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preaching to the band. This was the topic of my Keynote at Online Market World. We are lucky enough to live in a \"rarefied air\" of knowledge and our job is to educate. I do, on my websites, books and radio show.<br><br>A perfect example is a comment my blog received today: \"I read the link, very interesting, if difficult to follow for the technophobe like me, carry on your good work though, I think what you are doing is brilliant, even if the understanding of the issues you raise are limited.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_13:53:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cca3113e7e7ca59b3bdba495a37fe35", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris:<br><br>Wow, thanks for the props. <br><br><br>Last week I did a workshop  -- bits and pieces of a presentation that I've done frequently.  I had to do it twice - the first group was great - went well.  But the second group, I was way over their heads -- and needed to do a better job of switching levels on the sly.    Did get some resistance, but that's part of the job - dealing with it and turning it around - acknowledging it - but making sure to pack it up in a suitcase and send it on its merry way.<br><br>At any rate, being bridge means that you acknowledge and worship the power of the newbie.<br><a href=\"http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/08/working-wikily.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/08/work...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_14:34:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "2c3987b8907bb72e016871f99fb223f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post, Chris, and right on. I remember being so excited that a post I wrote made the front page of Digg, I called my best friend and told her. She enthusiastically congratulated me and sincerely shared in my happiness...and then said, \"So what's Digg?\" <br><br><br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_14:38:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "72d56e3f1e605e3c411aae0e8685299a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thankfully I'm not web famous either, but this is still a great reality check for me.  I have to shake my self a little when people ask me \"What's a blog?\"  or \"what's Twitter?\" because it feels like such a huge part of my life that I have trouble remembering that other people don't need it.  And that's cool.  <br><br>I like the idea of helping others to learn the power of social media.  I'm trying to help a local non-profit learn to reach out by using it, to hopefully expand their reach.  The idea that we have the power to do great things with it is exciting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_14:42:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "6c1fbe4f5778080070ea6e7d90366bcb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great article. <br><br>Dugg for the subheader \"Internet Fame is Lame Outside Our Sphere\"!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_15:07:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "ede6fa5ad8f223d07c2ec67395bd1b7b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excellent article and great reminder that most of the real world doesn't quite understand all of this social media yet. It seems that the more I work behind my computer, the more easily I could fall into the trap of forgetting that most people don't understand the purpose of a blog... and it would completely lose them if I began to go into the topic of RSS.  Sort of like when someone starts rambling about Star Trek... then I am confused and I don't care.  People don't have an interest learning about our product if we lose them in our social media talk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_15:14:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "441c9aa864004382643243c3b927a3ad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525959": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A perfect reminder that in all communication, it's the benefits that people really want to hear about, not the features. <br><br>Thanks for the refresher!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_15:18:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "cd3d8bbf26e51bef41bdb54e34cb7f9f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris - so timely,so true. I have been working on just this bridge for the past 5+ years [as you know] - reminding the echo chamber of the world outside and the world outside of the beauty, potential and work involved in the social web. Too many miss the motivations underlying the features/tools/communities - no, i cannot \"make you a viral video\", or press a button and poof you have a sense of purpose.  Frankly, as current headlines demonstrate most people have bigger issues in their lives  than how many people follow them on twitter.  It is the motivations and what we GET out of our efforts as people that drive the current features/tools/commuinities. As - \"technology changes, human's don't\".  Keep on keeping on man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_17:02:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "29743d18acb82bb669a6e7b978db8d2d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris: Great post. <br><br>I love your comment about Internet fame. I can see the novelty tee shirt now: \"I'm big on the Internet\" ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_17:50:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "a7fe020adc00b373069b92406c84b4c5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris - great article. I was just thinking about this after a trip to SC, where nobody really cared about twitter, blogs, linked in, etc. Everyone was more concerned with gas prices, covering basic needs of everyday life. <br><br>And you are right when talking to people in the \"real world\" it is essential to teach (not preach) how social media can empower them by offering a way to reach out to the world. <br><br>I think I will forward this article to my friend Marisa, who, over lunch was screaming at me that people who do not get technology (especially flickr) needs to get with the program.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_17:52:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "e0bd290c351a4cb32af0dc7923382230", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I really enjoyed this post. I might be one of the few people in my office that even know what SM is. Some are still working on opening attachments on their Blackberry. I used to think my limited knowledge of social media was a badge of honor until I realized that few people will respect your knowledge of something they don't even realize exists. <br><br>Great post!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_18:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "f77e42d0d64894ecc60b5fbb3a49d584", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Chris.  I can't stress how important this topic is, and I deal with it on a daily basis talking with prospects.  Like you said, a truly successful person in this space are the names you listed -- those people embracing social media in verticals you wouldn't expect them to be.<br><br>It's our job as evangelists for new technology to break it down to the simplest of terms, and alleviate fears of what's new.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_20:00:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "547e99ca593858c161f63da2dd863546", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Awesome article Chris, it is so true, I find myself sometimes thinking everyone at work is in to social media, but their not, I try to explain, but end up explain to fast and not in a way they would understand. I gotta work on that. Thanks. take care", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_23:16:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "7ffbd776f58e9ae5eed9f1b651238750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This was so sooo much needed. It was what I was thinking about for so often. I started a Geek to Real World Translation Guide just because of this post: <a href=\"http://natashasartcandy.com/2008/10/09/natashas-geek-to-real-world-translation-guide/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://natashasartcandy.com/2008/10/09/natashas...</a><br><br>Because of your post, I'm working starting today on what matters most, to connect in the real world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_00:09:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "cf7415688cd6c7ece1a009e9ff2270bf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This morning my 46 year old engineer-executive brother called me to chat. I love it when he calls. We always laugh about stuff.<br><br>After 10 minutes I knew the call was winding down. I said to him, \"BJ, you should introduce your company to social marketing.\" As usual I talked louder and faster. I always do that when I talk about something I love.<br><br>I told my brother that I saw a 16 year old kid on Chris Pirillo's big blog seminar a couple of weeks ago. I told how the kid said that the most remarkable invention of the 21st century so far was text messaging. I felt like I was telling my brother something really unique.<br><br>\"Oh, I use text messaging,\" said my brother. <br><br>That put a pin in my balloon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_00:32:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae6fe7ed437ab4ec9939f2c64346ca1d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Chris. I was having the same conversation with myself while building what I'm thinking is a advanced social media project which I'm trying to tackle the over saturated NASCAR Marketing landscape. Instead of trying to explain the technolgoy I think of what we are doing is building a bridge to it...kind of like using baseball stats to teach kids math...or something like that. Gas on!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_02:58:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "eec64071cf9eff806a80104ce5f278c3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You took the words right out of my mouth. I often think about a lot of the things you mentioned, only in my case the problem of not fitting in is exponentially bigger: I'm from rural Kansas ;) I do try to teach people about social media and the intricacies of the internet though, my wife is kind of a bystander of it all, so she is learning just by watching and listening...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_08:53:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "b947c4057edd3d39d25e582ea3fa2666", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Regular reading de-lurking because your post struck a real chord.  The idea of paying it forward, of putting petty jealousies aside and helping someone out is SO IMPORTANT.  I hang only out (in the blogosphere and in real life) with people who can celebrate the success of others.  It's a much better space to be in--and social networking is all about this.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.wondersandmarvels.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wondersandmarvels.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_09:32:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "59117cabfb96597a55f8ed3504d407e2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think we should all be educators. My boyfriend (who has now started reading your site) knew nothing of Social Media but since we are starting a joint venture I told him he had to learn. When I talk to my mom, she is someone who \"wants it but just didn't know it\". She always talks about how she has been pulled to the techie age and I am so proud to see that since she works with commercial properties in high finance that she has integrated various apps that assist her business. She loves when I come over and share something I did and she's always writing it down to check it out. She says that ultimately she could care less about Twittering but she wants to know that it exists and what it does. She laughs when she listens to CNN or FoxNews and the anchors say \"wow those people on the Internet are blogging about this or doing this thing called Twitter\". She loves that she tends to know about things months in advance because I made her aware.<br><br>I agree that my world is virtual and so the gains I have made online, I am fortunate to parlay that into the physical world; however, it's always good to remember that we operate in a completely different system that most people don't know anything about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_10:13:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "e95b7b408db01c65b256f802d67317e6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your post.  I referenced it on my blog in an effort to spread the word.<br><br>Natasha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-09_12:00:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "d656d17f0d8c43d82542807d59c66ca8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A timely reminder that if you re big in social media, you re probably not that big a fish in the real world...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-10_03:26:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e711ffa50cdbaaa8ee0bb06ac080a86", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We are indeed big fish in little ponds. And I agree that we need to be educators.  