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Here's what Alex Payne, developer at Twitter, said:<br><br>\"\"The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when \u201cpopular\u201d users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they\u2019re following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession.\"\"<br><br>That sure sounds like blaming their best users, and very specifically, me, since I'm the only user with more than 20,000 followers that behaves this way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:18:26", "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}, "9706022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We've been over this a lot of FriendFeed (naturally!), but I'll repeat it here too: there is nothing in what the guy from Twitter actually says which blames the users. You're looking at the headlines, which aren't accurate, and blaming the company for them.<br><br>So, no, even this headline isn't accurate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:16:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wouldn't call it \"blaming\" their users either.  Out of 9 Q&amp;A's, one of them mentions \"popular\" users and the bottlenecks they can cause.  It sounds more like an admission that their architecture doesn't scale well for users with a lot of followers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:24:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "cfinke", "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}, "9706024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Twits.  Twitter is the anti scale.  It's currently telling me my limit has been exceeded.  WTF?  I just woke up and tried to login.  I haven't even had coffee yet.  I haven't begun to exceed my limit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:21:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "6e89ff99c9a09dd824cfde228661a79d", "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}, "9706025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, no, it doesn't sound like blaming the users. It's saying this is what hits the system hardest. There's a difference. You're reading a cultural response into a technical description, and you're just plain wrong about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:26:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you using the service or are you misusing the service?<br><br>If everyone in NYC flushes the toilet at the same time the sewer system will crash.<br><br>If everyone picks up their phone at the same time many won't get dial tone.<br><br>Are these bad services?<br><br>Systems have design parameters. You may be using the twitter system outside of it's engineered parameters. If the system is designed for \"friends\" and not \"followers\" then 25,000 is not a reasonable number. What % of your followers are friends?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:24:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "ErikSchwartz", "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}, "9706027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who needs brick and mortar tabloids when you can get this for free!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_10:20:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "220a18df0f691c9b35d2c455cc0ce346", "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}, "9706028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Erik: funny, American Idol causes millions of phone calls to happen and the system doesn't crash.<br><br>I have 9,000 business cards. Are they not my friends? How do you define friends online? I define them as someone who I want in my social network.<br><br>At least Facebook just limits us to 5,000.<br><br>FriendFeed, though, already has me up to 11,556 and works great.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:29:40", "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}, "9706029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Plus, of course, you're selectively quoting. Alex goes on to say:<br><br>\"This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that's behavior we have to limit on our side.\"<br><br>Note that last bit: Alex is saying that it's a problem that's on THEIR side, not something that users can fix. They're not asking for a change in behaviour: they're giving s description of how their system behaves under stress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:29:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert: That's not blaming the users.. it's saying that their system doesn't have the scalability to absorb these requests..<br><br>there is a <b>HUGE</b> difference.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:29:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "09a6f818e38f0841627742b95559cd2e", "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}, "9706031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ian: well, if the service was always up, then I'd agree with you. But since it's down, the implication is that I'm causing the system to go down by increasing load on it. The problem is that on Wednesday of last week I didn't send a single Tweet and it still was down. So, doesn't seem to be my behavior that's causing it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:31:08", "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}, "9706032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, I was waiting for this to happen. How a bunch as amateurish as this managed to score $15 million, I'll never understand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:19:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "209baa63e3cc62dda63e8cc033f95928", "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}, "9706033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Blame\" is such an emotionally charged word. Scoble knows this. This might get you on techmeme, but over time this kind of link-baiting erodes credibility.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_05:46:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "1c8f6c3443fc489d869b324077408753", "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}, "9706034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble has gone way above the norm with the amount of people he follows on Twitter, I mean sure he can be so involved with a community but when it seems that Twitter's database is compromised of little stability how can he continue to do this to them!!<br><br>Josh Chandler<br><a href=\"http://www.joshchandlerblog.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.joshchandlerblog.blogspot.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_06:17:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "joshchandler", "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}, "9706035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder whether you'd agree with my assessment on whether Twitter's reputation can be saved?<br> <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/6x3gbw\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/6x3gbw</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_06:26:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "09ee1cea1f3621e7bc66bf34c08cf993", "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}, "9706036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I\u2019m getting tired of the Scoble and Arrington \u201cit\u2019s all about me\u201d show, it is getting old fast.<br><br>Gentlemen, you are not the center of the universe.<br><br>I see more than a few people commenting here who might be feeling the same way.<br><br>I predict we will see a Scoble and Arrington backlash some time in the future, as people get tired of the games they are playing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_09:51:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d8208979105aa367bac7ae2a2d12528", "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}, "9706037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"So, doesn\u2019t seem to be my behavior that\u2019s causing it.\"<br><br>Robert, of course your behaviour isn't causing it. No one is saying that it is. You're reading into this something that just isn't there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:34:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, as i saw you some comments ago i use Jaiku to follow the past Twitter of my friend as an alternative service. Yesterday Twitter team write <a href=\"http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-weve-got-as.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post</a> on Developer blog talking about their problems with Ruby.<br>I think that Investor are crazy to with 15M$ in the actually Twitter sistem: \"Rails was originally extracted from Basecamp, a CMS. Rails excels at CRUD-style applications, and while you can wedge a messaging system or other types of applications into that model, it's a square peg in a round hole.\"<br><br>So, i'am Italian, yesterday i talk about Twitter with my friend: she doesn't understand why she has to use Twitter when she can use E-mail, SMS, Msn Messenger in order to contact friends. I think that is a pretty question.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:33:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "dariosalvelli", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9706039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A few more quotes, from the same article<br><br>\"Our key problems have been primarily architectural and growing our infrastructure to keep up with our growth. \"<br><br>\"We're painfully aware of every minute that we're slow or unavailable.\"<br><br>\"Rails excels at CRUD-style applications, and while you can wedge a messaging system or other types of applications into that model, it's a square peg in a round hole.\"<br><br>\"My understanding is that Twitter started as a one-day project to explore sharing status via SMS that rapidly took on a life of its own. That Twitter would eventually evolve into a messaging system in its own right wasn't conceptualized from the get-go.\"<br><br>And there's more. Once you put Alex's quote into context, it is VERY clear that he's not blaming the users for anything - he's explaining the limitations of the architecture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BigCheeze, your right that you can see the signs and plan ahead, just as Twitter can see signs that \"popular/heavy\" users put the most strain on the network, so they ask their heavy users to please back off for a bit while they change the path to make it better.<br><br>Seems clear enough to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble it's time for you to clean up your act then buddy. You're only allowed to post once to twitter a day and maybe twice on Sunday. You can PM 4 netsecks all day long on twitter as long as no one post a public reply to your pm  @Scobleizer. Let's see how long it takes for Friend Feed to start hating you:D", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:00:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "11678d79b8e09d9a9a1dcebf71516de2", "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}, "9706042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Micah:  Fair enough.  But you can see those signs ahead of time and plan an alternate route.  You dont get half way across the bridge  and then feel the road start cracking and caving as the road crew is putting the sign up on the OTHER side...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:59:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b1250ef3c0e4ea3b15699aae8abf1fa", "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}, "9706043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, read the comments that I pulled out above. They're NOT even saying that popular, noisy users are the *only* problem. Events like those are the ones that hit the system hardest - but even those won't always cause a system outage.<br><br>Bare in mind, too, that they're constantly working on the system - as they put it, replacing the bits which won't scale with bits which will. Maintainance can always cause downtime which has little to do with user traffic. Saying \"it's down, and I'm not tweeting, so therefore high-numbers users can't be a problem\" is silly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:59:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "000801987fb3dd4d9b92db484c455ba0", "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}, "9706044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Very well put, Robert.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:59:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "eb61cb62c127f4b23599328027d0a050", "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}, "9706045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, I wonder how many more people would have to tell Robert that no one blamed him. I will try myself: Hey Robert it wasn't you, they just pointed out the root of the problem and acknowledge that the solution is on their side.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:33:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "82693b027eb10e4ddfd5a2432e7400fb", "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}, "9706046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think they are blaming their users. It is just the way you have interpreted their communication. Have a beer and re-read it ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:27:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "9dc275efdc33e81eecf560541da6587a", "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}, "9706047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Either MSFT or Google need to buy Twitter and fast, before the pretty significant mind-share they have accumulated evaporates.<br><br>Frankly I am very surprised that MSFT hasn't moved already, unlike GOOG with Jaiku, they don't even have Micro-blogging in their arsenal.<br><br>Now there would be a worthy project for them to hone their skills at cloud computing and search (Twitter is badly in need of more useful NATIVE search/tag/filter/sort facilities to make the onslaught of potentially useful data, well, useful...<br><br>(What if Scoble could subsegment his follower/following lists, with e.g. \"all followers who have ever used the term \"branding\" in a tweet\", right now it's either all of Twitter with \"track\", or single user on Tweetscan. Also note that the overview of one's follower list is almost completely useless right now, since there is no way of sorting them in any predictable way, e.g. last-in, # of followers, etc. etc.)<br><br>Alas, since MSFT still doesn't get the Internet much less Web2.0, it's more likely that Google will move eventually after seeing that Jaiku has already missed the boat as far as mind-share/branding/positioning is concerned. Twitter(ing) has already become \"the verb\" for micro-blogging. Would be same as the Google Video vs. YouTube story, except that Twitter can still be had for, what, $100M or less (given their recent problems?).<br><br>Twitter already integrates with GTalk, it really seems like a no-brainer.<br><br>Or... possibly... can you say \"bidding war\"?!?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_14:00:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef75a5328ec5a4231fbc42e2a36a99da", "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}, "9706048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree, they need to fix their problems. However all these \"flash in the pan\" sites are exactly that. Once this gets really main stream we will see who the winner is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_12:19:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "ebb94d83a3e38f39521451a0a83a1b94", "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}, "9706049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Erm, how is it you conclude that 'popular' equates to 'best' where users of twitter are concerned? Best for whom? For twitter, who have yet to come up with a way of making money from their principle activity, popular certainly doesn't equate best. And for everyone else? Well, considering Dunbar's number, it seems highly unlikely that anybody who follows your model (of having a very large number of followers AND follows a large number of people) would represent high value in terms of conversation. Much like any conversation, it has to be between a small enough number for it to make sense, otherwise all it is, is a crowd of people shouting at each other, hoping that they get heard.<br><br>Considering this, it's hardly surprising that Twitter 'blames' its 'users'. It puts me in mind of the early days of broadband ISPs imposing bandwidth caps because of a minority who abused the system with torrent downloads etcetera. It's not fair when companies do something like that, but it is at least understandable, given how this minority of people are essentially using the system in way it wasn't designed for, and so pushing it to untenable limits.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-02_03:19:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "355780e61c5ab02461f7c9d323437f5c", "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}, "9706050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe Scoble is just a big-headed that thinks he is the only one with big numbers in twitter. What about Twitter against his clients? Since when you paid twitter for their services? Friendfeed? Give it a month or so and you will find something wrong about the service that you don\u2019t like and you will start attacking them too. Who's next QIK? Plunker? Whatever is new next week? Scoble move on please.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-04_04:07:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "754bcbdc048df75e2618b6c048a5b07d", "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}, "9706051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From Scoble: \"That sure sounds like blaming their best users, and very specifically, me, since I\u2019m the only user with more than 20,000 followers that behaves this way.