703680" href="http://onlinejournalismblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/to-twitter-or-not-to-twitter-is-time.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Delia</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703680" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703680" class="dsq-comment-message">re: "Delia: I need to do a video so you can see just how many people I do have a relationship with online and just how they add value to my life on all these services."<br><br>OK, Robert -- I\'d watch that. (I just hope I\'ll remember to check for it...)<br><br>Delia<br><br>P.S. take care! D.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703679" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703679">Dean (XrayDean on Twitter)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703679" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703679" class="dsq-comment-message">To #12 --- A Leader without followers is mearly out for a walk.<br><br>A true leader can be defined not by those who choose to follow him/her but by those he follows himself.<br><br>There is the reason there are followers to those who those that chose to follow "up" to gain insight.  Follow those who you like to see what they are doing and follow those with great insight will give you a greater and more beneficial experiance. Balance it!<br><br>Great article!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703694" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703694" href="http://www.tectrnd.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vincent Nicolai</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703694" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703694" class="dsq-comment-message">great post robert. added it to <a href="http://www.tectrnd.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tectrnd.com</a><br><br>cheers</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703708" href="http://evolvingwe.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Josh Ledgard</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703708" class="dsq-comment-message">I posted last week on a related topic: How the "social" part of social networks effects the user experience &amp; impacts the software design process as well.<br><a href="http://evolvingwe.com/design/defining-user-perception-of-social-applications/" rel="nofollow">http://evolvingwe.com/design/defining-user-perc...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703709" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703709" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703709">Denis</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703709" class="dsq-comment-message">"The friend divide means that people who have no friends on these services have poor experiences and aren’t getting any interesting information or apps or photos or music, etc."<br><br>the day this ever applies to me, someone please unplug my computer and open the window.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703710" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703710" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703710" href="http://www.benjamingauthey.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Gauthey</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703710" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703710" class="dsq-comment-message">But what is the limit of number users to follow in order to keep it efficient!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703683" href="http://www.evilcarbon.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Evil Carbon</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703683" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF are you talking about?<br><br><br>Global Warming Alarmists Beware... <a href="http://www.EvilCarbon.com" rel="nofollow">www.EvilCarbon.com</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703684" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703684" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703684">Michael Ray Hopkin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703684" class="dsq-comment-message">You just made my day! I follow a lot of great people (like you), but don\'t have too many following me yet. I\'ll focus more on who I follow. Thanks!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703685">neohorizons</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703685" class="dsq-comment-message">i completely agree with you. Now i am scrolling back up to see who else to follow. craigslist eh he he</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703686" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703686" href="http://liveaustinrealestate.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Aria Schoenfelt, Austin Real E</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703686" class="dsq-comment-message">I just checked the ebay auction and it\'s over $1500 with 8 days remaining.  I really don\'t see the value.  It\'s important, in the business world at least, to have a great following.  However, quality is so much more important than quantity.  Great can be 50 people who support you matter what.  Great is not 2000 people who follow you for no reason and have no loyalty to you.  The other way to be great is to be a great person with great ideas inspired by great people.<br><br>Excellent points, Robert.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703687" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WindowsObserver" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WindowsObserver</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703687" class="dsq-comment-message">If not for Twitter I would not be involved in converations with some of the greatest developers, people and tech geeks the world has to offer.<br><br>I would not have it any other way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703688">aidanmann</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703688" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert I like it. I just followed Scott\'s directions and Twitter is working much better for me now. I have to agree with nacho I often have a hard time getting real life friends interested in technology.<br><br>I have been adding people from different countries that I either speak the language of with a degree of fluency or I am studying. As a linguist this allows me to pick up on changes and nuances in these languages by people who are native or regular users of these languages.<br><br>Plus looking at Arabic, Hebrew and Cyrillic scripts on here is cool. Mix in some French, Spanish and Catalan and I start to get quite a worldview or cacophany if you like, Babel even.<br><br>I have also added news services from different regions and am finding that I am getting news reports as they happen before the major wires are giving the full story.<br><br>I heard about Twitter when it first started but it didn\'t seem applicable to me at that time. I later joined it and tried to get a few friends and family on it. It was nice to have a new way to communicate with them but they all haven\'t seemed as enthusiastic about it as I have and fair enough.<br><br>However reading an article on Silicon Wadi led me to a whole series of clicks that has me using Twitter in a completely different way and in fact probably quite close to what Robert has described. I have about 50 people following me but I am following in theory about 500 twitter accounts although I would say that maybe a third of those are active.