My particular small pond is the public relations industry. The Sapient study of CMOs on what they want from an agency made it very clear that agency owners have to get up to speed on digital marketing and new media.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-10_11:51:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "180d48786316833c3c99a8db38c18d02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is so difficult to do... It is so difficult to get people to understand the idea of connectivity... I think it is because of the money... If there were more 'clearcut' money ventures than people would be ALL over it... not just us... the 'weirdos'<br><br>Good words... for sure", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-10_15:06:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "31c7cddab11d59cbb9ea5cb251390818", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9053524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Outstanding artlicle. Thanks man!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-05-06_09:21:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "62d9af57e25e45310c48d82ffa597020", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20186222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Chris, for bringing a little humility back into our passion. Gentle giants can do that -- they can be huge without stepping on folks. In fact they can use their hugeness to help the people that need the lift the most.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_03:33:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "11238c02e0b1dff0418e13115fbbee47", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The great part that I can see that you've been doing here is to make the tech stuff relevant for us to implement for us. Bridging us to know more on how to connect with social media for businesses and marketing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_03:48:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "42344adac9cf02ca0035d7d2bbcb8d1d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wrote about this in my blog and used the Seth Godin quote <br>\"Nothing great gets built just because you have the right tools\" We need to put ourselves into perspective. We are a crowded, loud coffee shop full of largely self-appointed experts in a world where 2 billion people have not yet made a phone call. Offer real-world products and delight real people", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_03:55:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "00ccaf7ae2e4fb0bed9ada63eed1c531", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525904": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Check and see whether anyone at the local pizza place has a blog\" --&gt; you stil get your piazza at a local pizza place? You know you can order these online ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_03:55:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "8a5d96f1ee6051deb08c67cdcb359607", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BTW: Great Article! I totally agree... get connected to the real world!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_03:56:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "8a5d96f1ee6051deb08c67cdcb359607", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly. I've lost sleep the last few weeks over why dog breeders in the UK (recently out manoevered and slammed to death by a BBC documentary) haven't been able to get their heads around blogging and how the Net can be a great way of getting your message out there. <br><br>Writing on the Net can be an essential way of managing a crisis in an organization. I suppose it's up to the likes of us to help people understand this.<br><br>I don't just think it's the tools that are hard for people to get their heads around. It's also the idea of writing in public. Not everyone is comfortable with that. But they will be. Eventually.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_04:32:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "87395825b6733990ccdcc8637d2b4ab7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As always, your comments resonated with me, Chris.<br><br> Not only  are your insights helping us to bring more folks into the social media fold, but in the grander scheme of things, you're actually developing a culture around being humble, respectful and helping people -I truly hope this spreads out across the globe and makes the world a better place!<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Richard :)<br><br><a href=\"mailto:Richard@BlackWidowNetwork.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Richard@BlackWidowNetwork.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_06:38:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "d69b305d83f6674b25888fb1a4342b2c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525908": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Chris, for bringing a little humility back into our passion.  Gentle giants can do that -- they can be huge without stepping on folks.  In fact they can use their hugeness to help the people that need the lift the most.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_07:58:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "4a442149b497e20734e031ef5ef3062b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post, Chris. I think those of us who spend so much time in this space risk confusing the means for the end. Social media is a means to sharing information and making connections, not an end unto itself. While gathering new information and meeting new people is innately gratifying, it only truly reaches relevance in the context of achieving something with that newfound information and those newfound friends.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:14:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "e0c8f0930d5d118228ce654c8f451954", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, Chris, for this very thoughtful post.<br><br>90% of people that I interact with daily are not \"plugged in.\" And I don't mean \"not on Twitter.\" They still have their first and only email account (likely AOL or hotmail). They check email once a day, or less. They use their computer for business purposes, mainly MS Word or Excel, and check their work email if required, but that's about it. They may think a \"blog\" is an online diary of someone's love life. \"Podcast\" is a foreign term, or it means something that you do with those iPod things, whatever they are. CDs are just fine for them.<br><br>This may sound simplified, but it's not.<br><br>These are smart people. They may read 3 newspapers daily, read 3-5 books a week. They are professors, business owners, entrepreneurs, millionaires.<br><br>We need to use offline ways to attract these users to our products or services, even if those products or services are online. We need to speak their language. For instance, we speak to hundreds of book-lovers every year, and I know that most of them would appreciate our podcast. But giving them signup information at our talks does not work. Our current solution is to burn a few podcast episodes on CD and distribute them at our talks, in the hopes that they will first appreciate the content and then follow our simple instructions on how to subscribe. We have to market the content (book information) not the vehicle (podcast).<br><br>My mother and aunt both recently joined Facebook. It's not because they wanted to \"be on social media\". No, they heard that a family member was posting photos on Facebook. And they wanted to see those photos. While I do expect to be \"poked\" by my mom any minute, she may never do more on FB than look at photos. Or she may discover some other cool things that she can do online.<br><br>If we want to attract people to our products or services, we need to meet them where they live, and speak their language.<br><br>Thanks again for this well-crafted post on an important topic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:22:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "5f7be197c2973e0fdad93a8478211e9f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have a rule.  Until I can tell my mom this stuff easily then it's not mainstream.  Until it's mainstream, I try to take the time to teach people about this space.  I'm always hopeful that it could somehow make their lives a little easier, a little more full or simply a little more fun!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:23:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "808b3c3dce7c146e3276fe41f7815744", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi Chris,<br>Thanks for this one. It's so important not to lose sight of what makes the world of work outside our little socialsphere. Our culture has new vocabulary and new values. We can get so used to people who understand what we're saying that when we talk to folks who don't -- the much bigger world -- we can find ourselves unprepared to communicate in the words and ways that will connect with them. Social media is about connecting to people. It would be sad if the only people we knew how to connect with were other folks who knew social media.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:29:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b89155c94cb89b1f3f1c4192d598b7f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Really great post, Chris. I especially love the reminder to be humble - it's something my family and dogs \"help\" me with every day. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:30:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "d5c74635b0887eac4c83ef5ad42e9b68", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris<br>You're right - we need a clip round the ear if we're starting to sound like we've just discovered DNA and are trying to explain it to three-year-olds.<br>Even some highly advanced and heavily funded communications departments in FTSE 100 businesses in the UK are not yet thinking about social media in a coherent way. But they won't appreciate it (and won't buy!) if we try to blind them with science.<br>My colleague, Mark Hanson, does a great introduction to social media with images of a church, a factory floor, a pub, etc in order to explain how \"social\" used to work: people went to people they knew and trusted in their community for advice and there was \"word of mouth\", the most powerful medium. In many ways we've moved away from that, but social networks on the Internet are recapturing it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:34:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c1120f040de684b36eb181ca99d72e2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Timely for me as I'm doing a couple of presentations in the next few months on social media to people who haven't made it past e-mail. It's so easy for me to forget that while my circle is jumping on everything new, most people aren't. thanks for the reminder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:37:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "SusanVillasLewis", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Chris - I think it is really important to remember that people can be resistant to change, especially when it comes to social media and web 2.0.<br><br>It is about providing the tools but not enforcing their use.<br><br>It is about highlighting benefits and helping people understand any possible risks involved.<br><br>Most of all, patience :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_08:42:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "26a59e2c1b461704b48eb6bbab082134", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris, I hail from Malaysia and the amount of people who actually get the social media are finger countable. Even though I try providing such services, questions such as \"What for?\" etc... arises. <br><br>I think the solution to this would be not to talk social media to them. But what we have to do is to promote to them tools such as twitter or facebook in an older fashion way. Some way that just makes them say, that's cool! And to grow usability. As far as my goal is concern, I just want the normal folks to increase their usage on the internet and its tools. We should speak internet to them, rather than what is social media.<br><br>Majority of folks here, when I speak social media or try to educate them such, the responds I get its boring. <br><br>I guess the social media study, adaptation and preaching should be left to we, social media junkies and just leave and persuade the general public to adopt tools for daily life use. <br><br>Its a fact that most, technology oriented people are the one's who actually try out these tools. For example, a guy who owns a blog possibly may be on twitter. But that's what needs a change. A regular teen on the go should tweet or be inclined with a specific tool.<br><br>People have such mind blocks such as time constrain, depreciating values of tools as so on within them. What we should do is to introduce specifying tools to them that would help them communicate better. For example, \"Person A\" may only use Twitter in his life to communicate efficiently and \"Person B\" uses facebook to network efficiently. It has to be based on individual wants and needs.