\"<br><br>Ouch Scoble that hurts, you say you are their best user just because you use it a lot? I must be one of the worst users then since I have only a few friends and only a few posts.<br><br>I guess that means spam emailers are the best emailers because they send the most mail.<br><br>As noted earlier, the comment from twitter is stating a fact that their system is hurt the most by heavy users, I don't call that blaming, I call that plain and simple fact that can be proven by data. They are working it, they have said this several times now.<br><br>The reporter asks: \"if there\u2019s anything users can do to lighten our load.\"<br><br>Twitter responded by saying, yes, our heavy users need to back off for a bit while we work on the issue.<br><br>Headlines are wrong, the report used your name not twitter.<br><br>Calm down already.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:39:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "$15,000,000 in venture capital and they can't handle a flow of 3kbytes/second because of the wrong algorithm choice... wow!<br>We should have a contest to see who can program the best replacement. It shouldn't be too hard to generate a synthetic load of 10,000 tweets/second for a baseline.<br>--Mike--", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:41:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "ka9dgx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9706053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, the telcos invest tens of BILLIONS of dollars in infrastructure to support events like AI. Even then, they want to know about major events in advance to prepare. Even with those tens of billions in infrastructure, the phone system still crashes with unexpected peaks.<br><br>This is all about contention based systems. It's about peak to average ratios.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:43:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ErikSchwartz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9706054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I said this on he FF discussion, but I like to practice typing :-P<br><br>This is like a B$M retailer telling its customers to go away because the weight is cracking the foundation.  Better yet, telling its overweight customers to go away.  If it cant handle the load then shut down, rebuild, and have a grand reopening.  Dont have strange hours and keep the customers guessing as to when you'll be open.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:49:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b1250ef3c0e4ea3b15699aae8abf1fa", "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}, "9706055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We're building a better twitter. Want an invite to the beta when it's live?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:50:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "bcb6011c64e090e6c4a2417711f66620", "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}, "9706056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK, let's take it another way. The service is still freaking down. Track is down. IM is down. Replies are horribly slow. SO are DM's. So, something is still going wrong. What is it? Is it noisy popular members? I don't think so. I'm the only \"noisy\" \"popular\" member and I haven't been noisy tonight. Service is still down. So, if that didn't have an effect, why bring it up?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:52:10", "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}, "9706057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For completeness, you should probably reference what was said properly. On the twitter developer blog, in an effort to be more open (which people have maligned them for not doing in the past), Alex wrote:<br><br>\"charles asks if there's anything users can do to lighten our load. The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when \"popular\" users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they're following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession. This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that's behavior we have to limit on our side.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-weve-got-as.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-wev...</a><br><br>If you really want to read into it, what they are saying is they have scalability problems, and actions that have a lot of side effects - not limited to the 'big' users - stress the system. Are you surprised? They are not blaming anyone, rather answering what users can do to help if they choose to.<br><br>You may be the biggest user, I don't know, but please don't bash Twitter when they actually start opening up, especially when they haven't 'blamed' you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:54:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "6e53b430ede15256e64a9f13baf3c453", "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}, "9706058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Umm, because there are other popular people besides you Scoble, hence why you shouldn't be taking this so personally.<br><br>BigCheeze, I see signs all the time for weight restrictions on trucks on certain roads, so why can't their be for an online service?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:55:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is funny. When Dare said this exact same thing about popular users being a major issue behind Twitter's downtime, you were adamant about how you understood Twitter better. You were quite interested in pressing your point, too.<br><br>Are you willing to man up to being wrong?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_10:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f1f491425bc3fa9a02f6e51b3d269ac", "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}, "9706060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JayD: yeah, I am probably wrong, if Alex's comments are right. It's very interesting that FriendFeed says that I won't be a problem and that they even test their system to make sure my account won't slow down while Twitter is saying in public that I'm a problem that they don't know how to deal with. I know where I'm spending more and more of my time lately.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:13:49", "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}, "9706061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Twitter's (uptime) incompetence might be tolerable were it not coupled with their arrogance.<br><br>I've read such incredible things about Evan, so that doesn't make any sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:15:20", "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}, "9706063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Everyone here has quite a good point. Yes, Twitter were only trying to explain the circumstances, and yes power users probably cause them problems. But Robert is right to be cross that they've singled any user group out. Blaming your users is rude.<br><br>Twitter has been around for a while now, and yet they don't seem to have figured out how to enable people to use their service. Blaming people for trying to use the service isn't going to help matters. Do they want users or not?<br><br>What makes it worse is that Robert has been a great evangelist for the service for a long time. His posts made me join, and probably encouraged lots of others too. That makes any insult (real or supposed) cut deeper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:25:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "181686dffb55d41a287191ae793eb6a5", "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}, "9706064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Micah:  Lol, I agree to disagree with you my friend :-)  It should have been made much clearer much sooner that this system was not meant for any type of heavy strain, and that notice needed to come from the devs.  I just dont see why they didnt impose limits or some sort of throttling well before this.  But I think we both make good points from opposite ends of the view :-)  Thanks for the good discussion.  The funny thing is, Ive only sent MAYBE 3 tweets EVER... lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:25:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "8b1250ef3c0e4ea3b15699aae8abf1fa", "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}, "9706065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's your blog so you can think what you want and act like it's the truth, but nobody else seems to believe they're blaming the users. The guy offered explanations for their problems, said that *they* need to do something to solve it, and you choose not to believe them and accuse them of blaming you (because apparently everything that happens at Twitter is all about you). This stuff can be *hard*, you know. Do you think these kinds of things can be solved overnight?<br>This pisses me off because I'm a software engineer and you sound like every idiot who has a complaint and thinks it should be fixable in ten minutes. Chill out and let them work on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:26:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "c5b70a7de9c219c978b471595bb0928e", "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}, "9706066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert -<br><br>Friendfeed doesn't have the same traffic that Twitter does so your comparisons aren't valid. The scale counts. I would be surprised if the top users on FF follow the same number of people they did on Twitter (and you alone as a datapoint doesn't count - you're just one user among thousands).<br><br>Saying that you're their only popular user is assigning a wee-bitt too much importance to yourself, IMHO.<br><br>Twitter's post was nothing more than them trying to explain what's causing them problems. You've pulled their quotes out of context and written a highly inaccurate headline. They're blaming no one but themselves", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:29:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3e1dfcb5950eab3cab0f571cf13ee71", "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}, "9706068": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "FWIW, I didn't just call you an idiot, just that this rant *sounds* like those kinds of idiots. :) \"Oh, it crashes when I do this big series of things that you never expected the app to have to do? Well, just fix it and let me know in a couple hours when it's done.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c5b70a7de9c219c978b471595bb0928e", "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}, "9706069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Following 21.000 people is not what reasonable humans consider a fair and adequate use of a *free* service.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:32:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "1e58e42d7d88394a1f585b464afd982d", "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}, "9706070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BigCheeze, :) Software development takes time, and there are certainly plenty of reasons they didn't do much ahead of time to prevent issues.<br><br>Turning things off may have been just as damaging, maybe they didn't have proper ways to turn things off in a good way. etc. etc.<br><br>Scoble will never be happy, hence his jumping around from application to application often times because of a few minor hiccups that ALL software and piece of anything is going to have. Yes even Apple :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:32:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ohh BigCheese, have you only done three tweets because Twitter is always down :) ha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:33:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It really shouldn't matter how many followers a person has.<br><br>It seems like Twitter simply needs to grok two words:  asynchronous and queuing", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:34:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "d206e24f6867f2cfce4de6fb0cdbc22b", "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}, "9706073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble,<br><br>Get over yourself... the world doesn't revolve around you.  A week or two ago you and Arrington were bashing Twitter for not communicating well, now you're bashing them for overcommunicating.<br><br>I don't work there, but I suspect there are a bunch of twenty somethings that spend 100+ hour weeks trying to keep it running with bandaids.  Was it architected correctly from the get go?  No.  But that probably has more to do with the funding they had than the people they had at the time.<br><br>So what if it is your partially due to how you use it?  They are just explaining what happened, not saying that you should use it differently.<br><br>Instead of manufacturing this fake controversy for attention, why don't you use your podium to start a discussion on what technologies and design patterns might be good candidates to replace the failing architecture.<br><br>The blogosphere came to prominence because the mainstream press couldn't just competed for the lowest common denominator of intelligence offering sex, violence, and other brain numbing content.  Now I see the blogosphere doing the same.  And for that, Scoble, you are certainly one to blame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:36:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fd9d9bffc00972607fa03ab29c03315", "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}, "9706074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I have to disagree that this is Twitter blaming its users, and that you're somehow personally their target. The post, as many people point out here, refers to a number of issues that conspire to make life difficult for Twitter. The post doesn't say at all that users with large numbers of followers/following (that feels weird to write) are the only cause and must be stopped. If anything, they take that circumstance as one they need to deal with.<br><br>You draw a comparison with a completely different type of use:<br>&gt; funny, American Idol causes millions of phone calls to happen and the system doesn\u2019t crash.<br><br>This is a misunderstanding. In the AI call-ins, people are registering a number on a counter with their call. One call = +1. On Twitter, when you ask for an update of tweets, there is a massive pull of information from the database. Imagine the difference between you sitting on a bench and counting people walking by vs. asking each one what they had for breakfast. It's a very big difference and unfortunately makes the comparison nonsensical.<br><br>Please re-read the actual post and try to understand that it's not all about you. This hysteria-baiting is only hurting your relationship with people who provide a service that you say you love, but lately all you give it publicly is anything but.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "525294fc12fe440fb87edab1bf9545cc", "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}, "9706075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, you're missing this half of the quote:<br>\"Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that\u2019s behavior we have to limit on our side.\"<br><br>That is clearly not you - it's people who try to friend everybody in the world using rogue app's like this: <a href=\"http://www.livelybrowser.com/img/TwitterFriendAdder.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.livelybrowser.com/img/TwitterFriendA...</a><br><br>Hopefully Alex from Twitter will do a follow-up post to better explain what he meant by those statements.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:42:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f3a986273ce85a2bc59fd6c4966e41c", "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}, "9706076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mike D, I agree with you, but I kind of hope Alex doesn't post another post to explain himself. I think people should read things correctly in the first place and not blow things way out of proportion.<br><br>I'd prefer Alex spend his time working on twitter and not trying to explain himself about something that isn't even there.<br><br>New headline: \"Scoble blames Twitter for something Twitter didn't say.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_11:53:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "aece529dcc1fed724016ab92a29ca661", "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}, "9706077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It makes you question the judgment of your so-called \"early adopters.\"  I never felt that Twitter had much to offer by way of new technology.  It did meet a need for broadcast texters, but the development stopped there.  I have an account because of the number of users on there which, like most social networking sites, is the single most important value it has.<br><br>FriendFeed offers more and it will likely scale better, but it too is hardly unique in its technology.  I can make more sophisticated aggregators with Yahoo! Pipes and I am not even a programmer.  I am hopeful, however, that FriendFeed will build in more functionality so that I don't have to continue using both in tandem.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_12:04:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c93602d147e9c28fc0b867a4f52a191a", "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}, "9706078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ah yes, we all have to remember that if it weren't for Scobleizer , Twitter wouldn't be as popular as it is today, and if he switches to FriendFeed, Twitter will see a mass exodus and become a forgotten heap in the social media junkyard.