Opening Up the Debate with Facebook Connect!
That’s right, Facebook Connect is here!
We’ve begun a limited roll-out of Facebook Connect. Leave a comment if you’re interested in getting in on the early action, and we’ll email you with some instructions. Don’t worry if you don’t hear from us immediately, we’ll get you in on the Facebook Connect goodness as soon as we can.
Facebook Connect will be available for everyone soon!
Thanks!
Update – Thursday, March 26
Thanks everyone for your interest in Facebook Connect. We’re still rolling it out slowly. If you haven’t heard from us yet please hang in there. Thanks again for your patience and help!
Update – Tuesday, July 7
Facebook Connect is now live and available for everyone! Please check out this post for more information. Thanks!
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Would love to run the test
me too! what is going on, I can't see option to connect with facebook…=/
in addition, with the ID, will the privacy setting be updated once the user information is updated?
cant figure out how to get it working
This are great news!
As I'm allready having troubles with ID, I don't want to try out a new feature, but I hope it's ready soon.
I'm interested 🙂
I'm interested
I'm totally in. Hook me up!
I'm interested.
I'm in
Extremely interested. EXTREME INTEREST. WOW I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR 3 MONTHS. So glad I stuck with you guys. I love you. The news just keeps getting better and better from ID. Everything i've asked for , you have implemented. Very impressed with your company. I know you guys must be working hard. Thanks you so much. Let me know how I can get this bad boy running on my site. I already have Facebook Connect working via a plugin called Sociable!. Thanks again guys. Made my day!xDxD
I assume people can't post comments using Sociable and ID correct?
Actually you can. I managed to get them to work together on my own and i'm not a programmer. I made a tweak in sociable(that i found on some random blog) so that I can invite an unlimited number of fb friends although I'm sure facebook will block this at some point. Which makes me wonder why it's taking intense debate so long to figure out what I figured out in a few days. Where's facebook connect? I never received a notification to trial it and I was one of the first to post here? I've actually stopped using intense debate due to lack of support response. They seriously lost out on a potentially massive number of new users given my site readership. I ended up creating my own commenting system which is identical to intense debate in every way(literally I copied it) except mine integrates sociable and Google friend connect and runs about 5x faster b/c it's all internal. I just took snippets from the best resources i could find on the web and pasted it all together. Not that hard to do and that's coming from someone who has zero programming experience. The idea of intense debate is nice but when your site is banking on +50,000 hits a day, you need all the speed you can get and ID was like having a lead anchor tied to my site. All i know is that my page load time went from 5 seconds to .8 seconds after dropping ID. Seriously. Maybe there was a conflict with another a plugin. Who knows? Never could get anyone from ID to help me out. My site is password protected and undergoing a massive revamp so maybe that's why. if you need my commenting code, just let me know. Not going to post it b/c that would pretty much put this company out of business. I would have posted it in their plugins section but given that they don't seem to care much about the customer, I'll just keep it for myself. Sorry for the rant. Just a little annoyed. .
Sure I am interested. gerry AT gerrykirk DOT net Tx
Intrigued you managed to do all that!
this is awesome new, good move guys!
This is awesome news, good work guys!
I would love to be able to work this into our site at CGBlog.org.
Looks like it works. 🙂
I've been waiting for this kind of integration to be finally able to close my comments to registered users. Limiting it to ID's user is to narrow, so adding Facebook is a nice one. Will I be able to do that kind of thing?
Pleasure news… I'm looking for to add Facebook connect.
Also, If you are possible, could you consider about Google Friendconnect?
Yoast has already created a WordPress plugin allowing the integration of the recently expanded Google Friend Connect API.
Apparently, plugins for the IntenseDebate platform are based on regular WordPress plugins, so, anyone can adapt Yoast's work and submit it to IntenseDebate. It would be marvelous to see all the best WordPress commenting plugins starting to appear on IntenseDebate.
I'll take some of that action.
Ooh.. Ooh!! Me too!
Thanks everyone!
We're rolling it out slowly, but we will get you all set up. Thanks for your patience.
would love to text this out
me me me.