<br><br>Hailing from a very backward society, I am in the process of trying to setup an organization in order to try and identify this individual needs and wants ; promote a specific tool ; and let word of mouth do the rest. All this organization does is to create awareness among the real world individuals.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:00:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8ec71c919c65e095a73006e10f1e35e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris,<br><br>This is a great post. As a newbie stepping into the Social Media world I have seen the benefits of interaction, I like how you stress bridging with real world. It hit me when recently speaking with my mom, she was completely lost and couldn't put 2 and 2 together. The tools of Social Media are great, but how great is a tool if people don't use it? <br><br>Thanks for the thought provoking post, something to think about today. <br><br>Juan David Londo\u00f1o<br>@juandlondono", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:06:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f7758c1de2891abbc9a5275055b592f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A terrific post that I think those of us on 'the edge' need to re-read at regular intervals.  So well written, I'd almost this was written for the WSJ editorial board.<br><br>And if you ever really want to be on Leno's show, give me a call!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:10:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "3a73eb2e496861dafcd9b14f8a3f4150", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "After I introduced a friend to Twitter yesterday, she asked me, what's the point. <br><br>The point is the people who are making a difference in the world.  Social media helps us make that difference.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:11:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "3617763229d792c5ac942cc42f22cb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amen! <br><br>Lots of people I speak with are afraid to venture into the blogosphere because they're afraid to seem like a newbie in a world that is so insider-oriented and quick to ridicule. <br><br>What we need is more generosity of spirit and true leadership, and fewer self-appointed experts out to promote themselves and make a buck.<br><br>Thanks for your leadership, Chris!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:15:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "60719de48c96bcc2d8077c20a00341c5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525922": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A cracking post and a very important reminder (as I've just spend three hours on a combo of friendfeed and twitter).<br><br>When I worked at the BBC in London we've need to keep asking ourselves what our parents would think of a story we were about to cover.  Often we'd realise we were immersed in our metropolitan BBC bubble assuming that those outside the capital thought the same way as us.  <br><br>It's good to flag up that social media is flowing through the same process", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:16:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8c799be6def4c6da9a8b54d50f1b7b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I spent all summer telling my family -- including my 76-year-old dad who lives with us, all about our the Web-first initiative I was working on between our newspaper, The Providence Journal, and <a href=\"http://projo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">projo.com</a>. Then we had layoffs, and it got put on hold. I was really disappointed, and when I told me dad, he said, \"you mean it was never up?\" He hadn't once looked at the Web site to see if my project had manifested itself! A lot of people aren't paying attention, and we should remember that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:25:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c482ccd503249c58cfb8841d1b5d64bf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I couldn't agree more. I've recently started going back outside of my Geek Zone. Attending business mixers and finding new groups outside of Geekdom. <br><br>The reaction from my business mixer friends was, \"Hey, great to see you again. Where have you been?\". When I share what I do with the new groups, they aren't sure what I'm talking about or if it has any relevance in their organization. <br><br>This just highlights how far away I've gotten from the average non-tech/geek person in my community.<br><br>So yes, it is important to share what we know with folks outside the Social Media realm.  Thanks for the reminder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:26:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "8d776e5a026c764f19d33b6328acd484", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This was a GREAT post. It all comes back to being a good communicator and being smart. To get others involved in social media you have to sell it to them in terms that are relevant to them. Why should THEY care....good stuff. <br><br>I always enjoy your blog posts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:29:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "b2e8acfa3befd800331effc18d61ef0d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i really appreciate your thoughts. being the youngest person in my office by a lot of years, most are 15 years my senior, i took the wrong attitude of frustration rather than of building and sharing. This perspective change is something i should have seen and done a long time ago.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:30:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "5d9759a3e5db3cb724655c7e4499fefd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Off topic, but I just have to ask. How do you always find such great images on Flickr with the right CC license? Is there a good way to filter for the ones with the Attribution license. Thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:33:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1c624a1369bd40c8eeb6cb6c921043b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks . . . Never bad to be reminded we all exist in a bubble and be brought back to earth. I am always reminded of this each and every time I have a client that needs me to help them set up their email.<br><br>Part of being passionate about something is having the ability to share your passion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "6ab35739a6fa63459e23acdf08544f84", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525929": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What can be frustrating is all this focus on the new new thing.  To your point for most people the web is about two things  Email and Search.<br><br>What's great about blogging is it's primary benefit for Search Engine Optimization.   When business bloggers focus on comments or RSS subscriptions as a measure of success most are sorely disappointed.  Even A-list Corporate Blogs like Southwest Airlines drive the majority of their traffic, not through repeat visitors but through first timers who came through search.<br><br>This is a good thing! And a message all of us social media types should embrace.   From the dog breeder above to the biggest of Corporate giants....blogging helps you tell your story...show's your human-ness and most importantly allows you to build credibility which ultimatly leads to more business.   Search is the key marketing tool of our current generation.  If you were writing about all your great work in humane dog breeding for the past year my guess you would be winning these searches...the media would have found you and solicited your side of the story....and you would have probably sold a lot more dogs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:41:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "chrisbaggott", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525930": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I talk to \"outsiders\" all the time about blogging, affiliate marketing, and social media applications, but when I explain it I compare it to Radio.  Everyone understand how radio works.<br><br>Basically, you put content out there and gain enough of an audience, you can start selling ads.  But with any type of business, you have to market your company to get the word out about it.<br><br>It usually helps even the non-tech savvy to easily understand the basic concepts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:44:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "dbf4e0a7416c2e889fd04ec3823d6a8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post again Chris - reminds us of one of the core concepts of social media: share.<br><br>Rick", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:46:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "e65b5ca688e05bf3fd82df97564628f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris, its always refreshing to see people who are willing to share their knowledge and also admit they don't know everything. What's hard is to get others to think that way, sometimes. I've been trying to get some folks to present at our Social Media Club, and sometimes people seem unwilling to share, as if that will take away from their expertise. Definitely seems odd to me. Sharing my expertise and having conversations with others only makes me more smarter, because I get perspective outside of my own head, which is generally a good thing for everyone.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:51:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "e888068f169889aaca8c547adec80ebe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, did I really say \"more smarter\" in my comment? I am officially embarrassed...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_09:53:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "e888068f169889aaca8c547adec80ebe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris,<br><br>Great insight! When I talk to younger people, some are surprised that I am on Twitter. I find it fascinating that I have to remember there are young people who are not 'in the need' so have little or no knowledge of the whole social networking world.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c43597436e96f5d8bda5e616e3d939c7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your post is so true, I know because I am struggling to make the transition.  I just wish the learning curve wasn't so steep. As I work toward opening an independent bookstore I know I need to promote myself beyond South Padre Island, TX, yet it feels at times like understanding the role of the internet and reviewing the information available online has consumed the majority of my energy.  But I do love twitter!!  Having the opportunity to interact with others in the business is one of the advantages I most appreciate. Thanks for all the information you provide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:10:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "7c92671b45859b69027e1acedb67c32d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris - A much needed reality check.Social Media is today at the same juncture where email was 15years back. It took a long time for email to become a part of everyone's lives and social media will need to go through the same cycle.<br><br>Every revolution needs its visionaries and I think this one has a lot of capable people behind it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:30:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "adfd9098d382f1c8d1c2aa2d3a246995", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We still need to keep our head out of that fishbowl. I catch myself doing it three or four times a day... \"I listened to this great PodCast the other day...\" cue blank stares.<br><br>This is a reminder I need so badly every day that I should have it tattooed on the back of my hand, if I didn't think it'd hurt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd5b1bd410ed21b6c063164e8075bdd5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525939": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "90 percent of business gets done through relationships.  As a thought experiment, plot how much of your life takes place within 20 miles of your home.  We're online commerce junkies, and still only 5% of our monthly expenses are actually for online purchases.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:37:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "0375372e4db16cd6d3848634aa4c68eb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great post Chris and I wish more A-list bloggers wrote on the same topic.  My dad is a small business owner of a plumbing supply store and has been successful in business for over 20 years.  His company doesn't even have a website (although I've tried to convince him to get one).  Either way, I agree social media techniques could help and improve his business, but he has been very successful with traditional methods, and could probably teach me a whole lot about running a successful business.<br><br>Bloggers and web freaks forget that there is a life outside of the web world and that people are very successful in their lives and communicating without social media.  