Interesting switch to using "follow" instead of "add friend" or subscribe. - Chris Messina
Yeah, it is interesting. We've discussed this in the past re: DiSo - really the new concept is "I want to follow this person" (as represented as a URL/openid). But I want to choose where and in what forms (rss, microblogging, photos, location, etc). It's an important pattern we'll need to solve for. - Steve Ivy
"When someone comments on your blog and writes a comment with his/her URL, is leaving more information than you think. This wordpress plugin displays web pages and profiles of those users in the dashboard, so you can add them as friends if you are in the same social network. You will be able to know the profiles of your visitors in social networks like flickr, twitter, facebook,…" - Chris Messina via Bookmarklet