<br><br>Yes some people say you can\'t do it and if you have more than 500 people you are just clicking to add people and therefore don\'t want to be \'friends\' with you. As long as they allow me to follow them I am still getting the insights as described above.<br><br>In a couple of instances this has been a little frustrating I would not have minded a conversation but that is as it may be. In one instance someone asked for their new followers to identify themselves and the only way to do that was to click on the link they provided to Facebook. That I didn\'t actually feel inclined to want to add them as a Facebook \'Friend\' although I did say hello provides some indication as to order of priority.<br><br>One \'twit\'? asked me how I had located their profile but didn\'t add me as a friend. I replied simply by stating I had entered cities and countries in the provided search boxes and added those who I thought had something to say. I am sure I will have more to say on this in the future. Probably 2 minutes after I submit this but... ;]</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703689" href="http://www.socialjump.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">William Smith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703689" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Robert! Couldn\'t agree more. There is obviously benefit to having followers and following others though. Sure, you can gain a lot of insight from following lots of quality people. Likewise, having thousands of people listening to you doesn\'t hurt either.I think the end game with Twitter is to have lots of both.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703690" href="http://filtercurve.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">filter</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703690" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703690" class="dsq-comment-message">You have described the reasons why I primarily use my site to read feeds rather than worry about who might ever read my occasional blog entries. The programmer in me wants to do this myself so I\'m having great fun adding tons of feeds using Drupal and some modules. Having lots of feeds aggregated doesn\'t mean I have to read everything coming in all of the time, that would be a bit crazy. I just read the things I want when I want. I delete feeds that bore me. I add feeds that sound interesting. A friend can just look at my site to see what I\'m interested in. Very fun. I gather Twitter is much the same except that short burst change the nature of the communication.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703715" href="http://blog.jacobburke.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jacob Burke</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703715" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble, great post.  I don\'t have that many followers, but I follow a lot of people and my experience with Twitter has been great.  Cheers!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703695" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703695" href="http://www.nlbelardes.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">n.l. belardes</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703695" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703695" class="dsq-comment-message">Social networking can be a wonderful tool that allows me to be myself at a greater distance. I\'m working on a news story I\'m calling Street Kids Across America simply because I connected with a memoirist expert on the matter from the U.S. East Coast via MySpace. I\'m localizing with my own hyperlocal content on the U.S. West Coast. That\'s the power of social networking.<br><br>I\'m barely beginning Twitter but already have an interview lined up with Noah Glass. Why? Because Twitter has been developed to help people connect minds, ideas and more. And I\'ve only been twittering a week... great post.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703728" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703728" href="http://www.personafile.com/products" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pbx</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703728" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703728" class="dsq-comment-message">I ponder the future of Twitter. The question I ponder is:  is it scalable?  I don\'t mean can it support n million users, but whether user x can really get great value from following too many users.  Now that I am following like 1,000 people, I find it hard to follows the ones that say interesting things.  And of course I can prune that list, but what will I miss.  Its like trying to listen in on two many conversations at a party.<br><br>Will Twitter have to go with a \'groups\' approach?  Where you can group users... and then how does the top level UI change?<br><br>Or maybe my brain is too small to process x conversations at once.  That\'s probably true independent of the comments I made above.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703707">chris</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703707" class="dsq-comment-message">Sometimes I feel sort of pathetic since I don\'t follow any "real-life" friends on Twitter.  I\'ve tried to talk them into trying it out, but none have any interest.  I follow people like Scoble, Leo, Kevin, Dvorak (finally) and other Tech folk I\'ve been fans of over the years.  I enjoy receiving their tweets and hearing what\'s going on, so I guess that\'s what it\'s all about.  For me at least.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703693">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703693" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703693" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703693">aidanmann</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703693" class="dsq-comment-message">The Google Talk Gadget is pretty nifty actually. I was working all night and about to wind down and I saw out of the corner of my eye a couple of tweets from my daughter who didn\'t seem like a happy camper after getting a nasty critique on her design work. I guess her boyfriend wasn\'t around ;].<br><br>I fired off one @message and then 5-6 directs at her. She gets them to her cellphone, we are a few timezones and a continent apart. So very cool twitter function amongst all the other networking. It\'s also personal.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703703">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703703" href="http://www.changeforge.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ken Stewart</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703703" class="dsq-comment-message">Great message, Robert. Did someone say brilliant? Well, maybe not revolutionary, but I definitely thank you for bringing some common sense to the party ;-)<br><br>I have been tracking some social media trends on my blog as well, and have a track-back setup for you as well over at <a href="http://www.changeforge.com/2008/04/17/scoble-on-the-friend-divide-in-social-media/" rel="nofollow">http://www.changeforge.com/2008/04/17/scoble-on...</a><br><br>Keep up the great thoughts. It\'s tough following the volume of your posts, but these little gems are worth it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703702">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703702">Prokofy Neva</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703702" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, you keep saying this, and I get it, and it\'s true, Facebook was dead for me even with old college friends or relatives, until I followed you and mined your friends to make my newsfeed more interesting BUT...