IntenseDebate
IntenseDebate is a feature-rich comment system for WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and other website platforms that helps publishers build active commenting communities. It offers threaded discussions, email notifications, reply-by-email moderation, and social login via Facebook Connect and Twitter to boost reader engagement and return visits. The platform includes commenter profiles with reputation points and voting to surface quality comments.
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Standard blog comment systems offer limited functionality, making it difficult for publishers to foster meaningful discussion, keep readers returning, and manage conversations efficiently. Readers lack identity tools and notification features that would encourage ongoing participation.
Solution
IntenseDebate provides an embedding comment platform that gives website owners advanced discussion tools while helping readers engage more deeply. The system supports threaded conversations, social login via Facebook Connect and Twitter, and reply-by-email functionality so comments can be made and moderated away from the computer. Email notifications alert readers to new replies and comments, drawing them back to the site. Commenter profiles with reputation points and voting bring quality comments to the forefront, while moderation features and blacklisting give publishers control over their communities.
Target Audience
Bloggers, website publishers, and content creators using WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and other platforms who want to increase reader engagement and build active commenting communities.
Features
- Comment threading with nested replies to follow individual conversations
- Reply-by-email for responding to and moderating comments remotely
- Email notifications alerting commenters to responses with direct links
- Rich commenter profiles with universal identity across all IntenseDebate sites and reputation points based on comment quality
- Moderation and blacklisting by keywords, number of links, commenter email, and IP addresses
- Plugins API enabling developer-created enhancements including Seesmic video comments, PollDaddy polls, and YouTube videos
- WordPress plugin with two-way comment sync, admin panel integration, SEO-friendly output, trackback sync, and profile sync
- Twitter and Facebook Connect integration for social login and simultaneous tweet posting