I was the guy who kicked up the biggest fuss about the lack of Facebook Connect. All I can say is that I never guessed you were spending up all that time cooking up something as mind-blowingly awesome as the plugin platform and, now, here we have Facebook Connect.
Keep up the amazing work guys, you're changing the face of the blogosphere!
I'd love to try out FaceBook connect on my blog if possible =)! Nice work guys.
booya!yay!
John you know I'm interested man!
word up.
Boo! I hate Facebook Connect. Obviously it makes perfect sense for something like ID, but I think we all (web developers) should consciously prefer open standards like OpenID and avoid proprietary solutions like FB Connect.
Since you already support OpenID, I'm pleased, but saddened that Facebook Connect is gaining more ground.
I'd like to test it, please… 🙂
It's going to get even better – with the plugin platform, it's likely that we'll see people integrating stuff like (the new improved) Google Friend Connect and whatever other modes of logging in that users want; IntenseDebate is going to be the ultimate meeting place, the point at which the conversation merges.
Don't forget, too, that you can leave video comments – the option is not obvious because, for some reason, they've placed it away from the other plugin options and not given it an icon, but it does work and is a useful addition to any site.
It's going to get even better – with the plugin platform, it's likely that we'll see people integrating stuff like (the new improved) Google Friend Connect and whatever other modes of logging in users want, as well as plugins for stuff like Tweetbacks; IntenseDebate is going to be the ultimate meeting place, the point at which the conversation merges.
Don't forget, too, that you can leave video comments – the option is not obvious because, for some reason, they've placed it away from the other plugin options and not given it an icon, but it does work and is a useful addition to any site.
It's all about choices, Micah, the plugin platform is going to allow lots of choices and you, the site owner, are the one who will get to take them.
As for Facebook being proprietory, we can hardly complain that it is moving in the direction of being more open. It's incredible that all these online giants – Google, Facebook, Automattic, MySpace, MSN etc – are starting to wander beyond their walled gardens.
I'm all in favor of running the FB Connect option all my two blog sites. I hacked a FB Connect on one of them but its so ugly I'm afraid of doing it to the other. I'd test it out on both to provide feedback for the different integration challenges I could face.
Unfortunately, my one is based on Google Blogger. :$
Blogger is probably the best reason in the world to use WordPress 😉
Hey guys, I would love to run the test over at FilmSchoolRejects.com. This is the one feature that I've really been waiting for.
Cheers,
Neil
Count me in, what do I do next. blog newbee
would love to run the test at http://www.thegeekcouch.com!
Please include me and http://grassrootspa.com/ :p
would love to beta test… http://www.duregger.net
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I would love to beta test this – http://internet.lifechurch.tvs
Please, allow me to use this really killer feature! Thanks!!!!!! 😀
It would be awesome if I could test this out!
I'd love to take part in this!
Josh from Facebook Connect here. Really excited to see you guys working on this! Drop me a note, we'd love to discuss with you before you roll it out!
I'd argue that FB is not moving to being more open. They're just more popular. They have complete control over FB connect and can change it anytime they want, for whatever reason they choose. If you look at all the uproar from FB app developers about the design changes, it's clear that FB feels free to change any and everything they please, and third party developers often get the short end of the stick in the bargain.
Myspace went the OpenID route, and so did Google (sort of…) FB could have done the same, but decided to make their own standard, just like they did with FBML, FBJS, and others.
Anyways, I do appreciate what you're saying about giving choice to the site owners. I'm simply arguing that we web developers should consciously avoid proprietary standards and favor open ones.
I'd argue that FB is not moving to being more open. They're just more popular. They have complete control over FB connect and can change it anytime they want, for whatever reason they choose. If you look at all the uproar from FB app developers about the design changes, it's clear that FB feels free to change any and everything they please, and third party developers often get the short end of the stick in the bargain.
Myspace went the OpenID route, and so did Google (sort of…) FB could have done the same, but decided to make their own standard, just like they did with FBML, FBJS, and others.
Anyways, I do appreciate what you're saying about giving choice to the site owners. I'm simply arguing that we web developers should consciously avoid proprietary standards and favor open ones.