<br><br>Give it up Robert.  It's not always about you.  And even if you were to take all of your kool-aid drinkers to FriendFeed with you, there will still be millions of users on Twitter who believe it or not, have never even heard of Robert Scoble.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_12:06:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8eaf0cd7500bf35fafea21602d64da4", "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}, "9706079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_12:44:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "bd08ad72ab7b469a15d3ba45a5a85626", "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}, "9706080": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ Geeks Are Sexy @Scoble: I think that Twitter could have done a better job simply owning up to a challenge to its system, i.e. too much load. Regardless of WHO is taxing it, they ought to be grateful that they have UBER users like Robert, and, be clearer in the communications statements by stating exactly what IS happening.<br><br>As many on this thread have stated in one way or another, we live in a real-time Beta testing word. The benefit is understanding right away the strengths and weaknesses of a product or service. The challenge is not pissing off users to the point where they leave. I think we ask a lot of users these days.<br><br>I just wish *I* had 11K friends....not!<br><br>;-) LA", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_12:59:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "b484468cfabdc90d956e20e40841fb07", "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}, "9706081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LA: I think it was pretty clear... I mean, the load on their server goes up as activity increases.. They didn't plan their initial infrastructure for this kind of popularity, and they pay for it now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:06:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "09a6f818e38f0841627742b95559cd2e", "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}, "9706082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't believe that Twitter is blaming their power users.  Instead, they are communicating that a struggle with scaling is power users. They admit that they built a cms style system and in fact what they need is a messaging transport - the ability to input from one endpoint (sms, api, web) and delivery to hundreds of thousands of outputs across different mediums (sms, api, web). This architecture difference is exacerbated by power users who have tens of thousands of fans and follow tens of thousands of users. The scale of it is enormous!<br><br>Get your panties out of a bunch. They never blamed you. They were identifying  difficulties and communicating with their users.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:08:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "8351e11404db80ad2bb6166ca4f1d16c", "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}, "9706083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What is it about human nature that we cultivate trolls? Obviously Scoble is in it for the traffic. If we hate this post so much, why do we give him so many comments? :)<br>I guess its the advertisers who should be more intelligent. That's my only hope now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:13:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "d3ea5ee6736f486f879d4c80695b2223", "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}, "9706084": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From a purely intellectual standpoint, it may hold very true that the popular users put the most load on the system, in fact I don't see how you could argue otherwise.  The argument shouldn't be against the validity of this claim, but rather how Twitter handles this fact. It's a PR problem, not a problem with Twitter levying false accusations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:20:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "056e371f863703640a1a48295bc5a67c", "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}, "9706085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble. verb. To blame a person for breaking something by merely using it as intended. eg. They scobled me for breaking the copier.<br><br>[I just posted this def'n on Twitter]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:20:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b0e367406f74de199114ba97e9eae6b", "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}, "9706086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The blame is not on you... certainly if you think they're blaming any users, why not take a look at the Twitterholic toplist and blame those users too.  Any time those users post the data has to be passed around thousands of times to all of the many folks who follow those top users.<br><br>That would be unfair though, because Twitter isn't blaming top users.  They're simply blaming their inability to scale properly, and lamenting the fact that the application needs to be rearchitectured for its new use.<br><br>\"@\" functionality, direct messaging, and all that was not part of the original plan.  It was originally going to be like a mini blog system, except posts were limitd to 140 characters and distributed via text message.  As the service grew, users reappropriated the service into an ad-hoc messaging platform; the application we use today.  The Twitter we now know is a much better, stronger program because of that reappropriation, but it's also the reason for these problems.  As Alex said, it's fitting a square peg into a round hole.<br><br>You can also continue to gallantly defend FriendFeed and all its virtues (and I do believe they have a strong product worth defending and using) but realize that they were able to plan for this growth in advance.  They built this scaling into the application, <strong>having seen and understood what Twitter went through</strong>.  Not to mention the fact that they are still far behind Twitter's traffic, so they haven't had the architecture issues Twitter has faced.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:35:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "a43a845e192e4feec1f48c932089dcb6", "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}, "9706087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when \"popular\" users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they're following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession. This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that's behavior we have to limit on our side.\"<br><br>Well, you have a big ego Scoble.  Sure, you're probably putting a more noticeable strain on the system than I might, but you're also just one guy.  There's only about a trillion spammers on Twitter who are writing scripts to \"follow\" all-and-sundry in the hopes that they'll get more exposure.  Scripts which \"perform a number of actions in rapid succession\".  Sorry, but while you might be part of the equation, I don't think this is a case of Twitter \"blaming it's users\".  More like blaming the spammers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:40:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "56ee28134dd0776825445e3551979b14", "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}, "9706088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ Trevor Lee, I agree its a PR problem. The question is: does one PR problem beget another?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:42:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "b484468cfabdc90d956e20e40841fb07", "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}, "9706089": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dear Robert,<br><br>Facebook doesn't want you.<br>Twitter doesn't want you.<br>FriendFeed eventually won't want you.<br><br>Perhaps you should give it up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:44:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "cec010028faaf816113a4fbf43ba5ea5", "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}, "9706090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Chris: Ah ha! Its Barak Obama's fault, according to Twitterific - <a href=\"http://www.twitterholic.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.twitterholic.com/</a><br><br><br>Last 2 cents: I think we are all a little too eager to 'blame' someone, instead let\u2019s look at what we are learning  - Things break. Geeks fix them. Users figure it out. People are narcissists. That is why Twitter is so successful and Scoble is getting so much grief about this post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:52:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "b484468cfabdc90d956e20e40841fb07", "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}, "9706091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Correction: Twitterholic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:53:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "b484468cfabdc90d956e20e40841fb07", "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}, "9706092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, a Web 2.0 pastel-colored interface without any decent underlining architectural underpinnings, without a process workflow, all based on a one-day project that \"took on a life of its own\" having problems? Gee. This is news to me. But then it was having problems even back in the early Podtech-era days, you were just too busy cooing over the pram to notice.<br><br>Time to move onto the next shiny toy. Another notch in the Scoble Curse, hype up, to kill off, from Tablets/UMPC, to PDC/Longhorn, to Seagate (Sue Sue Sue), to Second Life (the new OS), to Facebook, to Twitter. The smart PR person will understand the template and pitch you to hype up competitors products.<br><br>This early adopter rot sure has a short lifespan, but sure fun to watch the all the worms frenzy-wiggle before the microwave-ray of reality baconizes it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_13:57:18", "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}, "9706093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think if you're trying to run a mailing list on the back of a free service, you have to ask yourself if you're doing yourself or the poor folks at Twitter, any favors.  The idea that free web 2.0 services can scale in an unlimited fashion to handle any size user is a fairy tale.  You're running your business off of Twitter, pure and simple, and it's not a business class application, and shouldn't have to be.  If you were paying for it, you'd have a leg to stand on.  Twitter is well past the point where people like you are the draw, there are thousands of people on Twitter who don't know who Robert Scoble is, they just know that  the service is down and that they can't exchange tweets with their circle of friends and the service doesn't work.  Those are the people who Twitter needs to serve, not the super-tweeters.  If I were running Twitter, I would have banned your account by now, seriously, you're the type of customer who the smart businessman will happily pawn off to their competitor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:00:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "743b422f4b63eec1605667c1a134895a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9706094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "now I understand why so many bloggers die because of stress... because they spend hours and hours and hours and hours fighting verbal wars based on distorted quotes.<br>I'm really sorry but I don't understand the point of this post, it only increases the noise in the blogosphere adding very little value to everyone", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "23455bbcf063a425d7ef124c5d958dc5", "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}, "9706095": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Hitwise-data tells me that they are really successful. Maybe a little too successful currently. Let's sit, wait and enjoy a +15M$-twitter soon. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "febcde53226ad73d7f15f0c020a06855", "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}, "9706096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I gave up on Twitter a few months ago .<br> Just delete your account !<br><br>People will find you !<br><br>jp", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:46:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "b9dea41560aff6c2cf8309cab097fa20", "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}, "9706097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like the idea of deleting one's account. Twitter needs to be punished, hard!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:48:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "b66ba27fe2bf43015eb6a83db2a74571", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9706098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "FriendFeed FTW", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:56:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "99e964de320fcda49481f6a1280018d5", "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}, "9706099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What is Twitter thinking?  I've been a fan of Twitter for a very long time, and to have the company that I support with my time and effort in building a community to say that it's \"my fault\" is sad and detestable.<br><br>I've not had an opportunity to open an account on FriendFeed, some things I like, others I do not, but nevertheless a migration is indeed happening and I might be one of them.<br><br>I would be much happier if they just took the entire thing down and said \"give us one week and we'll work 24/7 to give you the best Twitter we can.\"<br><br>Having the Twitter piece mealed (this works, this does not) is unacceptable.  I sometimes forget what works and doesn't and when I attempt to do something it only infuriates me more.<br><br>Get your act together people, you're losing fan base...and fast.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:57:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "f6a3658de19290c3fccd7e3861547084", "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}, "9706100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Apologies if this has been brought up earlier or is easily answered elsewhere, but why doesn't AIM, YIM, MSN Messenger, iChat, Jabber, or some other established instant messenger service just add posting and commenting features to compete with Twitter? Seems like a natural extension of their current services, and perhaps easier to turn IM into a lightweight CMS than a lightweight CMS (such as Twitter's original architecture) into IM.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_14:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "155db5a1f9bbed3d0b7768644b9f853e", "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}, "9706101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert Scoble (or anyone else), how in the world do you manage to follow all the comment threads in which you participate? Here, Twitter, FriendFeed and dozens of blogs and news sites? I've tried coComment and <a href=\"http://co.mments.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">co.mments.com</a>, but neither seem to gather and organize the threads effectively for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_15:01:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "155db5a1f9bbed3d0b7768644b9f853e", "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}, "9706102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble: Twitter, blame me, please. Seriously, please, please, blame me! I need some attention, please -- blame me!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_15:22:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "3aeb85796d88e54daedf94e769fda691", "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}, "9706103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm getting tired of the Scoble and Arrington \"it's all about me\" show.<br><br>Gentlemen, your egos, and self centered delusions that you are the center of the universe, are getting old fast.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_15:27:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "6d8208979105aa367bac7ae2a2d12528", "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}, "9706104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Scoble, remind me again how much Twitter charges to use their service?<br><br>As for the phone analogy mentioned earlier, you mean to tell me you've never heard an \"all circuits are busy now\" message when making a phone call? Sounds like a scalability issue to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_16:35:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "a51c77aba2a0f90b2e5ec07565d59271", "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}, "9706105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's a weird feeling, Robert. According to Dave Winer's tool, I'm #2 in spewage. In my case, it's volume more than users, but the equation puts me up there. Since seeing that, I slowed down for a bit, then got back into it, as that's what it's there for. And you're right. Do I want to feel like Twitter's upset that I'm using it? Probably not.<br><br>I agree with your point of view on this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_16:51:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "3dd46bf0f4ea623757d1d79a3ebec573", "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}, "9706106": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice cartoon. ;-)<br><br>Anyway, let's see how Friendfeed will scale when more user will join.