"Thanks for the write up, Ben. If you get the chance, change the tweetcount_url in the widget you posted from our BackType Connect blog post to our Tweetcount blog post: tweetcount_url = 'http://blog.backtype.com/2009...';"
- Christopher Golda
"Let me know if you have any questions that come up when writing your post. You can reach me directly @ chris [at] backtype [dot] com. Thanks!"
- Christopher Golda
"Hi Jeff, Unfortunately, BackType Connect won't work properly with Disqus installed; it's designed to work on top of the native Wordpress comment system. We're looking into working with third party comment systems like Disqus now. Sorry for the late response"
- Christopher Golda
Ah ha! Proof that confirms my conspiracy theory that Backtype spends its money on bottles and bottles of wine!
- Bryan Landers
That's actually from my dad's cellar. BackType doesn't like to waste money -- that's why I live and work out of my parents' home :)
- Christopher Golda
Alright. You win this time. But, I also have a theory that Backtype employees require no sleep and that's the unfair advantage they leverage to crank out innovative web products. Let's see you dispel that one!
- Bryan Landers
"Love to hear that you're making use of our plugin, despite not being able to display comments in Disqus. I think you can actually get Disqus to show our comments by importing or sync-ing with WP comments, but unfortunately it doesn't do that automatically. Generally, I don't think you, as a publisher, can stop comments from fragmenting to other services. At BackType, we're hoping to give both bloggers and comment authors the tools to find, follow and share conversations irrespective of where they take place."
- Christopher Golda
"Our BackType Connect plugin is intended to serve the people that aren't using Disqus - we aren't a competing comment system, we enhance the native Wordpress comment system. So we don't really compete with Disqus; in fact, we're constantly looking for ways to work with them. Anything that improves the conversation on blogs is great for all of us!"
- Christopher Golda