Yes please!
Please this would be great!
Yes Please!!
I would like to test it!
I m totally in for this 1!!! wud luv to try it
Yes please! Hook me up! 😉
I’m really happy about this! ID is getting better and better 😀 Facebook connect was one of the disadvantages of using ID over Disqus, but not anymore. I’m (of course) interested. Particularly as I have many Facebook friends who would like to comment using their Facebook accounts on my blog. 😀
Facebook connect is one of the reasons I was sad when I switched commenting system on my blog. I'm so happy about this 😀 Count me in!
I want one!!
Count me in.
I would be interested in trying this out on my blog.
I would like to try it, please. 🙂
I'd like to implement it on my site, though I don't mind waiting until it is available to everyone either.
I'd like to use this. Please share the instructions. Thank you.
Great news, hope to see more to come soon<3
This is good news…I am on face book and look forward to the opportunity.
I would like to test it! Thanks
If it's still possible to get in on this, hook me up!
I would like very much to try it,Thanks
i would be very interested in trying this out on Facebook.
I'll be happy to run it on http://bnp.org.uk
Or you could just do the decent thing, shut down the BNP website and try to live a life that isn't based on hate and thuggery.
Hahaha… You believe too much you read in the papers, Donna. Try reading the website, you may just see that you've been getting conned all these years by corrupt politicians and their sidekick media.!
I agree that the system is twisted, I feel the same frustration and anger as your lot do, but, honestly, you're directing the blame at the wrong people – imigrants cleaning toilets for less than the minimum wage are not your enemy, not while lawyers charge £200 an hour and the bankers screw us for billions. Obviously, this isn't the place to have that debate but I will visit your site sometime if that's okay, it is good to see that you are encouraging dialogue by using IntenseDebate.
I would like to test it
Thanks Donna.
You will quickly see than no bnp member blames immigrants, we all blame the government. All that "we will kick out any non whites" is absolute rubbish and completely untrue. We are fine with limited and controlled immigration.
Many of our members are OAP's and are constantly beaten up by "real" thugs that happen to sponsored by the Labour party and FUNDED by the taxpayers!
o.0
Yeah, I certainly want to try it.
I got an email to install this on my site, followed the steps, but have not heard back from anyone to finish installing this on my site. Am I missing something? http://www.thegeekcouch.com
Pretty Please! I totally want in if you'll let me.
I would really like to enable Facebook Connect on my blogs. Thanks for all the work you guys put into these amazing tools!
Gagging for it here…also i can't sign in to comment here because i'm using Safari. That sucks.
Sign me up!
still rather new to the facebook thing – but I like intensedebate – so count me in – I'd love to give it a whirl…
I'm interested in this as well, would be neat.
I would like to try Facebook Connect too, pretty please 😀
This is EXACTLY what I wanted to hear. Thank you guys. Also let me in on the beta if you can, thanks.
Sul…
yes I sm interested in the facebook connect
I wud luv to test this out on my blog. Great Motivation for users to interact
We would love to test this out on several websites if possible?
Would like to try out the facebook connect option for these comments.
Count me in!
Im interested!
I'm also interested in this and would like to get in on the early action, heh.
It would also be very, very cool to have Google Friend Connect, btw.
I'm certainly interested if it's still going on. Thanks.
Sign me up baby, FBC is a must!
I am definitley interested in this!
I hope this comes out soon!
I would love to test the roll-out of Facebook Connect. Please let me know if I can participate
Count me in!
I'm in! Thanks!
Super interested, contact me to try
This is great. Please send.
Would love to test!
I'd also like to test on my blog at http://bestofclassicrock.com
Thanks!
I'd like to use Facebook Connect; thanks!
Sweet! I'd like in on this, too. Please.
I'd be willing to test it. Seems like it could be handy!
I can test also..
I'm absolutely interested in being a part of the early rollout. I just installed intense debate on my blog and I'm pysched that it was working perfectly on a first install, unlike Disqus which didn't. But Disqus has FBConnect and you didn't, so I'm glad to hear about it.