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_17:08:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "036b36fc9a11c10620433c912b966f7a", "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}, "9706107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is such a publicity stunt by Scoble. Worst than British tabloids, creating stuff outta nowhere.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_17:35:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "d21d44eb1d4091ec390d37baa6e1322f", "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}, "9706108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I find it interesting that those condemning Robert for posting this don't really fall in the category \"popular user\" - I saw more than one \"popular user\" limiting their tweeting after reading what Alex posted and wasn't that surprised after reading that paragraph.<br><br>Notice that there wasn't a line pointed out - what is 'popular' in this context - 100+ follower/ings? 1000+? 10k+?  How frequent is 'too frequent'? 3 tweets a day? and hour? 30?<br>The finger pointing was there - no matter how much I want to defend Twitter because I really want to see them succeed.<br><br>There was a brief reference at the end about script adders - but why not blame those folks from the get-go? Why not say \"those accounts mass adding/following\"? Because we know who someone is referring to by the word \"popular\", don't we?<br><br>The only reason I didn't make Dave Winer's \"spewage\" list is because he's never followed me (which is perfectly normal) but the %-following math has me right up there, thanks.<br>So I'm one of the reasons Twitter is having issues? I think not.  Long before I had even 1 follower there were folks with 10k plus updates, thousands of followers and \"popularity\" - so if that was the issue, it should've been addressed last year some time... But it wasn't.<br><br>Look, let's be serious here for a minute. Twitter has had stability issues for a long time.  They seemed to remedy a LOT of them around early February this year in time for SXSW.  Then right about the time Blain leaves, we start seeing more and more issues.  I'm not buying it.  Suck it up Twitter and admit that the problem isn't coming from the outside, it's internal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_17:36:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "feb6106eb5edc89f49d14a4227d58fea", "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}, "9706109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>I am a fan of yours but surprised by this post.<br>I've been watching your interview with Biz and Ev and you are laughing and giggling. No critical questions, just laughing your nerves away.<br>And now with your computer at hand and no 'real' persons you start criticising on  harsh way .<br>Be brave! Say those things interviewing !", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_19:09:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "46f9cd74dee853cbd9420e6a8e809b0e", "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}, "9706110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yea, at the risk of piling on, that was pretty weak of twitter.....blame users that contributed to its success.   Even if true, there were so many better ways to handle this such as asking these highly active users to be an advocate for the solution.<br><br>Hopefully, Twitter will acquire some matured management to guide in issues such as this.<br><br>- scott -", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_19:18:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "44d5ac3d17043abb16a93730afc26edb", "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}, "9706111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So what the heck are they going to do with the $15 million??  They could scrap the whole thing and start over and development wouldn't cost a fraction of that.<br><br>How much are they paying for bandwidth?  Anybody have a clue?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_19:26:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "807649270a68e4bc6d489d6fec81fdb1", "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}, "9706112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sheesh.  If I were in Twitter management, the first thing I would do is turn off Scoble's account.  He's not helping me one bit.  And, I'm not making any revenue from him.  So, he's more trouble than he's worth.  If it is the \"high profile users\" causing the issues, then I'd turn off their accounts and see if that stablizes things, then work to figure out what the source of the problem is and fix it.  I'd be fine with taking the PR hit.  My guess is a relatively small percentage of my Twitter users even know who Scoble, Winer, and Arrington are.  So....buh-bye.  They cause me more costs than benefits at this point.   And I can do this without telling them, or giving them a reason...according to the TOS.<br><br>Or, hell, I might just shut the whole thing down. Again, the TOS says I can do that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_20:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "aa1c21291a303770108b8ea40ff29f26", "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}, "9706113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kawika,<br>I read your post regarding how to better organize your comments threads.<br>I am curious to know why you think cocomment is not satisfying your needs.<br>We show them in order of appearance with a drop down list per comment.<br>I am curious to know what your needs are.<br>You can reach me at joaquin at <a href=\"http://cocomment.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">cocomment.com</a><br>Tks<br>J", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_20:49:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "fadfd76051fb99bdf1366b448582aa7f", "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}, "9706114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not sure they're blaming their users in as much as their application's usage.  We all know how difficult it is to turn back the time on an established product - I hope Twitter is up for it and can use the $15 mil wisely.  The largest hurdle is to try to not impact their users while they make the necessary development, architecture and infrastructure changes.  The consequence, of course, is that this is a fickle Web 2.0 crowd that will drop them at a moment's notice for the next app in line.  I understand each side's argument in this situation and empathize as the Director of Technology who adopted an app that's growing 100% per quarter.  'Do overs' aren't in the option booklet!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_21:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "d0f0fb6ac9472944ef2cd4a3009d5c98", "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}, "9706115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "there is a larger question of a popular \"FREE\" service being available 24x7.. what shud be the expectation from them? Zilch or full availability? what if gmail or live mail went down for the period that twitter has been? what happens then?<br><a href=\"http://www.abhishekkant.net/2008/05/eggs-in-basket-lessons-on-reliance.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.abhishekkant.net/2008/05/eggs-in-bas...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-30_22:08:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "9f73981afe6a38505d0d2a7f343d9664", "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}, "9706116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In other news, Twitter* reveals that they go down when there is too much database usage. Robert Scoble offended.<br><br>Seriously, they've previously stated that they designed twitter badly and are trying to fix it. Nobody is getting blamed, they're just saying that their system does note scale well and the database is getting way too many unnecessary calls because of it. (And hint that heavy users are generating many of them. You know it's true, man. ;-) )As a fellow programmer, I can sympathize that it's not the easiest or quickest thing in the world to fix broken architecture.<br><br>Anyway. Anyone else noticed that they have a new status screen for over capacity? Hilarious image. :-)<br><a href=\"http://static.twitter.com/images/whale.png\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://static.twitter.com/images/whale.png</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_01:51:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "13f93ce1e022ce7016613acefb30baa0", "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}, "9706117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "robert, can you please try to be less self-absorbed?<br>it is beyond me why you are so popular.<br><br>so you are offended and feel that it was insinuated by twitter that the big scoble is solely to blame.  you take the venture beat post as an excuse to unleash your anger towards twitter when they are admitting plainly that their service is stuck between a rock and a hard place.<br>they are not making excuses that are bullshit.  they are pointing out several causes of problems... one of which has to do with the way popular (nothing to do with best, btw) users are handled... in all aspects.  it is a known fact now that active users with many followers require intense processing.  this in conjunction with other issues such as 3rd party services, IM messaging and an overall limited info architecture that was admittedly not conceived to be what twitter has become.  this has all been stated clearly by twitter and others.... you even.<br><br>i commented on dave winer and om malik's blog recently about this topic and expressed that if i were one of these resource intensive users... i would voluntarily take some measures to ease things for twitter.... whether or not they needed or wanted such action by a user of their service.... just because i think they deserve that kind of support from the community who has used the hell out of their service for the past 12-18 months.<br>they are in a unique position.  it seems right to support them as the leading company in the micro-messaging space.  because like it or not, a user like you is almost like a dos attack on twitter at this point.  and if i was a very active popular user, i would chill out and offer to do whatever to ease the burden until they are able to sort through the priority issues of fixing and re-archtecting components so that twitter can be what it has evolved to be.<br><br>you make alot of comparisons to other technologies and services when trying to make a case that twitter sucks.  but i dont think any of those points have merit... and most are moot.  you can praise friendfeed all day long but it's not a fair comparison.  and your other comparisons show your lack of technical understandings on the depths of system architecture.  you are tech buzz guy.... one that swims in the surface area.... one that gets drunk on the hype.  if you truly understood how all the related tech works... you would not be so hasty with your comments and big attitude.  but it must be tough to tame that ego with all those very close friends following your digital ways.<br><br>get over yourself.  i sense that significant others are getting over you by now.  i bet a good portion of your \"friends\" are just in it for the humor and entertainment and mockery aspect.  because you dont have much to offer when it comes down to it.  you just happen to be popular.  and popular is never exclusive to the \"best\".  look around and you will see that to be true... very true.<br><br>cheers.<br><br>sull", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-05-31_03:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "sull", "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}, "9706118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"there is a larger question of a popular \u201cFREE\u201d service being available 24\u00d77.. what shud be the expectation from them? Zilch or full availability? what if gmail or live mail went down for the period that twitter has been? what happens then?\"<br><br><br>The expectation should be: you get what you pay for. Gmail and Hotmail have been down for lengthy periods of time in the past.  And surprising as it may be; miraculously, civilization continued to progress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-01_02:15:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "1865032048cd0d5b606701fd08ffb6ca", "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}, "9706119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sometimes \"high quality\" problems don't feel so high quality.  i can only imagine how the twitter folks feel trying to play catch up to their success.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-01_05:33:22", "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}, "9706120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, you are a megalomaniac, and a not-very-nice one at that. Spoiled egotist. \"Oh, I have 20 thousand friends and they're blaming people like me\"<br><br>give me a break.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-06_10:20:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9ab6669bb3c77964b612c0782a5f762", "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}, "9706121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "------------------------------------------------<br><br>Dave Winer, father of RSS says \u201cTwitter, as it was conceived, was never meant to live.\u201d<br><br><br><br>\u201cIt\u2019s very possible with better engineering its architecture might have gone on for a few more years, but eventually it would have hit this wall, where there were too many people posting too many twits to too many followers. The scale of the system as conceived rises exponentially.\u201d<br><br><br><br>So is the end of Twitter getting near? I hope not. Twitter I hope that you are listening and you better start taking things more seriously.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>Here's my two cents.<br><br><br><br>For instance there are about 100m users of yahoo messenger and usually 2-3 of them talk at a time that means scalability of 300m conversations. On the other hand with 100m twitter users who usually send messages to 100-10,000 other users the scalability required is 10,000m to 10^6m I have never known any current architecture based on webservers to handle such a scale. So according to me Twitter was never meant to live. It is like a concept car that will never see production. Users of twitter don't understand this and they don't care.<br><br>They don't know whats happening when the website is down. The sad part is that the best analysts claim that Twitter is a billion dollar company in one year of operations. There is an old saying before the days of when people understood permutation combinations. One peasant asked a king to give him rice equal to the total amount gotten by placing double the number of rice grains on a chess square than the previous square, starting with one rice grain. There are 8x8=64 squares. We seriously need to visit grade 7 mathematics.<br><br><br><br>I know of only one News/Messaging system that supports around 1 billion users sending messages to all 1 billion users each. Thats a scalability of 10^12m. It is not Web based but rather on a massively scalable serverless P2P architecture based. The team is soft spoken and when I last talked to them I was told that they don't care about money or hype or fame but rather for just the passion of next generation global systems that will stand the test of worldwide use. Its called Mermaid News <a href=\"http://mermaid.metaaso.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Mermaid </a><br><br><br><br>They have other softwares too but this post is about Twitter and Messaging. Once everyone comprehends basic mathematics that goes behind scalable algorithms they would go past the flashy screen and hype to actually want a system they can trust. To the analysts I would say it is easy to create a business plan, create a hype and raise $20m funding it is far more difficult to create something of use.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-03_04:44:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8937e0e26cd344bd8337fed43bf00d5", "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}, "9706122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who's Robert Scoble?  I'm Mark Drapeau.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-26_19:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "b09944a931ab9616d6dfab7325568e40", "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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "18347926", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "125200", "hash": -6040944128195618731}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "twitter_blames_its_users", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 18347926, "num_posts": 100, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
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	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
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	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
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	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
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	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
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  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
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  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
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};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
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	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
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			(num == 1
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				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

