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db0 replied on July 15, 2008 08:18 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

I have the same problem aliencam. I'm luckier in the sense that IDC only loads after the main content is finished but it still delays the correct displaying of the sidebars.

The problem is that the comment counts are quering the IDC database each time to check how many comments each posts have. On a blog's main page where the most recent 10 posts exist, it needs to query 10 times. Add to that the IDC widgets, and the time inrceases even more.

The best thing to do would be to allow somehow the IDC scripts to load last in the page. If that's not an option, then the DB speeds need to be improved.

db0 replied on July 15, 2008 08:18 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

I have the same problem aliencam. I'm luckier in the sense that IDC only loads after the main content is finished but it still delays the correct displaying of the sidebars.

The problem is that the comment counts are quering the IDC database each time to check how many comments each posts have. On a blog's main page where the most recent 10 posts exist, it needs to query 10 times. Add to that the IDC widgets, and the time inrceases even more.

The best thing to do would be to allow somehow the IDC scripts to load last in the page. If that's not an option, then the DB speeds need to be improved.

aliencam replied on July 15, 2008 06:45 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

I am having this same problem, it makes loading my blog's main page almost impossible. I just send everyone my RSS link instead.

I think the way to fix this (not that the end user can just do it if you use something like the wordpress plugin) is to make the scripts load LAST on the page.

You solve the exact same problem with a twitter bar on a blog by putting the HTML code where you want it, and then executing the scripts after the last line in your footer. This causes the entire website to load, and THEN the twitter bar. If we could do this with intensedebate it would not cause a problem with anything. (Usually people read at least 5 seconds of a post/article before wanting to post a comment anyway, so it would be okay for comments to load last.)

instead, IntenseDebate (for me) loads before my right navigation bar, which means you can't get to any other pages until the comments are finished loading (which often takes FOREVER.)

lets just hope the IntenseDebate team can fix this soon so nobody stops using it!

-aliencam

btw it looks like the same problem is happening here:
http://getsatisfaction.com/intensedeb...

I am using FF3 and Wordpress 2.5.1 and the plugin. my blog URL is http://blog.aliencam.net

aliencam replied on July 15, 2008 06:45 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

I am having this same problem, it makes loading my blog's main page almost impossible. I just send everyone my RSS link instead.

I think the way to fix this (not that the end user can just do it if you use something like the wordpress plugin) is to make the scripts load LAST on the page.

You solve the exact same problem with a twitter bar on a blog by putting the HTML code where you want it, and then executing the scripts after the last line in your footer. This causes the entire website to load, and THEN the twitter bar. If we could do this with intensedebate it would not cause a problem with anything. (Usually people read at least 5 seconds of a post/article before wanting to post a comment anyway, so it would be okay for comments to load last.)

instead, IntenseDebate (for me) loads before my right navigation bar, which means you can't get to any other pages until the comments are finished loading (which often takes FOREVER.)

lets just hope the IntenseDebate team can fix this soon so nobody stops using it!

-aliencam

btw it looks like the same problem is happening here:
http://getsatisfaction.com/intensedeb...

I am using FF3 and Wordpress 2.5.1 and the plugin. my blog URL is http://blog.aliencam.net

db0 replied on July 06, 2008 11:23 to the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

So because you are missing (or rather, don't have it complete) this, you'd rather go back to the horrible comment system of blogger? The benefits of IDC over it are tremendous.

A comment on the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

At basic Blogger comment system I had a widget that shows the top commenters. – xuefang, on July 06, 2008 10:29

A comment on the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

Did your old system show the top commenters? – db0, on July 06, 2008 10:16

A comment on the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

I think it's not good that only registered commenters can get to the top list. I can't assume that my every reader will register to intense debate. I like using intense debate but i would like to show off my loyal commenters. maybe i have to get back to old system? – xuefang, on July 05, 2008 19:10

A comment on the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

Indeed the widget shows only people who are registered, Other ways to track anonymous posters can be subject to abuse.
I don't think there is a way to remove yourself – db0, on July 05, 2008 15:31

xuefang replied on July 05, 2008 09:28 to the question "How are top 10 Commenters determined?" in Intense Debate:

I added the widget, but it only showed my name. It didn't show the commenters who don't use instanse debate. And i would like to erase my name from the list.

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The Cliff replied on March 18, 2008 11:41 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

Seems to be messed up again. I'm really going to have to remove this system if this continues - haven't had comments in 48 hours. i wouldn't mind so much if there was some easy way to flick back to my old wordpress comments system.

The Cliff replied on March 18, 2008 11:41 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

Seems to be messed up again. I'm really going to have to remove this system if this continues - haven't had comments in 48 hours. i wouldn't mind so much if there was some easy way to flick back to my old wordpress comments system.

jdash replied on March 13, 2008 19:26 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

Lol, my blog is very new as well (at least in this iteration)...I'm just working on some development/design with it and not be able to test because it just keeps loading sort of sucks

jdash replied on March 13, 2008 19:26 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

Lol, my blog is very new as well (at least in this iteration)...I'm just working on some development/design with it and not be able to test because it just keeps loading sort of sucks

Michael replied on March 13, 2008 19:13 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

Luckily my blog is very new so it is not having that much of an affect, but... I hope it doesn't happen often. It seems to be faster now, and the comments are now loading, but it is still slow...

Michael asked a question in Intense Debate on March 13, 2008 19:08:

How are top 10 Commenters determined?

I would really like to know the formula for determining the top 10 commenters using the widget.

How does reputation play a role?
Or is it more of the number of comments?
If reputation matters, would commenters reputation built from other blogs affect their standing on my top 10?
Would commenters without an Intense Debate account or Oped ID be included?

It would be nice to have the actual algorithm. Thanks in advance.

jdash replied on March 13, 2008 19:00 to the problem "Intense Debate just slowed down to a crawl..." in Intense Debate:

I'm glad to know someone else has this problem makes visiting blogs with the ID system installed a royal PITA! Had to deactivate the software on my blog as it makes it almost impossible to use right now.