It's nice that you can bring these people down to reality.  Thanks.<br><br>Craig<br><a href=\"http://www.budgetpulse.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.budgetpulse.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c9c9145f7ed7f65e7614c829409f317c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More than fair. Smart. Thanks for this!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:46:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b8fb43a882fbbc59de163bf982281cb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Loved your article. I started a blog about public relations last June, in Spanish, and sometimes I feel like preaching in the desert.  Your post gives me energy to keep on writing and looking forward to touching more people with this information.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_10:56:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "27c7157e32896a07986dd307f3cb5ec4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with Kim - way more than fair! There's not much I can say that others haven't already covered in the above commentary, but I will say thank you also.  I spent the greater portion of my day yesterday working on my persuasive presentation on why my company needs to adopt a blog (the reason my boss allowed me to attend BlogWorld08).  I've personally found with this exercise that it's a delicate balance to teach and not get preachy.  I'm struggling with questions now like \"should I throw in a slide on explaining what RSS means in case they don't know???\"<br><br>I think the best word to keep in mind when speaking with people who know little about this space is OPPORTUNITY.  There's really no limit to what may come from a bit of dedication to social media, web 2.0, etc. <br><br>You mention Gary Vaynerchuk - I bet in his wildest dreams, he never could have imagined that in the year 2008 he would have racked up 80-something flights all over the map tending to speaking engagements and consulting projects when he started out posting videos to support his wine store.  Craziness!  <br><br>What you all do is inspiring, on many different levels.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_11:10:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c715da590a9f08edbbbbf80bb4080af7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I absolutely agree with you, Chris. In fact, another issue plaguing social media right now-- everyone and their Grandmother taking the social media plunge-- is directly related to the people who misunderstand it. Far too many people (social media marketers, though I shudder at the term) spend their time hyping up the space that those on the sideline are just drooling to tap this market. If there were more people with our attitude to EDUCATE and INFORM, there'd be a much better understanding of who should and who should not enter this space. <br><br>I remember reading a statistic recently that said nearly 3/4 of all organizations launching social media campaigns will fail. I believe that number is directly related to misinformation and unchecked motives.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_11:43:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "73fce064b69341e254517d128f7a15ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes!  Thank you Chris!  What is all of this social media \"stuff\" we do if it doesn't somehow appeal to or help Joe Sixpack (as Sarah Palin puts it).<br><br>I agree with Michael Fitzgerald - we are a bunch of self-appointed experts, and no one else really gives a damn about what we do unless we can relate it to them and their interests and problems.  Isn't that the point of social media, after all - connecting and being \"social\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_11:46:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "KariRippetoe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am a member of a group here in San Diego that gets together once a month for a dining adventure. I am the youngest person in the group and I am in my late 40s. When the discussion turns to blogs and twitter, I am called a \"Thoroughly Modern Millie\". I wonder how many of our office millenials would even get that? What I hear from the most engaged of the group is that they find most blogs to be too self-promoting and downright boring. I encouraged digging a little deeper and finding the blogs that speak to the things they really care about, their passions. One member joined Twitter immediately and I think enjoys the sharing. Baby steps I suppose.<br><br>But it is so true, we live in a world where most do not. Not yet anyway. I keep thinking about what Laura Hinton said at the Twitter panel at blogworldexpo, \"You have to layer online and real world, it can't just be online.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_11:48:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "68f379f1cd2c6fa2b12e139dbb176494", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Such a relevant topic that I think many of us forget. Most people have no idea what we're talking about and don't really care.<br><br>I think the important part of all this is the underlying concepts, not the tools themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_12:15:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b832922743cd34c9cc2780365272dcf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If I know more about microbiology than someone, I don't use the terms that were in my master's textbook. I was a music major, but I don't try and explain counterpoint or fugal theory to someone who just wants a great recommendation for a CD to  buy. It's not about talking down to someone, but talking with them in terms that are relevant to them.<br><br>Why oh why can some of us not understand that speaking in plain english about the WHY of not just social media, but ANYTHING, is far more important that flexing our technological muscle.<br><br>Social media has potential because it's rooted in the human connections behind the screens. The tools will change, evolve, devolve, and be replaced with something new. But people and business' fundamental need to connect with other humans just isn't going to change. But embracing that still seems more difficult than we imagined. I'm so thankful for conversations like these that remind us fishbowl swimmers that not everyone shares our view of the world, and that our true contributions can be in sharing with them why we do what we do.<br><br>Please continue keeping it real, Chris.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_13:19:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3803133c696060bb1e9740c73926298", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From my parents to friends (other gen-xers)so many look at me like a deer in headlights when I get going on what this and that company should be doing.  But then again, most people that I work with give me that same stare, I we are in the tech business!  Then I put myself in their shoes &amp; I reel it in and say \"a blog is JUST an article, you read them all the time.\"  <br>Just because I know it, LOVE it &amp; think we should be doing 100x more in this space...I have to realize that teaching old dogs new tricks, really takes baby steps...and most people are still in the crawl stage.<br>Thanks!<br>-jen", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_13:20:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "JenHarris", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "right on...my takeaway is that this is a real  boost for the people at Molson who are engaged and learning social media and the opportunities to reach out to the world...the conversations are happening...dialogue is ongoing and we need to be there...sometimes just a little hard to sell the \"traditionalists\" on the benefits...we shall overcome...cheers...MolsonFerg", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_13:21:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6d4544886d3b49498c83103902acede", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8525951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If ever I\u2019m in risk of getting a big head about my status on the web, I need do nothing more than stand up at whichever coffee shop has my money that day and say loudly, \u201cDo you know who I am?\u201d<br><br>I'd love to be in the coffee shop when you did this...would be pretty funny =)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-08_13:48:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "451f3c9ef9982d4aaf040692b1273c0c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "16328367", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "114923", "hash": 8644218148944940765}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "people_in_the_real_world", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 74, "per_page": 100, "total_posts": 74, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 16328367, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "7ea8672477773512ae97470d74f93913", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '4f0bfca82e06c976a1efdd7c783a5fd0';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=chrisbrogan' +
		'&t=people_in_the_real_world' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/people_in_the_real_world/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html = Dsq.Templates.postBox() + html;

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();


		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + '</a>'
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'people_in_the_real_world'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/people_in_the_real_world/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">74</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">74</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/people_in_the_real_world/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/people_in_the_real_world/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://chrisbrogan.disqus.com/people_in_the_real_world/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on Chris Brogan" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:16328367" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'chrisbrogan',
			't'				: 'people_in_the_real_world',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/people_in_the_real_world/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'people_in_the_real_world'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'people_in_the_real_world'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'people_in_the_real_world'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/16328367/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/chrisbrogan/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/chrisbrogan/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}









(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525902">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525902" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525902" href="http://thedanielrichard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Daniel Richard</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525902" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525902" class="dsq-comment-message">The great part that I can see that you\'ve been doing here is to make the tech stuff relevant for us to implement for us. Bridging us to know more on how to connect with social media for businesses and marketing.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525903">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525903" href="http://justenoughtechnology.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michael fitzGerald</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525903" class="dsq-comment-message">I wrote about this in my blog and used the Seth Godin quote <br>"Nothing great gets built just because you have the right tools" We need to put ourselves into perspective. We are a crowded, loud coffee shop full of largely self-appointed experts in a world where 2 billion people have not yet made a phone call. Offer real-world products and delight real people</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525904">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525904" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525904" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525904" href="http://www.mediatips.nl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ebo van der Broek</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525904" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525904" class="dsq-comment-message">"Check and see whether anyone at the local pizza place has a blog" --&gt; you stil get your piazza at a local pizza place? You know you can order these online ;-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525905">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525905" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525905" href="http://www.mediatips.nl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ebo van der Broek</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525905" class="dsq-comment-message">BTW: Great Article! I totally agree... get connected to the real world!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525906">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525906" href="http://www.jontusmedia.