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





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



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

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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};

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() {
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		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);

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		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
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				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

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	}

	return {
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		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
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		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_blames_its_users' +
		'&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_blames_its_users/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_blames_its_users'
			+ '&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_blames_its_users/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">100</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/twitter_blames_its_users/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_blames_its_users/">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_blames_its_users/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:18347926" 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_blames_its_users',
			// 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_blames_its_users/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_blames_its_users'
			+ '&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_blames_its_users'
			+ '&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_blames_its_users'
				+ '&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/18347926/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706022" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706022" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'ve been over this a lot of FriendFeed (naturally!), but I\'ll repeat it here too: there is nothing in what the guy from Twitter actually says which blames the users. You\'re looking at the headlines, which aren\'t accurate, and blaming the company for them.<br><br>So, no, even this headline isn\'t accurate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706021" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706021" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706021" class="dsq-comment-message">Ian, once again, you are wrong. Here\'s what Alex Payne, developer at Twitter, said:<br><br>""The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when “popular” users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they’re following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession.""<br><br>That sure sounds like blaming their best users, and very specifically, me, since I\'m the only user with more than 20,000 followers that behaves this way.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706032" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706032" href="http://www.tonysdivelog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TonyB</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706032" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706032" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I was waiting for this to happen. How a bunch as amateurish as this managed to score $15 million, I\'ll never understand.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706024" href="http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Keith Combs</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706024" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706024" class="dsq-comment-message">Twits.  Twitter is the anti scale.  It\'s currently telling me my limit has been exceeded.  WTF?  I just woke up and tried to login.  I haven\'t even had coffee yet.  I haven\'t begun to exceed my limit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706023">cfinke</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706023" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706023" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn\'t call it "blaming" their users either.  Out of 9 Q&amp;A\'s, one of them mentions "popular" users and the bottlenecks they can cause.  It sounds more like an admission that their architecture doesn\'t scale well for users with a lot of followers.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706026" href="http://sisyph.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ErikSchwartz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706026" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706026" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you using the service or are you misusing the service?<br><br>If everyone in NYC flushes the toilet at the same time the sewer system will crash.<br><br>If everyone picks up their phone at the same time many won\'t get dial tone.<br><br>Are these bad services?<br><br>Systems have design parameters. You may be using the twitter system outside of it\'s engineered parameters. If the system is designed for "friends" and not "followers" then 25,000 is not a reasonable number. What % of your followers are friends?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706025" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706025" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, no, it doesn\'t sound like blaming the users. It\'s saying this is what hits the system hardest. There\'s a difference. You\'re reading a cultural response into a technical description, and you\'re just plain wrong about it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706028" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706028" class="dsq-comment-message">Erik: funny, American Idol causes millions of phone calls to happen and the system doesn\'t crash.<br><br>I have 9,000 business cards. Are they not my friends? How do you define friends online? I define them as someone who I want in my social network.<br><br>At least Facebook just limits us to 5,000.<br><br>FriendFeed, though, already has me up to 11,556 and works great.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706029" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706029" class="dsq-comment-message">Plus, of course, you\'re selectively quoting. Alex goes on to say:<br><br>"This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that\'s behavior we have to limit on our side."<br><br>Note that last bit: Alex is saying that it\'s a problem that\'s on THEIR side, not something that users can fix. They\'re not asking for a change in behaviour: they\'re giving s description of how their system behaves under stress.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706030" href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Geeks are Sexy</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706030" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert: That\'s not blaming the users.. it\'s saying that their system doesn\'t have the scalability to absorb these requests..<br><br>there is a <b>HUGE</b> difference.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706031" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706031" class="dsq-comment-message">Ian: well, if the service was always up, then I\'d agree with you. But since it\'s down, the implication is that I\'m causing the system to go down by increasing load on it. The problem is that on Wednesday of last week I didn\'t send a single Tweet and it still was down. So, doesn\'t seem to be my behavior that\'s causing it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706039" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706039" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706039" class="dsq-comment-message">A few more quotes, from the same article<br><br>"Our key problems have been primarily architectural and growing our infrastructure to keep up with our growth. "<br><br>"We\'re painfully aware of every minute that we\'re slow or unavailable."<br><br>"Rails excels at CRUD-style applications, and while you can wedge a messaging system or other types of applications into that model, it\'s a square peg in a round hole."<br><br>"My understanding is that Twitter started as a one-day project to explore sharing status via SMS that rapidly took on a life of its own. That Twitter would eventually evolve into a messaging system in its own right wasn\'t conceptualized from the get-go."<br><br>And there\'s more. Once you put Alex\'s quote into context, it is VERY clear that he\'s not blaming the users for anything - he\'s explaining the limitations of the architecture.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706038" href="http://www.dariosalvelli.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dario Salvelli</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706038" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, as i saw you some comments ago i use Jaiku to follow the past Twitter of my friend as an alternative service. Yesterday Twitter team write <a href="http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-weve-got-as.html" rel="nofollow">a post</a> on Developer blog talking about their problems with Ruby.<br>I think that Investor are crazy to with 15M$ in the actually Twitter sistem: "Rails was originally extracted from Basecamp, a CMS. Rails excels at CRUD-style applications, and while you can wedge a messaging system or other types of applications into that model, it\'s a square peg in a round hole."<br><br>So, i\'am Italian, yesterday i talk about Twitter with my friend: she doesn\'t understand why she has to use Twitter when she can use E-mail, SMS, Msn Messenger in order to contact friends. I think that is a pretty question.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706037" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706037" class="dsq-comment-message">"So, doesn’t seem to be my behavior that’s causing it."<br><br>Robert, of course your behaviour isn\'t causing it. No one is saying that it is. You\'re reading into this something that just isn\'t there.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706051" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706051" class="dsq-comment-message">From Scoble: "That sure sounds like blaming their best users, and very specifically, me, since I’m the only user with more than 20,000 followers that behaves this way."<br><br>Ouch Scoble that hurts, you say you are their best user just because you use it a lot? I must be one of the worst users then since I have only a few friends and only a few posts.<br><br>I guess that means spam emailers are the best emailers because they send the most mail.<br><br>As noted earlier, the comment from twitter is stating a fact that their system is hurt the most by heavy users, I don\'t call that blaming, I call that plain and simple fact that can be proven by data. They are working it, they have said this several times now.<br><br>The reporter asks: "if there’s anything users can do to lighten our load."<br><br>Twitter responded by saying, yes, our heavy users need to back off for a bit while we work on the issue.<br><br>Headlines are wrong, the report used your name not twitter.<br><br>Calm down already.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706052">ka9dgx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706052" class="dsq-comment-message">$15,000,000 in venture capital and they can\'t handle a flow of 3kbytes/second because of the wrong algorithm choice... wow!<br>We should have a contest to see who can program the best replacement. It shouldn\'t be too hard to generate a synthetic load of 10,000 tweets/second for a baseline.<br>--Mike--</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706053" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706053" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706053" href="http://sisyph.us/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ErikSchwartz</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706053" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706053" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, the telcos invest tens of BILLIONS of dollars in infrastructure to support events like AI. Even then, they want to know about major events in advance to prepare. Even with those tens of billions in infrastructure, the phone system still crashes with unexpected peaks.<br><br>This is all about contention based systems. It\'s about peak to average ratios.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706054">BigCheeze</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706054" class="dsq-comment-message">I said this on he FF discussion, but I like to practice typing :-P<br><br>This is like a B$M retailer telling its customers to go away because the weight is cracking the foundation.  Better yet, telling its overweight customers to go away.  If it cant handle the load then shut down, rebuild, and have a grand reopening.  Dont have strange hours and keep the customers guessing as to when you\'ll be open.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706055" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706055" href="http://searchlightdigital.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pete Wailes</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706055" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706055" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'re building a better twitter. Want an invite to the beta when it\'s live?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706056" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706056" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706056" class="dsq-comment-message">OK, let\'s take it another way. The service is still freaking down. Track is down. IM is down. Replies are horribly slow. SO are DM\'s. So, something is still going wrong. What is it? Is it noisy popular members? I don\'t think so. I\'m the only "noisy" "popular" member and I haven\'t been noisy tonight. Service is still down. So, if that didn\'t have an effect, why bring it up?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706057">Eric Burnett</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706057" class="dsq-comment-message">For completeness, you should probably reference what was said properly. On the twitter developer blog, in an effort to be more open (which people have maligned them for not doing in the past), Alex wrote:<br><br>"charles asks if there\'s anything users can do to lighten our load. The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when "popular" users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they\'re following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession. This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that\'s behavior we have to limit on our side."<br><br><a href="http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-weve-got-as.html" rel="nofollow">http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/youve-got-qs-wev...</a><br><br>If you really want to read into it, what they are saying is they have scalability problems, and actions that have a lot of side effects - not limited to the \'big\' users - stress the system. Are you surprised? They are not blaming anyone, rather answering what users can do to help if they choose to.<br><br>You may be the biggest user, I don\'t know, but please don\'t bash Twitter when they actually start opening up, especially when they haven\'t \'blamed\' you!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706058" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706058" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706058" class="dsq-comment-message">Umm, because there are other popular people besides you Scoble, hence why you shouldn\'t be taking this so personally.<br><br>BigCheeze, I see signs all the time for weight restrictions on trucks on certain roads, so why can\'t their be for an online service?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706059">JayD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706059" class="dsq-comment-message">This is funny. When Dare said this exact same thing about popular users being a major issue behind Twitter\'s downtime, you were adamant about how you understood Twitter better. You were quite interested in pressing your point, too.<br><br>Are you willing to man up to being wrong?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706044" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=576326175" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Baard Hansen</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706044" class="dsq-comment-message">Very well put, Robert.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706043" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706043" href="http://www.technovia.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ian Betteridge</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706043" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, read the comments that I pulled out above. They\'re NOT even saying that popular, noisy users are the *only* problem. Events like those are the ones that hit the system hardest - but even those won\'t always cause a system outage.<br><br>Bare in mind, too, that they\'re constantly working on the system - as they put it, replacing the bits which won\'t scale with bits which will. Maintainance can always cause downtime which has little to do with user traffic. Saying "it\'s down, and I\'m not tweeting, so therefore high-numbers users can\'t be a problem" is silly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706042" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706042" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706042">BigCheeze</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706042" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706042" class="dsq-comment-message">Micah:  Fair enough.  But you can see those signs ahead of time and plan an alternate route.  You dont get half way across the bridge  and then feel the road start cracking and caving as the road crew is putting the sign up on the OTHER side...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706041" href="http://holla.lalafufu.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LaLaFuFu dotcom</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706041" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble it\'s time for you to clean up your act then buddy. You\'re only allowed to post once to twitter a day and maybe twice on Sunday. You can PM 4 netsecks all day long on twitter as long as no one post a public reply to your pm  @Scobleizer. Let\'s see how long it takes for Friend Feed to start hating you:D</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706040" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706040" class="dsq-comment-message">BigCheeze, your right that you can see the signs and plan ahead, just as Twitter can see signs that "popular/heavy" users put the most strain on the network, so they ask their heavy users to please back off for a bit while they change the path to make it better.