I'd love to implement this into a new site I'm developing at http://www.centeredonline.com.
Let me know what I need to do to get into the test.
@ webcomments@centeredonline.com
I'd surely love to have it rolled out on my blogs anytime soon as well. Cheers.
Another test (please ignore)
test
test again
It would be great to have Facebook Connect.
Me too, please!
Hook me up!
Any news on when this is going to roll out?
yayyyyyyyyyyyy!! That is one of the best ways to encourage people to post!!!! This is turning out to be a great system. 🙂 I think a great add on for facebook connect would be to choose not to moderate fb comments. Because Facebook is full of Real People!!
yes, I would like to try facebook connect as well
thank you
George
Hey guys, if you're still extending invitations to try out Facebook Connect I would love to have the chance to install it on a WordPress theme project that I'm working on. Thanks.
Count me in. I'm about to re-launch a vote swapping web site for an election that starts on April 14, so the sooner I can integrate this, the better.
Would like to try this as well! 🙂
If you can produce this I will gladly move over from Disqus. Today. Right now.
I can't wait for the Facebook Connect feature…
🙂 keep us informed 🙂
what about the new 2.1 version? what's new ?
I'd like to use this feature on all of my sites that I use IntenseDebate for, please!
I'd like to try too!
I would love to give it a try. Please sign me up. – <a href=”http://www.dealoco.com” target=”_blank”>www.dealoco.com
I'm interested in using it. In fact, I turn off ID because I wanted to experiment with disqus. Does it provide SSO with my wordpress users who are facebook connect users?
I'm dyin' for a little Facebook Connect! I know you guys'll deliver eventually, but an update would be awesome 🙂
I'm all for running this on my site:)
Write your comment here…
I'd love to give this a shot
I am reknowned for my political rants on Facebook. I have a somewhat captive audience already, so yes please, count me in, I would love to do more blogging on Facebook.
How come I still don't have this option?! A slow roll out is understandable, but it's been a month. Come on guys!
would love to have facebook connect on my blog.
I'm curious if using both you and disqus will mess me up with the connect
testing to see if this works
I'm definitely interested.
How about google friend connect also? between those two we'd be in pretty good shape compatibility wise.
Please sign me up to test!
Sounds great, add me in!
My Website:
http://www.freedigitalcaricature.com
Thanks.
Mara
hi there, would love to test this too for purple-diary.com
I'd like it!
I'd like to be in on this if possible.
gg
Wow.
This is why I stopped taking cocaine.
Now here comes the question? Do i waste my superior brain batter implementing facebook connect into my mega superior site <a href=”http://www.alexcocaine.com” target=”_blank”>www.alexcocaine.com (password protected at the moment due to a site revamp) worthy of a plot on Mount Olympus or are you guys going to be rolling out some serious connect action. Although i AM feeling an Intense Debate Uprising that may render Facebook Connect obsolete. You see, from my experience, Facebook has this problem: they've turned their site into a Big Brother site so to speak; people are afraid to intensely debate for certain on it and have thus resorted to using it for business purposes only. Never for commenting on controversial subject matter. Facebook Connect is a pipe dream in my opinion but only for Facebook b/c of it's very nature. They fail to realize this of course b/c that's what happens when you cram a room full of pill popping cerebral narcissists with a leader that goes by the name Zuckergod. The other problem is that Facebook is turning into an advertiser's wet dream and annoying the heck out of everyone. It always has been but now the Cretans are catching on. Well….we shall see.. I still would like to at least know whether i should waste my time implementing connect or can I be lazy and let you do it for me??? Just let me know. I don't need to trial it unless of course you would like me too. My website is pretty awesome; graphically at least. I will certainly be pumping ID on my site like no other and have this thing flooded with users. I highly recommend that everyone get setup up with ID because it's going to be massive.
Alex, I was kidding.
Good luck with your site.
Donnacha. I guess your comment was deleted. But wow is correct. Damien Hirst didn't just sell his latest piece of art for $198 million dollars for being boring. Insanity pays well in this country in case you haven't noticed. Especially during an economic depression. You just have to laugh at my comments. Definitely check out my site. you will like it or at least it will give you your daily WOW, this guy is nuts.