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">jon buscall</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525906" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly. I\'ve lost sleep the last few weeks over why dog breeders in the UK (recently out manoevered and slammed to death by a BBC documentary) haven\'t been able to get their heads around blogging and how the Net can be a great way of getting your message out there. <br><br>Writing on the Net can be an essential way of managing a crisis in an organization. I suppose it\'s up to the likes of us to help people understand this.<br><br>I don\'t just think it\'s the tools that are hard for people to get their heads around. It\'s also the idea of writing in public. Not everyone is comfortable with that. But they will be. Eventually.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525907">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525907" href="http://www.BlackWidowNetwork.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Richard Dale-Mesaros</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525907" class="dsq-comment-message">As always, your comments resonated with me, Chris.<br><br> Not only  are your insights helping us to bring more folks into the social media fold, but in the grander scheme of things, you\'re actually developing a culture around being humble, respectful and helping people -I truly hope this spreads out across the globe and makes the world a better place!<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Richard :)<br><br><a href="mailto:Richard@BlackWidowNetwork.com" rel="nofollow">Richard@BlackWidowNetwork.com</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525908">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525908" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525908" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525908" href="http://IndyChristian.TV" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">IndyChristian</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525908" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525908" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Chris, for bringing a little humility back into our passion.  Gentle giants can do that -- they can be huge without stepping on folks.  In fact they can use their hugeness to help the people that need the lift the most.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525909">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525909" href="http://mark-logan.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mark Logan</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525909" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post, Chris. I think those of us who spend so much time in this space risk confusing the means for the end. Social media is a means to sharing information and making connections, not an end unto itself. While gathering new information and meeting new people is innately gratifying, it only truly reaches relevance in the context of achieving something with that newfound information and those newfound friends.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525910">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525910" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525910" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525910" href="http://www.booksonthenightstand.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ann Kingman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525910" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525910" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, Chris, for this very thoughtful post.<br><br>90% of people that I interact with daily are not "plugged in." And I don\'t mean "not on Twitter." They still have their first and only email account (likely AOL or hotmail). They check email once a day, or less. They use their computer for business purposes, mainly MS Word or Excel, and check their work email if required, but that\'s about it. They may think a "blog" is an online diary of someone\'s love life. "Podcast" is a foreign term, or it means something that you do with those iPod things, whatever they are. CDs are just fine for them.<br><br>This may sound simplified, but it\'s not.<br><br>These are smart people. They may read 3 newspapers daily, read 3-5 books a week. They are professors, business owners, entrepreneurs, millionaires.<br><br>We need to use offline ways to attract these users to our products or services, even if those products or services are online. We need to speak their language. For instance, we speak to hundreds of book-lovers every year, and I know that most of them would appreciate our podcast. But giving them signup information at our talks does not work. Our current solution is to burn a few podcast episodes on CD and distribute them at our talks, in the hopes that they will first appreciate the content and then follow our simple instructions on how to subscribe. We have to market the content (book information) not the vehicle (podcast).<br><br>My mother and aunt both recently joined Facebook. It\'s not because they wanted to "be on social media". No, they heard that a family member was posting photos on Facebook. And they wanted to see those photos. While I do expect to be "poked" by my mom any minute, she may never do more on FB than look at photos. Or she may discover some other cool things that she can do online.<br><br>If we want to attract people to our products or services, we need to meet them where they live, and speak their language.<br><br>Thanks again for this well-crafted post on an important topic.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525911">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525911" href="http://blog.vibemetrix.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chel</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525911" class="dsq-comment-message">I have a rule.  Until I can tell my mom this stuff easily then it\'s not mainstream.  Until it\'s mainstream, I try to take the time to teach people about this space.  I\'m always hopeful that it could somehow make their lives a little easier, a little more full or simply a little more fun!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525912" href="http://www.successful-blog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Liz Strauss</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525912" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Chris,<br>Thanks for this one. It\'s so important not to lose sight of what makes the world of work outside our little socialsphere. Our culture has new vocabulary and new values. We can get so used to people who understand what we\'re saying that when we talk to folks who don\'t -- the much bigger world -- we can find ourselves unprepared to communicate in the words and ways that will connect with them. Social media is about connecting to people. It would be sad if the only people we knew how to connect with were other folks who knew social media.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525913" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/shonaliburke" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shonali Burke</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525913" class="dsq-comment-message">Really great post, Chris. I especially love the reminder to be humble - it\'s something my family and dogs "help" me with every day. :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525914" href="http://www.pr-media-blog.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jon Clements</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525914" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris<br>You\'re right - we need a clip round the ear if we\'re starting to sound like we\'ve just discovered DNA and are trying to explain it to three-year-olds.<br>Even some highly advanced and heavily funded communications departments in FTSE 100 businesses in the UK are not yet thinking about social media in a coherent way. But they won\'t appreciate it (and won\'t buy!) if we try to blind them with science.<br>My colleague, Mark Hanson, does a great introduction to social media with images of a church, a factory floor, a pub, etc in order to explain how "social" used to work: people went to people they knew and trusted in their community for advice and there was "word of mouth", the most powerful medium. In many ways we\'ve moved away from that, but social networks on the Internet are recapturing it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525915" href="http://lewister.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Susan Villas Lewis</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525915" class="dsq-comment-message">Timely for me as I\'m doing a couple of presentations in the next few months on social media to people who haven\'t made it past e-mail. It\'s so easy for me to forget that while my circle is jumping on everything new, most people aren\'t. thanks for the reminder.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525916" href="http://mfubib.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matthew Bibby</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525916" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Chris - I think it is really important to remember that people can be resistant to change, especially when it comes to social media and web 2.0.<br><br>It is about providing the tools but not enforcing their use.<br><br>It is about highlighting benefits and helping people understand any possible risks involved.<br><br>Most of all, patience :)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525917" href="http://www.saranx.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Saravanan Sahadevan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525917" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris, I hail from Malaysia and the amount of people who actually get the social media are finger countable. Even though I try providing such services, questions such as "What for?" etc... arises. <br><br>I think the solution to this would be not to talk social media to them. But what we have to do is to promote to them tools such as twitter or facebook in an older fashion way. Some way that just makes them say, that\'s cool! And to grow usability. As far as my goal is concern, I just want the normal folks to increase their usage on the internet and its tools. We should speak internet to them, rather than what is social media.<br><br>Majority of folks here, when I speak social media or try to educate them such, the responds I get its boring. <br><br>I guess the social media study, adaptation and preaching should be left to we, social media junkies and just leave and persuade the general public to adopt tools for daily life use. <br><br>Its a fact that most, technology oriented people are the one\'s who actually try out these tools. For example, a guy who owns a blog possibly may be on twitter. But that\'s what needs a change. A regular teen on the go should tweet or be inclined with a specific tool.<br><br>People have such mind blocks such as time constrain, depreciating values of tools as so on within them. What we should do is to introduce specifying tools to them that would help them communicate better. For example, "Person A" may only use Twitter in his life to communicate efficiently and "Person B" uses facebook to network efficiently. It has to be based on individual wants and needs.<br><br>Hailing from a very backward society, I am in the process of trying to setup an organization in order to try and identify this individual needs and wants ; promote a specific tool ; and let word of mouth do the rest. All this organization does is to create awareness among the real world individuals.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525918" href="http://twitter.com/juandlondono" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Juan David Londono</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525918" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris,<br><br>This is a great post. As a newbie stepping into the Social Media world I have seen the benefits of interaction, I like how you stress bridging with real world. It hit me when recently speaking with my mom, she was completely lost and couldn\'t put 2 and 2 together. The tools of Social Media are great, but how great is a tool if people don\'t use it? <br><br>Thanks for the thought provoking post, something to think about today. <br><br>Juan David Londoño<br>@juandlondono</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525919">Jenny Schmitt</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525919" class="dsq-comment-message">A terrific post that I think those of us on \'the edge\' need to re-read at regular intervals.  So well written, I\'d almost this was written for the WSJ editorial board.<br><br>And if you ever really want to be on Leno\'s show, give me a call!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525920" href="http://www.deafmomworld.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karen Putz / DeafMom</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525920" class="dsq-comment-message">After I introduced a friend to Twitter yesterday, she asked me, what\'s the point. <br><br>The point is the people who are making a difference in the world.  