<br><br>Seems clear enough to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706060" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706060" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706060" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706060" class="dsq-comment-message">JayD: yeah, I am probably wrong, if Alex\'s comments are right. It\'s very interesting that FriendFeed says that I won\'t be a problem and that they even test their system to make sure my account won\'t slow down while Twitter is saying in public that I\'m a problem that they don\'t know how to deal with. I know where I\'m spending more and more of my time lately.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706061" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706061" href="http://techleaders20.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex Hammer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706061" class="dsq-comment-message">Twitter\'s (uptime) incompetence might be tolerable were it not coupled with their arrogance.<br><br>I\'ve read such incredible things about Evan, so that doesn\'t make any sense.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706063" href="http://blog.simpleigh.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Leigh Simpson</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706063" class="dsq-comment-message">Everyone here has quite a good point. Yes, Twitter were only trying to explain the circumstances, and yes power users probably cause them problems. But Robert is right to be cross that they\'ve singled any user group out. Blaming your users is rude.<br><br>Twitter has been around for a while now, and yet they don\'t seem to have figured out how to enable people to use their service. Blaming people for trying to use the service isn\'t going to help matters. Do they want users or not?<br><br>What makes it worse is that Robert has been a great evangelist for the service for a long time. His posts made me join, and probably encouraged lots of others too. That makes any insult (real or supposed) cut deeper.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706064">BigCheeze</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706064" class="dsq-comment-message">Micah:  Lol, I agree to disagree with you my friend :-)  It should have been made much clearer much sooner that this system was not meant for any type of heavy strain, and that notice needed to come from the devs.  I just dont see why they didnt impose limits or some sort of throttling well before this.  But I think we both make good points from opposite ends of the view :-)  Thanks for the good discussion.  The funny thing is, Ive only sent MAYBE 3 tweets EVER... lol.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706065" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706065" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706065">Ryan Eibling</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706065" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706065" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s your blog so you can think what you want and act like it\'s the truth, but nobody else seems to believe they\'re blaming the users. The guy offered explanations for their problems, said that *they* need to do something to solve it, and you choose not to believe them and accuse them of blaming you (because apparently everything that happens at Twitter is all about you). This stuff can be *hard*, you know. Do you think these kinds of things can be solved overnight?<br>This pisses me off because I\'m a software engineer and you sound like every idiot who has a complaint and thinks it should be fixable in ten minutes. Chill out and let them work on it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706066" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706066" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706066" href="http://www.sriramkrishnan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sriram Krishnan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706066" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706066" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert -<br><br>Friendfeed doesn\'t have the same traffic that Twitter does so your comparisons aren\'t valid. The scale counts. I would be surprised if the top users on FF follow the same number of people they did on Twitter (and you alone as a datapoint doesn\'t count - you\'re just one user among thousands).<br><br>Saying that you\'re their only popular user is assigning a wee-bitt too much importance to yourself, IMHO.<br><br>Twitter\'s post was nothing more than them trying to explain what\'s causing them problems. You\'ve pulled their quotes out of context and written a highly inaccurate headline. They\'re blaming no one but themselves</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706068" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706068" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706068">Ryan Eibling</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706068" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706068" class="dsq-comment-message">FWIW, I didn\'t just call you an idiot, just that this rant *sounds* like those kinds of idiots. :) "Oh, it crashes when I do this big series of things that you never expected the app to have to do? Well, just fix it and let me know in a couple hours when it\'s done."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706069" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706069" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706069">Ralf G.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706069" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706069" class="dsq-comment-message">Following 21.000 people is not what reasonable humans consider a fair and adequate use of a *free* service.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706070" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706070" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706070" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706070" class="dsq-comment-message">BigCheeze, :) Software development takes time, and there are certainly plenty of reasons they didn\'t do much ahead of time to prevent issues.<br><br>Turning things off may have been just as damaging, maybe they didn\'t have proper ways to turn things off in a good way. etc. etc.<br><br>Scoble will never be happy, hence his jumping around from application to application often times because of a few minor hiccups that ALL software and piece of anything is going to have. Yes even Apple :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706071" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706071" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706071" class="dsq-comment-message">ohh BigCheese, have you only done three tweets because Twitter is always down :) ha</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706072" href="http://tomwozcoredump.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tom Wozniak</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706072" class="dsq-comment-message">It really shouldn\'t matter how many followers a person has.<br><br>It seems like Twitter simply needs to grok two words:  asynchronous and queuing</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706073">Mark Madner</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706073" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble,<br><br>Get over yourself... the world doesn\'t revolve around you.  A week or two ago you and Arrington were bashing Twitter for not communicating well, now you\'re bashing them for overcommunicating.<br><br>I don\'t work there, but I suspect there are a bunch of twenty somethings that spend 100+ hour weeks trying to keep it running with bandaids.  Was it architected correctly from the get go?  No.  But that probably has more to do with the funding they had than the people they had at the time.<br><br>So what if it is your partially due to how you use it?  They are just explaining what happened, not saying that you should use it differently.<br><br>Instead of manufacturing this fake controversy for attention, why don\'t you use your podium to start a discussion on what technologies and design patterns might be good candidates to replace the failing architecture.<br><br>The blogosphere came to prominence because the mainstream press couldn\'t just competed for the lowest common denominator of intelligence offering sex, violence, and other brain numbing content.  Now I see the blogosphere doing the same.  And for that, Scoble, you are certainly one to blame.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706074">Todd</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706074" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I have to disagree that this is Twitter blaming its users, and that you\'re somehow personally their target. The post, as many people point out here, refers to a number of issues that conspire to make life difficult for Twitter. The post doesn\'t say at all that users with large numbers of followers/following (that feels weird to write) are the only cause and must be stopped. If anything, they take that circumstance as one they need to deal with.<br><br>You draw a comparison with a completely different type of use:<br>&gt; funny, American Idol causes millions of phone calls to happen and the system doesn’t crash.<br><br>This is a misunderstanding. In the AI call-ins, people are registering a number on a counter with their call. One call = +1. On Twitter, when you ask for an update of tweets, there is a massive pull of information from the database. Imagine the difference between you sitting on a bench and counting people walking by vs. asking each one what they had for breakfast. It\'s a very big difference and unfortunately makes the comparison nonsensical.<br><br>Please re-read the actual post and try to understand that it\'s not all about you. This hysteria-baiting is only hurting your relationship with people who provide a service that you say you love, but lately all you give it publicly is anything but.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706075" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706075" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706075" href="http://mdoeff.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mike D</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706075" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706075" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, you\'re missing this half of the quote:<br>"Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that’s behavior we have to limit on our side."<br><br>That is clearly not you - it\'s people who try to friend everybody in the world using rogue app\'s like this: <a href="http://www.livelybrowser.com/img/TwitterFriendAdder.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.livelybrowser.com/img/TwitterFriendA...</a><br><br>Hopefully Alex from Twitter will do a follow-up post to better explain what he meant by those statements.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706076" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706076" href="http://www.texturearchive.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Micah</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706076" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706076" class="dsq-comment-message">Mike D, I agree with you, but I kind of hope Alex doesn\'t post another post to explain himself. I think people should read things correctly in the first place and not blow things way out of proportion.<br><br>I\'d prefer Alex spend his time working on twitter and not trying to explain himself about something that isn\'t even there.<br><br>New headline: "Scoble blames Twitter for something Twitter didn\'t say."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706077" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706077" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706077" href="http://folkrockgirl.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">folkrockgirl</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706077" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706077" class="dsq-comment-message">It makes you question the judgment of your so-called "early adopters."  I never felt that Twitter had much to offer by way of new technology.  It did meet a need for broadcast texters, but the development stopped there.  I have an account because of the number of users on there which, like most social networking sites, is the single most important value it has.<br><br>FriendFeed offers more and it will likely scale better, but it too is hardly unique in its technology.  I can make more sophisticated aggregators with Yahoo! Pipes and I am not even a programmer.  I am hopeful, however, that FriendFeed will build in more functionality so that I don\'t have to continue using both in tandem.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706078">James Frank</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706078" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah yes, we all have to remember that if it weren\'t for Scobleizer , Twitter wouldn\'t be as popular as it is today, and if he switches to FriendFeed, Twitter will see a mass exodus and become a forgotten heap in the social media junkyard.<br><br>Give it up Robert.  It\'s not always about you.  And even if you were to take all of your kool-aid drinkers to FriendFeed with you, there will still be millions of users on Twitter who believe it or not, have never even heard of Robert Scoble.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706079" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706079">keith</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706079" class="dsq-comment-message">you\'re so vain, you probably think this song is about you</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706080" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706080" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706080">LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706080" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706080" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Geeks Are Sexy @Scoble: I think that Twitter could have done a better job simply owning up to a challenge to its system, i.e. too much load. Regardless of WHO is taxing it, they ought to be grateful that they have UBER users like Robert, and, be clearer in the communications statements by stating exactly what IS happening.<br><br>As many on this thread have stated in one way or another, we live in a real-time Beta testing word. The benefit is understanding right away the strengths and weaknesses of a product or service. The challenge is not pissing off users to the point where they leave. I think we ask a lot of users these days.<br><br>I just wish *I* had 11K friends....not!<br><br>;-) LA</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706081" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706081" href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Geeks are Sexy</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706081" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706081" class="dsq-comment-message">LA: I think it was pretty clear... I mean, the load on their server goes up as activity increases.. They didn\'t plan their initial infrastructure for this kind of popularity, and they pay for it now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706082" href="http://www.thepartycow.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brian W</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706082" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t believe that Twitter is blaming their power users.  Instead, they are communicating that a struggle with scaling is power users. They admit that they built a cms style system and in fact what they need is a messaging transport - the ability to input from one endpoint (sms, api, web) and delivery to hundreds of thousands of outputs across different mediums (sms, api, web). This architecture difference is exacerbated by power users who have tens of thousands of fans and follow tens of thousands of users. The scale of it is enormous!<br><br>Get your panties out of a bunch. They never blamed you. They were identifying  difficulties and communicating with their users.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706083" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706083">met</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706083" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706083" class="dsq-comment-message">What is it about human nature that we cultivate trolls? Obviously Scoble is in it for the traffic. If we hate this post so much, why do we give him so many comments? :)<br>I guess its the advertisers who should be more intelligent. That\'s my only hope now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706084" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706084" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706084" href="http://www.borderlinetheory.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Trevor Lee</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706084" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706084" class="dsq-comment-message">From a purely intellectual standpoint, it may hold very true that the popular users put the most load on the system, in fact I don\'t see how you could argue otherwise.  The argument shouldn\'t be against the validity of this claim, but rather how Twitter handles this fact. It\'s a PR problem, not a problem with Twitter levying false accusations.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706085" href="http://www.canton.elegal.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">David Canton</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706085" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble. verb. To blame a person for breaking something by merely using it as intended. eg. They scobled me for breaking the copier.<br><br>[I just posted this def\'n on Twitter]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706086">Chris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706086" class="dsq-comment-message">The blame is not on you... certainly if you think they\'re blaming any users, why not take a look at the Twitterholic toplist and blame those users too.  Any time those users post the data has to be passed around thousands of times to all of the many folks who follow those top users.<br><br>That would be unfair though, because Twitter isn\'t blaming top users.  They\'re simply blaming their inability to scale properly, and lamenting the fact that the application needs to be rearchitectured for its new use.<br><br>"@" functionality, direct messaging, and all that was not part of the original plan.  It was originally going to be like a mini blog system, except posts were limitd to 140 characters and distributed via text message.  As the service grew, users reappropriated the service into an ad-hoc messaging platform; the application we use today.  The Twitter we now know is a much better, stronger program because of that reappropriation, but it\'s also the reason for these problems.  As Alex said, it\'s fitting a square peg into a round hole.