Automattic acquires IntenseDebate

Automattic (The company behind Wordpress) has acquired IntenseDebate. IntenseDebate is a blog commenting plugin that works on almost every blogging platform. Automattic also acquired Gravatar in 2007 and BuddyPress in early 2008.

Apart from a commenting system, IntenseDebate also includes profiles for commenters and spam control. Some of IntenseDebate’s competitors are JS-KitSezWho, and Disqus, all of which have a very similar feature set. 

Related articles around the web:

TechCrunch - Automattic Has Acquired IntenseDebate’s Enhanced Comment System

RedWriteWeb - Automattic Acquires Comment Plugin IntenseDebate

WebWare - Automattic acquires IntenseDebate for better blog comments

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