I have been looking into wordpress plugins and was wondering what peoples thoughts are on the following: CommentLuv http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/ and Top Commentators Widget http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/top-commentators-widget/ Has anyone else used these? Do you think they make a difference?
Never use CommentLuv. But Top Commentators is great. It encourage your reader to participate in the discussion and leave their comment more often. When this happen, it give other user the feeling that your blog is active and attract more participation. This is important as no one like a "dead" blog.
also have a look at disqus, not quite the same functionality but can be great if your running a network of blogs
Your welcom. Not sure what you want to acheive but community interaction is an important part of any plan
I'm giving Intense Debate a shot on my blog right now (ustandout.com). I'd been using Disqus for about a year, and it's was pretty good, but I saw that Intense Debate had very similar functionality and offered CommentLuv as a plugin, so I was able to get the best of Disqus AND CommentLuv.
would like to hear how you go with intense debate, have been pointed to it before but have avoided chnaging over.