<br><br>You can also continue to gallantly defend FriendFeed and all its virtues (and I do believe they have a strong product worth defending and using) but realize that they were able to plan for this growth in advance.  They built this scaling into the application, <strong>having seen and understood what Twitter went through</strong>.  Not to mention the fact that they are still far behind Twitter\'s traffic, so they haven\'t had the architecture issues Twitter has faced.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706087">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706087" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706087" href="http://sporkmonger.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Bob Aman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706087" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706087" class="dsq-comment-message">"The events that hit our system the hardest are generally when "popular" users - that is, users with large numbers of followers and people they\'re following - perform a number of actions in rapid succession. This usually results in a number of big queries that pile up in our database(s). Not running scripts to follow thousands of users at a time would be a help, but that\'s behavior we have to limit on our side."<br><br>Well, you have a big ego Scoble.  Sure, you\'re probably putting a more noticeable strain on the system than I might, but you\'re also just one guy.  There\'s only about a trillion spammers on Twitter who are writing scripts to "follow" all-and-sundry in the hopes that they\'ll get more exposure.  Scripts which "perform a number of actions in rapid succession".  Sorry, but while you might be part of the equation, I don\'t think this is a case of Twitter "blaming it\'s users".  More like blaming the spammers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706088" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706088">LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706088" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Trevor Lee, I agree its a PR problem. The question is: does one PR problem beget another?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706089" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706089" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706089">TechMerkin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706089" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706089" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear Robert,<br><br>Facebook doesn\'t want you.<br>Twitter doesn\'t want you.<br>FriendFeed eventually won\'t want you.<br><br>Perhaps you should give it up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706090">LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706090" class="dsq-comment-message">@Chris: Ah ha! Its Barak Obama\'s fault, according to Twitterific - <a href="http://www.twitterholic.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitterholic.com/</a><br><br><br>Last 2 cents: I think we are all a little too eager to \'blame\' someone, instead let’s look at what we are learning  - Things break. Geeks fix them. Users figure it out. People are narcissists. That is why Twitter is so successful and Scoble is getting so much grief about this post.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706091" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706091" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706091">LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706091" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706091" class="dsq-comment-message">Correction: Twitterholic.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706092">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706092" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706092">Christopher Coulter</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706092" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, a Web 2.0 pastel-colored interface without any decent underlining architectural underpinnings, without a process workflow, all based on a one-day project that "took on a life of its own" having problems? Gee. This is news to me. But then it was having problems even back in the early Podtech-era days, you were just too busy cooing over the pram to notice.<br><br>Time to move onto the next shiny toy. Another notch in the Scoble Curse, hype up, to kill off, from Tablets/UMPC, to PDC/Longhorn, to Seagate (Sue Sue Sue), to Second Life (the new OS), to Facebook, to Twitter. The smart PR person will understand the template and pitch you to hype up competitors products.<br><br>This early adopter rot sure has a short lifespan, but sure fun to watch the all the worms frenzy-wiggle before the microwave-ray of reality baconizes it all.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706093">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706093" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706093">Jimmy Dell</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706093" class="dsq-comment-message">I think if you\'re trying to run a mailing list on the back of a free service, you have to ask yourself if you\'re doing yourself or the poor folks at Twitter, any favors.  The idea that free web 2.0 services can scale in an unlimited fashion to handle any size user is a fairy tale.  You\'re running your business off of Twitter, pure and simple, and it\'s not a business class application, and shouldn\'t have to be.  If you were paying for it, you\'d have a leg to stand on.  Twitter is well past the point where people like you are the draw, there are thousands of people on Twitter who don\'t know who Robert Scoble is, they just know that  the service is down and that they can\'t exchange tweets with their circle of friends and the service doesn\'t work.  Those are the people who Twitter needs to serve, not the super-tweeters.  If I were running Twitter, I would have banned your account by now, seriously, you\'re the type of customer who the smart businessman will happily pawn off to their competitor.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706094" href="http://www.reda-ek.com/blog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Reda</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706094" class="dsq-comment-message">now I understand why so many bloggers die because of stress... because they spend hours and hours and hours and hours fighting verbal wars based on distorted quotes.<br>I\'m really sorry but I don\'t understand the point of this post, it only increases the noise in the blogosphere adding very little value to everyone</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706046">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706046" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706046" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706046" href="http://www.sutherlandclan.org.uk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Sutherland</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706046" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706046" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think they are blaming their users. It is just the way you have interpreted their communication. Have a beer and re-read it ;-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706045" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706045" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706045">Rafael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706045" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, I wonder how many more people would have to tell Robert that no one blamed him. I will try myself: Hey Robert it wasn\'t you, they just pointed out the root of the problem and acknowledge that the solution is on their side.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706095" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706095" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706095" href="http://Wir-sprechen-Online.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gerrit Eicker</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706095" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706095" class="dsq-comment-message">The Hitwise-data tells me that they are really successful. Maybe a little too successful currently. Let\'s sit, wait and enjoy a +15M$-twitter soon. ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706096" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706096" href="http://hamiltonflickrgroup.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hamiltonflickrgroup</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706096" class="dsq-comment-message">I gave up on Twitter a few months ago .<br> Just delete your account !<br><br>People will find you !<br><br>jp</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706097" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706097" href="http://opendomain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mary Zolinett</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706097" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706097" class="dsq-comment-message">I like the idea of deleting one\'s account. Twitter needs to be punished, hard!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706098" href="http://britneymason.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">britneymason</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706098" class="dsq-comment-message">FriendFeed FTW</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706099">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706099" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706099" href="http://dailyslackr.blogpost.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Luis Sandoval</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706099" class="dsq-comment-message">What is Twitter thinking?  I\'ve been a fan of Twitter for a very long time, and to have the company that I support with my time and effort in building a community to say that it\'s "my fault" is sad and detestable.<br><br>I\'ve not had an opportunity to open an account on FriendFeed, some things I like, others I do not, but nevertheless a migration is indeed happening and I might be one of them.<br><br>I would be much happier if they just took the entire thing down and said "give us one week and we\'ll work 24/7 to give you the best Twitter we can."<br><br>Having the Twitter piece mealed (this works, this does not) is unacceptable.  I sometimes forget what works and doesn\'t and when I attempt to do something it only infuriates me more.<br><br>Get your act together people, you\'re losing fan base...and fast.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706100" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706100" href="http://kawika.blogs.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kawika Holbrook</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706100" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706100" class="dsq-comment-message">Apologies if this has been brought up earlier or is easily answered elsewhere, but why doesn\'t AIM, YIM, MSN Messenger, iChat, Jabber, or some other established instant messenger service just add posting and commenting features to compete with Twitter? Seems like a natural extension of their current services, and perhaps easier to turn IM into a lightweight CMS than a lightweight CMS (such as Twitter\'s original architecture) into IM.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706101" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706101" href="http://kawika.blogs.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kawika Holbrook</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706101" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706101" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert Scoble (or anyone else), how in the world do you manage to follow all the comment threads in which you participate? Here, Twitter, FriendFeed and dozens of blogs and news sites? I\'ve tried coComment and <a href="http://co.mments.com" rel="nofollow">co.mments.com</a>, but neither seem to gather and organize the threads effectively for me.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706102">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706102" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706102">Tim F.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706102" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706102" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble: Twitter, blame me, please. Seriously, please, please, blame me! I need some attention, please -- blame me!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706103">Eguled</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706103" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m getting tired of the Scoble and Arrington "it\'s all about me" show.<br><br>Gentlemen, your egos, and self centered delusions that you are the center of the universe, are getting old fast.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706104" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706104" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706104">Steve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706104" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706104" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble, remind me again how much Twitter charges to use their service?<br><br>As for the phone analogy mentioned earlier, you mean to tell me you\'ve never heard an "all circuits are busy now" message when making a phone call? Sounds like a scalability issue to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706105" href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chrisbrogan</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706105" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a weird feeling, Robert. According to Dave Winer\'s tool, I\'m #2 in spewage. In my case, it\'s volume more than users, but the equation puts me up there. Since seeing that, I slowed down for a bit, then got back into it, as that\'s what it\'s there for. And you\'re right. Do I want to feel like Twitter\'s upset that I\'m using it? Probably not.<br><br>I agree with your point of view on this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706106" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706106" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706106" href="http://mind.skserver.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Improve Your Mind</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706106" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706106" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice cartoon. ;-)<br><br>Anyway, let\'s see how Friendfeed will scale when more user will join.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706107" href="http://emuneeb.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muneeb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706107" class="dsq-comment-message">This is such a publicity stunt by Scoble. Worst than British tabloids, creating stuff outta nowhere.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706108" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706108" href="http://geekmommy.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">geekmommy</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706108" class="dsq-comment-message">I find it interesting that those condemning Robert for posting this don\'t really fall in the category "popular user" - I saw more than one "popular user" limiting their tweeting after reading what Alex posted and wasn\'t that surprised after reading that paragraph.<br><br>Notice that there wasn\'t a line pointed out - what is \'popular\' in this context - 100+ follower/ings? 1000+? 10k+?  How frequent is \'too frequent\'? 3 tweets a day? and hour? 30?<br>The finger pointing was there - no matter how much I want to defend Twitter because I really want to see them succeed.<br><br>There was a brief reference at the end about script adders - but why not blame those folks from the get-go? Why not say "those accounts mass adding/following"? Because we know who someone is referring to by the word "popular", don\'t we?<br><br>The only reason I didn\'t make Dave Winer\'s "spewage" list is because he\'s never followed me (which is perfectly normal) but the %-following math has me right up there, thanks.<br>So I\'m one of the reasons Twitter is having issues? I think not.  Long before I had even 1 follower there were folks with 10k plus updates, thousands of followers and "popularity" - so if that was the issue, it should\'ve been addressed last year some time... But it wasn\'t.<br><br>Look, let\'s be serious here for a minute. Twitter has had stability issues for a long time.  They seemed to remedy a LOT of them around early February this year in time for SXSW.  Then right about the time Blain leaves, we start seeing more and more issues.  I\'m not buying it.  Suck it up Twitter and admit that the problem isn\'t coming from the outside, it\'s internal.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706109" href="http://www.erwinblom.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">erwin blom</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706109" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>I am a fan of yours but surprised by this post.<br>I\'ve been watching your interview with Biz and Ev and you are laughing and giggling. No critical questions, just laughing your nerves away.<br>And now with your computer at hand and no \'real\' persons you start criticising on  harsh way .<br>Be brave! Say those things interviewing !</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706110">scott gjerdingen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706110" class="dsq-comment-message">yea, at the risk of piling on, that was pretty weak of twitter.....blame users that contributed to its success.   Even if true, there were so many better ways to handle this such as asking these highly active users to be an advocate for the solution.<br><br>Hopefully, Twitter will acquire some matured management to guide in issues such as this.<br><br>- scott -</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706111" href="http://www.inkswig.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dawn Douglass</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706111" class="dsq-comment-message">So what the heck are they going to do with the $15 million??  They could scrap the whole thing and start over and development wouldn\'t cost a fraction of that.<br><br>How much are they paying for bandwidth?  Anybody have a clue?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706112">Brian</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706112" class="dsq-comment-message">Sheesh.  If I were in Twitter management, the first thing I would do is turn off Scoble\'s account.  He\'s not helping me one bit.  And, I\'m not making any revenue from him.  So, he\'s more trouble than he\'s worth.  If it is the "high profile users" causing the issues, then I\'d turn off their accounts and see if that stablizes things, then work to figure out what the source of the problem is and fix it.  I\'d be fine with taking the PR hit.  My guess is a relatively small percentage of my Twitter users even know who Scoble, Winer, and Arrington are.  