Wow! That is great news. 🙂
Would love to try this out on ReelSEO.com… Please send me the info as well as the "Youtube" Embed Video plugin
hook me up. I'm a web developer and I'd like to test this on a major sports figure I'm working with.
I would like to try it on! It would be very useful for http://www.revistatrecho.com
HI guys, I'll definitely switch from Disqus to IntenseDebate if you had FB connect directly built in! When will it be released?
I'd like to use Facebook Connect for my comments! Please send me the instructions.
I'd love to have Facebook Connect.
Sign me up for Facebook connect please.
Facebook Connect and Twitter Sign In are the features that I have been hoping for so that I wouldn't even need to consider using Disqus.
This and Twitter sign-in are the two things ID needs the most.
Would like to test facebook connect. Thanks.
I would love to try out Facebook Connect with IntenseDebate
I recently changed to a new site and would like ot add Facebook Connect to it, as I had it on my last one. Could you please enable it for my RyanErickson.com site?
Facebook Connect for IntenseDebate would be fearsomely great. Any chance to extend the sticky tendrils of coherent identity out into the wider web works for me. Sign me up, tentacled underlords.
yes, send it.
hi guys, it will be good if people logged in facebook appears to be logged without that button of connect (as disquss )
my blog
http://www.inspiravisual.blogspot.com
i have another bliog with disquss but as soon intense debate make the facebook connect with auto login (if the person has already logged in facebook)
i will switch it to ID.
also is possible to import my disquss comments to ID?
please update me on the release date.
Hi, I would like to be part of the test!
Let me know when I can test it.
New site – low traffic – low risk!
Thanks.
Ditto! Can't wait! Thanks!
Yes lets do it, Would love to see it in effect!
id'love to try facebook connect on my blog! please!
I'm interested
we would like to get in on this as well on wearemoviegeeks.com
You should be able to add it now from your blog settings page on IntenseDebate.com
gordonandthewhale.com is in!
it sounds great, take me on board, please!
I'd love to get in on this @ shawnw.org!
I'd love to get in on this @ shawnw.org!
You should now be able to add it from your blog's settings page at IntenseDebate.com.
I thought I saw a post on Twitter about this being active? I could be wrong though. How long until it will be working?
Would really like to be able to test this.
Hie! I'm wondering if I could be one of the lucky ones to test drive this Facebook plugin? Would really appreciate it if I could implement it in my site. 😀
I'm interested in Facebook Connect
I would love to use facebook connect on my blog.
Please, please, Forgive me for joining this party so late, but I am very interested. Extremely
I've a normal website, mediagol.it, can i add intense debate with facebook support?
if i post a comment it compare in my facebook profile? good!!!
would it be possible to have this? currently running intense debate on the blog and this would be a great asset. currently updating the blog with a host of facebook friendly plugins. thanks!
please sign me up
i want this for my wordpress blog
baxstar@gmail.com
I am interested
Please note:
Update – Tuesday, July 7
Facebook Connect is now live and available for everyone! Please check out this post for more information. Thanks!
Please note:
Update – Tuesday, July 7
Facebook Connect is now live and available for everyone! Please check out this post for more information. Thanks!
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ok guys i want this on my blog
http://inspiravisual.blogspot.com
thanks
ok guys i want this on my blog
http://inspiravisual.blogspot.com
thanks
Awesome, I'm interested.
Hi Sam. Facebook Connect is available. Please check out <a href="http://wp.me/plsX6-go.” target=”_blank”>http://wp.me/plsX6-go.
Hi Sam. Facebook Connect is available. Please check out http://wp.me/plsX6-go
i'm testing
[…] The Facebook Connect feature request was submitted quite awhile ago and while ID offered a limited roll-out of Facebook Connect back in March, there’s been no indication of when it’s going to be available for […]
Please let me in on the Beta.
Facebook Connect is available. You can enable it in your Blog Settings page. Please see http://wp.me/plsX6-qD for more details.