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First Impressions: BackType (YC 08) Connect WP Plugin

9 points by PStamatiou 18y ago

omakase 18y ago
Paul, thanks for the great review and kind words. We've got lots to improve and these posts really help. For example, threading is very high on the list of things to do (we knew HN users especially would notice its absence). Looking fwd to hearing more feedback both on your blog and hacker news.
- PStamatiou 18y ago
  Yeah I can vouch for the threading. My load averages went up a good bit when I first started using it and it was importing comments..
  - omakase 18y ago
    All imports are done in the background using wp-cron so they shouldn't be directly affecting page load. But if you turned off any caching, given the traffic your blog sees, that's understandable.
    - PStamatiou 18y ago
      oh i meant actual server load via top
wastedbrains 18y ago
Awesome I have been waiting for someone to do this for awhile now. This looks great. I will integrate it into my blog soon after learning a bit more. Congrats to the teams this will fill a huge need for bloggers who aren't able to follow the discussion they themselves start.
- omakase 18y ago
  Thanks so much! If you find the plugin isn't for you, or you want something for non WP blogs, Wesley over at www.improvingtheweb.com made a great new app with our API (convotrack.com). Check out the button on the left side here: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/social-networking-demographics.html http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/social-networking-dem...
  - wastedbrains 18y ago
    Any thoughts on a movable type plugin?
    - konsl 18y ago
      We're definitely looking at all publishing platforms, Wordpress just being the first. In the meantime, there's a great button you can add to your site (courtesy of ConvoTrack) that, when clicked, will show related comments: http://convotrack.com/ http://convotrack.com/
      - wastedbrains 18y ago
        That is an interesting option but after looking at convotrack I think I will just wait for MovableType to be supported. I really don't like the hovering javascript buttons and I think the side panel is is kind of a distracting option. It doesn't feel well integrated allowing the comments to flow naturally as if they are just a part of the blog comment system. Thanks for the link though.

9 points by PStamatiou 18y ago

Paul, thanks for the great review and kind words. We've got lots to improve and these posts really help. For example, threading is very high on the list of things to do (we knew HN users especially would notice its absence). Looking fwd to hearing more feedback both on your blog and hacker news.

PStamatiou 18y ago
Yeah I can vouch for the threading. My load averages went up a good bit when I first started using it and it was importing comments..
- omakase 18y ago
  All imports are done in the background using wp-cron so they shouldn't be directly affecting page load. But if you turned off any caching, given the traffic your blog sees, that's understandable.
  - PStamatiou 18y ago
    oh i meant actual server load via top

wastedbrains 18y ago

Awesome I have been waiting for someone to do this for awhile now. This looks great. I will integrate it into my blog soon after learning a bit more. Congrats to the teams this will fill a huge need for bloggers who aren't able to follow the discussion they themselves start.

omakase 18y ago
Thanks so much! If you find the plugin isn't for you, or you want something for non WP blogs, Wesley over at www.improvingtheweb.com made a great new app with our API (convotrack.com). Check out the button on the left side here: http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/social-networking-demographics.html http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/03/social-networking-dem...
- wastedbrains 18y ago
  Any thoughts on a movable type plugin?
  - konsl 18y ago
    We're definitely looking at all publishing platforms, Wordpress just being the first. In the meantime, there's a great button you can add to your site (courtesy of ConvoTrack) that, when clicked, will show related comments: http://convotrack.com/ http://convotrack.com/
    - wastedbrains 18y ago
      That is an interesting option but after looking at convotrack I think I will just wait for MovableType to be supported. I really don't like the hovering javascript buttons and I think the side panel is is kind of a distracting option. It doesn't feel well integrated allowing the comments to flow naturally as if they are just a part of the blog comment system. Thanks for the link though.