Social media helps us make that difference.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525921" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525921" href="http://barbgibson.x.iabc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Barbara Gibson, ABC</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525921" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen! <br><br>Lots of people I speak with are afraid to venture into the blogosphere because they\'re afraid to seem like a newbie in a world that is so insider-oriented and quick to ridicule. <br><br>What we need is more generosity of spirit and true leadership, and fewer self-appointed experts out to promote themselves and make a buck.<br><br>Thanks for your leadership, Chris!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525922" href="http://www.loop-pr.co.uk/loop_blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Paul Johnson</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525922" class="dsq-comment-message">A cracking post and a very important reminder (as I\'ve just spend three hours on a combo of friendfeed and twitter).<br><br>When I worked at the BBC in London we\'ve need to keep asking ourselves what our parents would think of a story we were about to cover.  Often we\'d realise we were immersed in our metropolitan BBC bubble assuming that those outside the capital thought the same way as us.  <br><br>It\'s good to flag up that social media is flowing through the same process</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525923" href="http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/fitness/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pamela Reinsel Cotter</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525923" class="dsq-comment-message">I spent all summer telling my family -- including my 76-year-old dad who lives with us, all about our the Web-first initiative I was working on between our newspaper, The Providence Journal, and <a href="http://projo.com" rel="nofollow">projo.com</a>. Then we had layoffs, and it got put on hold. I was really disappointed, and when I told me dad, he said, "you mean it was never up?" He hadn\'t once looked at the Web site to see if my project had manifested itself! A lot of people aren\'t paying attention, and we should remember that.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525924" href="http://jennifernavarrete.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jennifer Navarrete</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525924" class="dsq-comment-message">I couldn\'t agree more. I\'ve recently started going back outside of my Geek Zone. Attending business mixers and finding new groups outside of Geekdom. <br><br>The reaction from my business mixer friends was, "Hey, great to see you again. Where have you been?". When I share what I do with the new groups, they aren\'t sure what I\'m talking about or if it has any relevance in their organization. <br><br>This just highlights how far away I\'ve gotten from the average non-tech/geek person in my community.<br><br>So yes, it is important to share what we know with folks outside the Social Media realm.  Thanks for the reminder.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525925">Stefanie (StefTampa)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525925" class="dsq-comment-message">This was a GREAT post. It all comes back to being a good communicator and being smart. To get others involved in social media you have to sell it to them in terms that are relevant to them. Why should THEY care....good stuff. <br><br>I always enjoy your blog posts.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525926" href="http://thinworker.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Phil</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525926" class="dsq-comment-message">i really appreciate your thoughts. being the youngest person in my office by a lot of years, most are 15 years my senior, i took the wrong attitude of frustration rather than of building and sharing. This perspective change is something i should have seen and done a long time ago.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525927" href="http://twitter.com/collin_k" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Collin Kromke</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525927" class="dsq-comment-message">Off topic, but I just have to ask. How do you always find such great images on Flickr with the right CC license? Is there a good way to filter for the ones with the Attribution license. Thanks!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525928" href="http://bhggraphicdesign.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BryanG</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525928" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks . . . Never bad to be reminded we all exist in a bubble and be brought back to earth. I am always reminded of this each and every time I have a client that needs me to help them set up their email.<br><br>Part of being passionate about something is having the ability to share your passion.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525929" href="http://blogging.compendiumblog.com/blog/blogging-best-practices" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">chrisbaggott</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525929" class="dsq-comment-message">What can be frustrating is all this focus on the new new thing.  To your point for most people the web is about two things  Email and Search.<br><br>What\'s great about blogging is it\'s primary benefit for Search Engine Optimization.   When business bloggers focus on comments or RSS subscriptions as a measure of success most are sorely disappointed.  Even A-list Corporate Blogs like Southwest Airlines drive the majority of their traffic, not through repeat visitors but through first timers who came through search.<br><br>This is a good thing! And a message all of us social media types should embrace.   From the dog breeder above to the biggest of Corporate giants....blogging helps you tell your story...show\'s your human-ness and most importantly allows you to build credibility which ultimatly leads to more business.   Search is the key marketing tool of our current generation.  If you were writing about all your great work in humane dog breeding for the past year my guess you would be winning these searches...the media would have found you and solicited your side of the story....and you would have probably sold a lot more dogs.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525930" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525930" href="http://www.steven-sanders.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Steven-Sanders</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525930" class="dsq-comment-message">I talk to "outsiders" all the time about blogging, affiliate marketing, and social media applications, but when I explain it I compare it to Radio.  Everyone understand how radio works.<br><br>Basically, you put content out there and gain enough of an audience, you can start selling ads.  But with any type of business, you have to market your company to get the word out about it.<br><br>It usually helps even the non-tech savvy to easily understand the basic concepts.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525931" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525931" href="http://rickmahn.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rick Mahn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525931" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post again Chris - reminds us of one of the core concepts of social media: share.<br><br>Rick</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525932" href="http://www.copydiva.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">robin seidner</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525932" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris, its always refreshing to see people who are willing to share their knowledge and also admit they don\'t know everything. What\'s hard is to get others to think that way, sometimes. I\'ve been trying to get some folks to present at our Social Media Club, and sometimes people seem unwilling to share, as if that will take away from their expertise. Definitely seems odd to me. Sharing my expertise and having conversations with others only makes me more smarter, because I get perspective outside of my own head, which is generally a good thing for everyone.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525933" href="http://www.copydiva.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">robin seidner</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525933" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, did I really say "more smarter" in my comment? I am officially embarrassed...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525934" href="http://www.HartmanInventory.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cindy Hartman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525934" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris,<br><br>Great insight! When I talk to younger people, some are surprised that I am on Twitter. I find it fascinating that I have to remember there are young people who are not \'in the need\' so have little or no knowledge of the whole social networking world.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525936" href="http://paragraphsonspi.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joni@Paragraphs</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525936" class="dsq-comment-message">Your post is so true, I know because I am struggling to make the transition.  I just wish the learning curve wasn\'t so steep. As I work toward opening an independent bookstore I know I need to promote myself beyond South Padre Island, TX, yet it feels at times like understanding the role of the internet and reviewing the information available online has consumed the majority of my energy.  But I do love twitter!!  Having the opportunity to interact with others in the business is one of the advantages I most appreciate. Thanks for all the information you provide.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525937" href="http://www.lifeblob.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pranav Bhasin</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525937" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris - A much needed reality check.Social Media is today at the same juncture where email was 15years back. It took a long time for email to become a part of everyone\'s lives and social media will need to go through the same cycle.<br><br>Every revolution needs its visionaries and I think this one has a lot of capable people behind it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525938" href="http://www.wholelotofnonsense.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brad P. from NJ</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525938" class="dsq-comment-message">We still need to keep our head out of that fishbowl. I catch myself doing it three or four times a day... "I listened to this great PodCast the other day..." cue blank stares.<br><br>This is a reminder I need so badly every day that I should have it tattooed on the back of my hand, if I didn\'t think it\'d hurt.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525939" href="http://www.twitter.com/sachin_shah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sachin Shah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525939" class="dsq-comment-message">90 percent of business gets done through relationships.  As a thought experiment, plot how much of your life takes place within 20 miles of your home.  We\'re online commerce junkies, and still only 5% of our monthly expenses are actually for online purchases.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525940" href="http://www.budgetpulse.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Craig</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525940" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Chris and I wish more A-list bloggers wrote on the same topic.  My dad is a small business owner of a plumbing supply store and has been successful in business for over 20 years.  His company doesn\'t even have a website (although I\'ve tried to convince him to get one).  Either way, I agree social media techniques could help and improve his business, but he has been very successful with traditional methods, and could probably teach me a whole lot about running a successful business.<br><br>Bloggers and web freaks forget that there is a life outside of the web world and that people are very successful in their lives and communicating without social media.  It\'s nice that you can bring these people down to reality.  Thanks.<br><br>Craig<br><a href="http://www.budgetpulse.com" rel="nofollow">www.budgetpulse.com</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525941" href="http://www.kimwerker.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525941" class="dsq-comment-message">More than fair. Smart. Thanks for this!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525942" href="http://relacionespublicaspuertorico.