<br><br>You can\'t build worlds only on having the 2 or 10 percent of content producers acquire followers.<br><br>And that\'s all you\'re doing, is mining the millions of Twitterers for the ppl who make content. The examples you supplied are all professional content produers. While it\'s true you have lots of guys named Joe fooling around in their garage in Dubuque, Iowa, took, you couldn\'t expect to mine their occasional insight to keep yourself from being bored forever.<br><br>Everyone who has ever been on a MMORPG or Virtual World knows that the 10 make for the other 90. Will Wright always talked about this. It\'s a kind of law. Perhaps social media bumps this up *a tiny bit* to make *a few more people* content providers. It enables amateurs to get a look-see. But, ultimately, there are vast quantities of consumers, looking for content, and you can\'t pretend you are dining out on gazing at the infinite reflection of them following you as really satisfying just because it makes you feel altruistic.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703701" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703701" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703701" href="http://www.rambleblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jeremy</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703701" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703701" class="dsq-comment-message">"The friend divide means that people who have no friends on these services have poor experiences and aren’t getting any interesting information or apps or photos or music, etc. People who have tons of friends have HUGELY different experiences on these services."<br><br>- Isn\'t that why it\'s called social networking?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703700" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703700" href="http://Just15minutes.com/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ann Rusnak-The Time Diva</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703700" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Robert,<br><br>great post. It\'s all about engaging people. What u put in is what u will get out of it. I started following you on @CoachDeb recommendation.<br><br>Enjoyed reading your Israel tweets.<br><br>Your quote sums it all up:<br><br>"If you define yourself by who is following you you’ll always feel inadequate. But, define yourself by who you are following and you can really build something of high value."<br><br>Ann Rusnak<br>"The Time Diva"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703699" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703699">Nadine T.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703699" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703699" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with the last part most. I love to read blogs by people from other fields than mine, I think I learn more from them than from reading what people who do exactly the same thing as me have to say. Similarly, I enjoy immensely \'listening\' to twitterers with different interests. But many still think this is a waste of time, with no immediate return. Is our life one of immediate returns only?<br><br>Thanks for this post. Nadine Touzet</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703692" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703692" href="http://blog.case.edu/webdev/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Heidi Cool</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703692" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you\'re right on track with this. A lot of people want to collect followers for some sort of ego value, but I think it\'s more for the exchange of information. I cull good little tidbits from Twitter and I have great conversations on Pownce. I learn about good sites on StumbleUpon, and so on...I treat my friending differently in each space.<br><br>On Twitter I\'ll follow back most people, except for the obvious "friend collectors." As my Pownce list has grown, I\'ve become a bit fussier. I aim for slow growth there because I don\'t want to have so many friends that I can\'t keep up with, and reply to the threads. I guess you have to fine-tune the strategy to each community.<br><br>But really the difference between social media and regular Web sites is the direction of communication. We\'re not just pushing content out on these sites, if we do just that we\'ll be ignored. Instead we\'re sharing our ideas, consuming the ideas of others and sometimes having a conversation in the process. That can\'t be done with a tiny friends list. It needn\'t be as large as yours, but I do think you need to reach a certain saturation point in order for the dialog to happen.<br><br>And while some are skeptical of your ability to manage such large lists, you\'re also quite good at replying to Tweets, so somehow you are managing which shows that it must be working for you.<br><br>p.s. I saw a few people mentioning FriendFeed which is a cool tool, but I\'ve recently started using <a href="http://www.socialthing.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.socialthing.com</a> and found it\'s another great way to keep track of multiple accounts in one location. Quite handy even if managing smaller groups than yours.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703691" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703691" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703691">David Cole</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703691" class="dsq-comment-message">Man, what a great post!  I\'m new to twitter  and really think it has great potential.  And I agree that a lot can be learned from who "you" follow, not who is following "you".<br><br>I\'ve just did some catchup (use to follow, then left, now I\'m back) on your blog reading.  Keep you the great work.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703743">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703743" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703743" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9703743">lenath</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703743" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703743" class="dsq-comment-message">Really interesting post! Loving your style these days...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9703744">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9703744" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9703744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9703744" href="http://kosmar.de/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kosmar</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9703744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9703744" class="dsq-comment-message">absolutely right. and exactly the reason why i do follow you. ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12962785" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12962785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12962785">lindaking111</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12962785" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12962785" class="dsq-comment-message">I am exploring to see what all the fuss is about Twitter. You explained it well. I am eager to try it. I understand following someone. Why would anyone want to be followed?</div>\
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// 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);
			}
		}
	});
}

})();