So....buh-bye.  They cause me more costs than benefits at this point.   And I can do this without telling them, or giving them a reason...according to the TOS.<br><br>Or, hell, I might just shut the whole thing down. Again, the TOS says I can do that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706113">joaquin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706113" class="dsq-comment-message">Kawika,<br>I read your post regarding how to better organize your comments threads.<br>I am curious to know why you think cocomment is not satisfying your needs.<br>We show them in order of appearance with a drop down list per comment.<br>I am curious to know what your needs are.<br>You can reach me at joaquin at <a href="http://cocomment.com" rel="nofollow">cocomment.com</a><br>Tks<br>J</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706114" href="http://www.douglaskarr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Douglas Karr</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706114" class="dsq-comment-message">Not sure they\'re blaming their users in as much as their application\'s usage.  We all know how difficult it is to turn back the time on an established product - I hope Twitter is up for it and can use the $15 mil wisely.  The largest hurdle is to try to not impact their users while they make the necessary development, architecture and infrastructure changes.  The consequence, of course, is that this is a fickle Web 2.0 crowd that will drop them at a moment\'s notice for the next app in line.  I understand each side\'s argument in this situation and empathize as the Director of Technology who adopted an app that\'s growing 100% per quarter.  \'Do overs\' aren\'t in the option booklet!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706115" href="http://www.abhishekkant.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Abhishek Kant</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706115" class="dsq-comment-message">there is a larger question of a popular "FREE" service being available 24x7.. what shud be the expectation from them? Zilch or full availability? what if gmail or live mail went down for the period that twitter has been? what happens then?<br><a href="http://www.abhishekkant.net/2008/05/eggs-in-basket-lessons-on-reliance.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abhishekkant.net/2008/05/eggs-in-bas...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706116" href="http://frem.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">James</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706116" class="dsq-comment-message">In other news, Twitter* reveals that they go down when there is too much database usage. Robert Scoble offended.<br><br>Seriously, they\'ve previously stated that they designed twitter badly and are trying to fix it. Nobody is getting blamed, they\'re just saying that their system does note scale well and the database is getting way too many unnecessary calls because of it. (And hint that heavy users are generating many of them. You know it\'s true, man. ;-) )As a fellow programmer, I can sympathize that it\'s not the easiest or quickest thing in the world to fix broken architecture.<br><br>Anyway. Anyone else noticed that they have a new status screen for over capacity? Hilarious image. :-)<br><a href="http://static.twitter.com/images/whale.png" rel="nofollow">http://static.twitter.com/images/whale.png</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706117" href="http://sull.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sull</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706117" class="dsq-comment-message">robert, can you please try to be less self-absorbed?<br>it is beyond me why you are so popular.<br><br>so you are offended and feel that it was insinuated by twitter that the big scoble is solely to blame.  you take the venture beat post as an excuse to unleash your anger towards twitter when they are admitting plainly that their service is stuck between a rock and a hard place.<br>they are not making excuses that are bullshit.  they are pointing out several causes of problems... one of which has to do with the way popular (nothing to do with best, btw) users are handled... in all aspects.  it is a known fact now that active users with many followers require intense processing.  this in conjunction with other issues such as 3rd party services, IM messaging and an overall limited info architecture that was admittedly not conceived to be what twitter has become.  this has all been stated clearly by twitter and others.... you even.<br><br>i commented on dave winer and om malik\'s blog recently about this topic and expressed that if i were one of these resource intensive users... i would voluntarily take some measures to ease things for twitter.... whether or not they needed or wanted such action by a user of their service.... just because i think they deserve that kind of support from the community who has used the hell out of their service for the past 12-18 months.<br>they are in a unique position.  it seems right to support them as the leading company in the micro-messaging space.  because like it or not, a user like you is almost like a dos attack on twitter at this point.  and if i was a very active popular user, i would chill out and offer to do whatever to ease the burden until they are able to sort through the priority issues of fixing and re-archtecting components so that twitter can be what it has evolved to be.<br><br>you make alot of comparisons to other technologies and services when trying to make a case that twitter sucks.  but i dont think any of those points have merit... and most are moot.  you can praise friendfeed all day long but it\'s not a fair comparison.  and your other comparisons show your lack of technical understandings on the depths of system architecture.  you are tech buzz guy.... one that swims in the surface area.... one that gets drunk on the hype.  if you truly understood how all the related tech works... you would not be so hasty with your comments and big attitude.  but it must be tough to tame that ego with all those very close friends following your digital ways.<br><br>get over yourself.  i sense that significant others are getting over you by now.  i bet a good portion of your "friends" are just in it for the humor and entertainment and mockery aspect.  because you dont have much to offer when it comes down to it.  you just happen to be popular.  and popular is never exclusive to the "best".  look around and you will see that to be true... very true.<br><br>cheers.<br><br>sull</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706033" href="http://pixenate.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Walter Higgins</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706033" class="dsq-comment-message">"Blame" is such an emotionally charged word. Scoble knows this. This might get you on techmeme, but over time this kind of link-baiting erodes credibility.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706034" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706034" href="http://www.joshchandlerblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Josh Chandler</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706034" class="dsq-comment-message">Scoble has gone way above the norm with the amount of people he follows on Twitter, I mean sure he can be so involved with a community but when it seems that Twitter\'s database is compromised of little stability how can he continue to do this to them!!<br><br>Josh Chandler<br><a href="http://www.joshchandlerblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.joshchandlerblog.blogspot.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706035" href="http://www.kdpaine.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Katie Paine</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706035" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder whether you\'d agree with my assessment on whether Twitter\'s reputation can be saved?<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6x3gbw" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6x3gbw</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706036">Eguled</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706036" class="dsq-comment-message">I’m getting tired of the Scoble and Arrington “it’s all about me” show, it is getting old fast.<br><br>Gentlemen, you are not the center of the universe.<br><br>I see more than a few people commenting here who might be feeling the same way.<br><br>I predict we will see a Scoble and Arrington backlash some time in the future, as people get tired of the games they are playing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706027" href="http://tweblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Toby Getsch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706027" class="dsq-comment-message">Who needs brick and mortar tabloids when you can get this for free!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706048" href="http://www.tonygillilan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tony</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706048" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, they need to fix their problems. However all these "flash in the pan" sites are exactly that. Once this gets really main stream we will see who the winner is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706047" href="http://businessmindhacks.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex Schleber</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706047" class="dsq-comment-message">Either MSFT or Google need to buy Twitter and fast, before the pretty significant mind-share they have accumulated evaporates.<br><br>Frankly I am very surprised that MSFT hasn\'t moved already, unlike GOOG with Jaiku, they don\'t even have Micro-blogging in their arsenal.<br><br>Now there would be a worthy project for them to hone their skills at cloud computing and search (Twitter is badly in need of more useful NATIVE search/tag/filter/sort facilities to make the onslaught of potentially useful data, well, useful...<br><br>(What if Scoble could subsegment his follower/following lists, with e.g. "all followers who have ever used the term "branding" in a tweet", right now it\'s either all of Twitter with "track", or single user on Tweetscan. Also note that the overview of one\'s follower list is almost completely useless right now, since there is no way of sorting them in any predictable way, e.g. last-in, # of followers, etc. etc.)<br><br>Alas, since MSFT still doesn\'t get the Internet much less Web2.0, it\'s more likely that Google will move eventually after seeing that Jaiku has already missed the boat as far as mind-share/branding/positioning is concerned. Twitter(ing) has already become "the verb" for micro-blogging. Would be same as the Google Video vs. YouTube story, except that Twitter can still be had for, what, $100M or less (given their recent problems?).<br><br>Twitter already integrates with GTalk, it really seems like a no-brainer.<br><br>Or... possibly... can you say "bidding war"?!?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706118">Jerry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706118" class="dsq-comment-message">"there is a larger question of a popular “FREE” service being available 24×7.. what shud be the expectation from them? Zilch or full availability? what if gmail or live mail went down for the period that twitter has been? what happens then?"<br><br><br>The expectation should be: you get what you pay for. Gmail and Hotmail have been down for lengthy periods of time in the past.  And surprising as it may be; miraculously, civilization continued to progress.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706119" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706119" href="http://www.personafile.com/products" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pbx</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706119" class="dsq-comment-message">sometimes "high quality" problems don\'t feel so high quality.  i can only imagine how the twitter folks feel trying to play catch up to their success.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706049" href="http://www.kapowaz.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ben Darlow</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706049" class="dsq-comment-message">Erm, how is it you conclude that \'popular\' equates to \'best\' where users of twitter are concerned? Best for whom? For twitter, who have yet to come up with a way of making money from their principle activity, popular certainly doesn\'t equate best. And for everyone else? Well, considering Dunbar\'s number, it seems highly unlikely that anybody who follows your model (of having a very large number of followers AND follows a large number of people) would represent high value in terms of conversation. Much like any conversation, it has to be between a small enough number for it to make sense, otherwise all it is, is a crowd of people shouting at each other, hoping that they get heard.<br><br>Considering this, it\'s hardly surprising that Twitter \'blames\' its \'users\'. It puts me in mind of the early days of broadband ISPs imposing bandwidth caps because of a minority who abused the system with torrent downloads etcetera. It\'s not fair when companies do something like that, but it is at least understandable, given how this minority of people are essentially using the system in way it wasn\'t designed for, and so pushing it to untenable limits.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706050" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706050">Alcara Jose Hiram</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706050" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe Scoble is just a big-headed that thinks he is the only one with big numbers in twitter. What about Twitter against his clients? Since when you paid twitter for their services? Friendfeed? Give it a month or so and you will find something wrong about the service that you don’t like and you will start attacking them too. Who\'s next QIK? Plunker? Whatever is new next week? Scoble move on please.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706120" href="http://www.goatse.cx/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Goatse</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706120" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, you are a megalomaniac, and a not-very-nice one at that. Spoiled egotist. "Oh, I have 20 thousand friends and they\'re blaming people like me"<br><br>give me a break.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9706121">Peter Parker</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706121" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706121" class="dsq-comment-message">------------------------------------------------<br><br>Dave Winer, father of RSS says “Twitter, as it was conceived, was never meant to live.”<br><br><br><br>“It’s very possible with better engineering its architecture might have gone on for a few more years, but eventually it would have hit this wall, where there were too many people posting too many twits to too many followers. The scale of the system as conceived rises exponentially.”<br><br><br><br>So is the end of Twitter getting near? I hope not. Twitter I hope that you are listening and you better start taking things more seriously.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>Here\'s my two cents.<br><br><br><br>For instance there are about 100m users of yahoo messenger and usually 2-3 of them talk at a time that means scalability of 300m conversations. On the other hand with 100m twitter users who usually send messages to 100-10,000 other users the scalability required is 10,000m to 10^6m I have never known any current architecture based on webservers to handle such a scale. So according to me Twitter was never meant to live. It is like a concept car that will never see production. Users of twitter don\'t understand this and they don\'t care.<br><br>They don\'t know whats happening when the website is down. The sad part is that the best analysts claim that Twitter is a billion dollar company in one year of operations. There is an old saying before the days of when people understood permutation combinations. One peasant asked a king to give him rice equal to the total amount gotten by placing double the number of rice grains on a chess square than the previous square, starting with one rice grain. There are 8x8=64 squares. We seriously need to visit grade 7 mathematics.<br><br><br><br>I know of only one News/Messaging system that supports around 1 billion users sending messages to all 1 billion users each. Thats a scalability of 10^12m. It is not Web based but rather on a massively scalable serverless P2P architecture based. The team is soft spoken and when I last talked to them I was told that they don\'t care about money or hype or fame but rather for just the passion of next generation global systems that will stand the test of worldwide use. Its called Mermaid News <a href="http://mermaid.metaaso.com" rel="nofollow"> Mermaid </a><br><br><br><br>They have other softwares too but this post is about Twitter and Messaging. Once everyone comprehends basic mathematics that goes behind scalable algorithms they would go past the flashy screen and hype to actually want a system they can trust. To the analysts I would say it is easy to create a business plan, create a hype and raise $20m funding it is far more difficult to create something of use.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9706122">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9706122" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9706122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9706122" href="http://twitter.com/cheeky_geeky" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mark Drapeau</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9706122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9706122" class="dsq-comment-message">Who\'s Robert Scoble?  I\'m Mark Drapeau.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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(function() {
	
	





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

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


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

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

	
	

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

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

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

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

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

	



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

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

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

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

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


	


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

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

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

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

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

})();