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joseph Martinez</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525942" class="dsq-comment-message">Loved your article. I started a blog about public relations last June, in Spanish, and sometimes I feel like preaching in the desert.  Your post gives me energy to keep on writing and looking forward to touching more people with this information.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525943" href="http://twitter.com/rebecatrautner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rebeca</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525943" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with Kim - way more than fair! There\'s not much I can say that others haven\'t already covered in the above commentary, but I will say thank you also.  I spent the greater portion of my day yesterday working on my persuasive presentation on why my company needs to adopt a blog (the reason my boss allowed me to attend BlogWorld08).  I\'ve personally found with this exercise that it\'s a delicate balance to teach and not get preachy.  I\'m struggling with questions now like "should I throw in a slide on explaining what RSS means in case they don\'t know???"<br><br>I think the best word to keep in mind when speaking with people who know little about this space is OPPORTUNITY.  There\'s really no limit to what may come from a bit of dedication to social media, web 2.0, etc. <br><br>You mention Gary Vaynerchuk - I bet in his wildest dreams, he never could have imagined that in the year 2008 he would have racked up 80-something flights all over the map tending to speaking engagements and consulting projects when he started out posting videos to support his wine store.  Craziness!  <br><br>What you all do is inspiring, on many different levels.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525944" href="http://www.prninja.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brandon Carlos</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525944" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525944" class="dsq-comment-message">I absolutely agree with you, Chris. In fact, another issue plaguing social media right now-- everyone and their Grandmother taking the social media plunge-- is directly related to the people who misunderstand it. Far too many people (social media marketers, though I shudder at the term) spend their time hyping up the space that those on the sideline are just drooling to tap this market. If there were more people with our attitude to EDUCATE and INFORM, there\'d be a much better understanding of who should and who should not enter this space. <br><br>I remember reading a statistic recently that said nearly 3/4 of all organizations launching social media campaigns will fail. I believe that number is directly related to misinformation and unchecked motives.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525945" href="http://thecaffeinatedblog.typepad.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kari Rippetoe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525945" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes!  Thank you Chris!  What is all of this social media "stuff" we do if it doesn\'t somehow appeal to or help Joe Sixpack (as Sarah Palin puts it).<br><br>I agree with Michael Fitzgerald - we are a bunch of self-appointed experts, and no one else really gives a damn about what we do unless we can relate it to them and their interests and problems.  Isn\'t that the point of social media, after all - connecting and being "social"?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525946" href="http://www.baileygardiner.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Indra Gardiner</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525946" class="dsq-comment-message">I am a member of a group here in San Diego that gets together once a month for a dining adventure. I am the youngest person in the group and I am in my late 40s. When the discussion turns to blogs and twitter, I am called a "Thoroughly Modern Millie". I wonder how many of our office millenials would even get that? What I hear from the most engaged of the group is that they find most blogs to be too self-promoting and downright boring. I encouraged digging a little deeper and finding the blogs that speak to the things they really care about, their passions. One member joined Twitter immediately and I think enjoys the sharing. Baby steps I suppose.<br><br>But it is so true, we live in a world where most do not. Not yet anyway. I keep thinking about what Laura Hinton said at the Twitter panel at blogworldexpo, "You have to layer online and real world, it can\'t just be online."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525947" href="http://www.thesunrisestoday.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tim Jahn</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525947" class="dsq-comment-message">Such a relevant topic that I think many of us forget. Most people have no idea what we\'re talking about and don\'t really care.<br><br>I think the important part of all this is the underlying concepts, not the tools themselves.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525948">Amber Naslund</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525948" class="dsq-comment-message">If I know more about microbiology than someone, I don\'t use the terms that were in my master\'s textbook. I was a music major, but I don\'t try and explain counterpoint or fugal theory to someone who just wants a great recommendation for a CD to  buy. It\'s not about talking down to someone, but talking with them in terms that are relevant to them.<br><br>Why oh why can some of us not understand that speaking in plain english about the WHY of not just social media, but ANYTHING, is far more important that flexing our technological muscle.<br><br>Social media has potential because it\'s rooted in the human connections behind the screens. The tools will change, evolve, devolve, and be replaced with something new. But people and business\' fundamental need to connect with other humans just isn\'t going to change. But embracing that still seems more difficult than we imagined. I\'m so thankful for conversations like these that remind us fishbowl swimmers that not everyone shares our view of the world, and that our true contributions can be in sharing with them why we do what we do.<br><br>Please continue keeping it real, Chris.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525949">JenHarris</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525949" class="dsq-comment-message">From my parents to friends (other gen-xers)so many look at me like a deer in headlights when I get going on what this and that company should be doing.  But then again, most people that I work with give me that same stare, I we are in the tech business!  Then I put myself in their shoes &amp; I reel it in and say "a blog is JUST an article, you read them all the time."  <br>Just because I know it, LOVE it &amp; think we should be doing 100x more in this space...I have to realize that teaching old dogs new tricks, really takes baby steps...and most people are still in the crawl stage.<br>Thanks!<br>-jen</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525950" href="http://blog.molson.com/community/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ferg Devins</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525950" class="dsq-comment-message">right on...my takeaway is that this is a real  boost for the people at Molson who are engaged and learning social media and the opportunities to reach out to the world...the conversations are happening...dialogue is ongoing and we need to be there...sometimes just a little hard to sell the "traditionalists" on the benefits...we shall overcome...cheers...MolsonFerg</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525951" href="http://thefuturebuzz.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adam Singer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525951" class="dsq-comment-message">"If ever I’m in risk of getting a big head about my status on the web, I need do nothing more than stand up at whichever coffee shop has my money that day and say loudly, “Do you know who I am?”<br><br>I\'d love to be in the coffee shop when you did this...would be pretty funny =)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525952" href="http://mcollier.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Marsha Collier</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525952" class="dsq-comment-message">You are preaching to the band. This was the topic of my Keynote at Online Market World. We are lucky enough to live in a "rarefied air" of knowledge and our job is to educate. I do, on my websites, books and radio show.<br><br>A perfect example is a comment my blog received today: "I read the link, very interesting, if difficult to follow for the technophobe like me, carry on your good work though, I think what you are doing is brilliant, even if the understanding of the issues you raise are limited."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525954" href="http://beth.typepad.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Beth Kanter</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525954" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris:<br><br>Wow, thanks for the props. <br><br><br>Last week I did a workshop  -- bits and pieces of a presentation that I\'ve done frequently.  I had to do it twice - the first group was great - went well.  But the second group, I was way over their heads -- and needed to do a better job of switching levels on the sly.    Did get some resistance, but that\'s part of the job - dealing with it and turning it around - acknowledging it - but making sure to pack it up in a suitcase and send it on its merry way.<br><br>At any rate, being bridge means that you acknowledge and worship the power of the newbie.<br><a href="http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/08/working-wikily.html" rel="nofollow">http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/08/work...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525955" href="http://www.ecosalon.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sara</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525955" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post, Chris, and right on. I remember being so excited that a post I wrote made the front page of Digg, I called my best friend and told her. She enthusiastically congratulated me and sincerely shared in my happiness...and then said, "So what\'s Digg?" <br><br><br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525956" href="http://www.chicshopperchick.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Erika Lehmann</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525956" class="dsq-comment-message">Thankfully I\'m not web famous either, but this is still a great reality check for me.  I have to shake my self a little when people ask me "What\'s a blog?"  or "what\'s Twitter?" because it feels like such a huge part of my life that I have trouble remembering that other people don\'t need it.  And that\'s cool.  <br><br>I like the idea of helping others to learn the power of social media.  I\'m trying to help a local non-profit learn to reach out by using it, to hopefully expand their reach.  The idea that we have the power to do great things with it is exciting.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525957" href="http://copybrighter.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brett Borders</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525957" class="dsq-comment-message">Great article. <br><br>Dugg for the subheader "Internet Fame is Lame Outside Our Sphere"!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525958" href="http://www.work-from-home-job.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sarah</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525958" class="dsq-comment-message">Excellent article and great reminder that most of the real world doesn\'t quite understand all of this social media yet. It seems that the more I work behind my computer, the more easily I could fall into the trap of forgetting that most people don\'t understand the purpose of a blog... and it would completely lose them if I began to go into the topic of RSS.  Sort of like when someone starts rambling about Star Trek... then I am confused and I don\'t care.  People don\'t have an interest learning about our product if we lose them in our social media talk.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525959">Alison Harrison</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525959" class="dsq-comment-message">A perfect reminder that in all communication, it\'s the benefits that people really want to hear about, not the features. <br><br>Thanks for the refresher!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525960" href="http://wwww.deborahschultz.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deb schultz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525960" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris - so timely,so true. I have been working on just this bridge for the past 5+ years [as you know] - reminding the echo chamber of the world outside and the world outside of the beauty, potential and work involved in the social web. Too many miss the motivations underlying the features/tools/communities - no, i cannot "make you a viral video", or press a button and poof you have a sense of purpose.  Frankly, as current headlines demonstrate most people have bigger issues in their lives  than how many people follow them on twitter.  It is the motivations and what we GET out of our efforts as people that drive the current features/tools/commuinities. As - "technology changes, human\'s don\'t".  Keep on keeping on man.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525961" href="http://blog.molson.com/community" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Adam Moffat</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525961" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris: Great post. <br><br>I love your comment about Internet fame. I can see the novelty tee shirt now: "I\'m big on the Internet" ;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525962" href="http://www.linestorgaardconley.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Line Storgaard-Conley</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525962" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris - great article. I was just thinking about this after a trip to SC, where nobody really cared about twitter, blogs, linked in, etc. Everyone was more concerned with gas prices, covering basic needs of everyday life. <br><br>And you are right when talking to people in the "real world" it is essential to teach (not preach) how social media can empower them by offering a way to reach out to the world. <br><br>I think I will forward this article to my friend Marisa, who, over lunch was screaming at me that people who do not get technology (especially flickr) needs to get with the program.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8525964">earmstrong</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525964" class="dsq-comment-message">I really enjoyed this post. I might be one of the few people in my office that even know what SM is. Some are still working on opening attachments on their Blackberry. I used to think my limited knowledge of social media was a badge of honor until I realized that few people will respect your knowledge of something they don\'t even realize exists. <br><br>Great post!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525965" href="http://blogging.compendiumblog.com/blog/blogs-as-a-marketing-solution" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eric Romer</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525965" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Chris.  I can\'t stress how important this topic is, and I deal with it on a daily basis talking with prospects.  Like you said, a truly successful person in this space are the names you listed -- those people embracing social media in verticals you wouldn\'t expect them to be.<br><br>It\'s our job as evangelists for new technology to break it down to the simplest of terms, and alleviate fears of what\'s new.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525966" href="http://www.scottpenton.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">scottpenton</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525966" class="dsq-comment-message">Awesome article Chris, it is so true, I find myself sometimes thinking everyone at work is in to social media, but their not, I try to explain, but end up explain to fast and not in a way they would understand. I gotta work on that. Thanks. take care</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525967" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525967" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525967" href="http://www.natashasartcandy.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Natasha Wescoat</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525967" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525967" class="dsq-comment-message">This was so sooo much needed. It was what I was thinking about for so often. I started a Geek to Real World Translation Guide just because of this post: <a href="http://natashasartcandy.com/2008/10/09/natashas-geek-to-real-world-translation-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://natashasartcandy.com/2008/10/09/natashas...</a><br><br>Because of your post, I\'m working starting today on what matters most, to connect in the real world.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525968">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525968" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525968" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525968" href="http://gregcryns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">greg cryns</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525968" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525968" class="dsq-comment-message">This morning my 46 year old engineer-executive brother called me to chat. I love it when he calls. We always laugh about stuff.<br><br>After 10 minutes I knew the call was winding down. I said to him, "BJ, you should introduce your company to social marketing." As usual I talked louder and faster. I always do that when I talk about something I love.<br><br>I told my brother that I saw a 16 year old kid on Chris Pirillo\'s big blog seminar a couple of weeks ago. I told how the kid said that the most remarkable invention of the 21st century so far was text messaging. I felt like I was telling my brother something really unique.<br><br>"Oh, I use text messaging," said my brother. <br><br>That put a pin in my balloon.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525969">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525969" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525969" href="http://www.thehotpass.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rob harris</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525969" class="dsq-comment-message">Great post Chris. I was having the same conversation with myself while building what I\'m thinking is a advanced social media project which I\'m trying to tackle the over saturated NASCAR Marketing landscape. Instead of trying to explain the technolgoy I think of what we are doing is building a bridge to it...kind of like using baseball stats to teach kids math...or something like that. Gas on!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525970">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525970" href="http://lostandtaken.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Caleb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525970" class="dsq-comment-message">You took the words right out of my mouth. I often think about a lot of the things you mentioned, only in my case the problem of not fitting in is exponentially bigger: I\'m from rural Kansas ;) I do try to teach people about social media and the intricacies of the internet though, my wife is kind of a bystander of it all, so she is learning just by watching and listening...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525971">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525971" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525971" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525971" href="http://www.wondersandmarvels.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Holly</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525971" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525971" class="dsq-comment-message">Regular reading de-lurking because your post struck a real chord.  The idea of paying it forward, of putting petty jealousies aside and helping someone out is SO IMPORTANT.  I hang only out (in the blogosphere and in real life) with people who can celebrate the success of others.  It\'s a much better space to be in--and social networking is all about this.<br><br><a href="http://www.wondersandmarvels.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.wondersandmarvels.com</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525972">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525972" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525972" href="http://kittenlounge.onsugar.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kimmie Smith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525972" class="dsq-comment-message">I think we should all be educators. My boyfriend (who has now started reading your site) knew nothing of Social Media but since we are starting a joint venture I told him he had to learn. When I talk to my mom, she is someone who "wants it but just didn\'t know it". She always talks about how she has been pulled to the techie age and I am so proud to see that since she works with commercial properties in high finance that she has integrated various apps that assist her business. She loves when I come over and share something I did and she\'s always writing it down to check it out. She says that ultimately she could care less about Twittering but she wants to know that it exists and what it does. She laughs when she listens to CNN or FoxNews and the anchors say "wow those people on the Internet are blogging about this or doing this thing called Twitter". She loves that she tends to know about things months in advance because I made her aware.<br><br>I agree that my world is virtual and so the gains I have made online, I am fortunate to parlay that into the physical world; however, it\'s always good to remember that we operate in a completely different system that most people don\'t know anything about.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525973">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525973" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525973" href="http://nmbaker.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Natasha Baker</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525973" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525973" class="dsq-comment-message">As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your post.  I referenced it on my blog in an effort to spread the word.<br><br>Natasha</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525974">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525974" href="http://dir.blogflux.com/tracker.php?id=175696&amp;amp;223008009=223008009" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">design</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525974" class="dsq-comment-message">A timely reminder that if you re big in social media, you re probably not that big a fish in the real world...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525975">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525975" href="http://falkow.blogsite.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sally Falkow PRoActive</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525975" class="dsq-comment-message">We are indeed big fish in little ponds. And I agree that we need to be educators.  My particular small pond is the public relations industry. The Sapient study of CMOs on what they want from an agency made it very clear that agency owners have to get up to speed on digital marketing and new media.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8525976">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8525976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8525976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8525976" href="http://hounddog.typepad.com/hound_dog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alex Beattie</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8525976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8525976" class="dsq-comment-message">This is so difficult to do... It is so difficult to get people to understand the idea of connectivity... I think it is because of the money... If there were more \'clearcut\' money ventures than people would be ALL over it... not just us... the \'weirdos\'<br><br>Good words... for sure</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9053524">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9053524" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9053524" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9053524" href="http://webmin.jteq.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Paolo</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9053524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9053524" class="dsq-comment-message">Outstanding artlicle. Thanks man!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-20186222">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20186222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20186222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-20186222" href="http://www.guidetostartanursingagency.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Nurse Staff</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-20186222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20186222" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Chris, for bringing a little humility back into our passion. Gentle giants can do that -- they can be huge without stepping on folks. In fact they can use their hugeness to help the people that need the lift the most.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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