Interact With the Zebra Through Video Comments!

UPDATE– There seem to be some technical problems. Comments are being recorded, but not posted. I’ll let everyone know when things are working correctly.

I’ve had a Seesmic account for something like 6 months now. I really haven’t found it all that useful, until now.

Seesmic created a Wordpress plug-in that enables video comments on blog posts. SWEET!

This means that anyone with a webcam can now leave a video comment to any post. You don’t even need a Seesmic account, just a webcam. All you have to do is click on “leave a video comment” under the text comment box. Make sure that you still fill out all of the comment information. When the video window comes up, make sure you check “allow” so that you can record your video. You can even leave text AND video in the same comment.

So, if you have a webcam, and you feel so inclined, leave me a video comment. I love to interact with Zebra readers, and this is just one more way to make that happen.

(if you want to see the plug-in in action, check out the Trulia Blog)

BTW– I also added a comment threading plug-in that will allow you to reply to a specific comment. That will help on posts with multiple people commenting. Try it out!

BawldGuy Talking

Daniel -- What do you see as the benefit(s) you may derive from this new option?

Daniel Rothamel

BawldGuy,

Good call, blue! You're on top of things.

Well, the benefits would be greater if I could get the plug-in to work. I seem to be having technical difficulties.

I think that there are times when a comment might be more effective in video form rather than text form. There is something to be said for seeing someone's face sometimes.

Bill Lublin

Hi from Philly {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/CXWXpsw7P8_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"Hi from Philly "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/RxiWXiOGQB"}}}

Daniel Rothamel

Good to see you, Bill! {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/Uoaw9TGYkV_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"Good to see you, Bill! "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/KhY3SO8iv9"}}}

Mike Mueller

No Video - boo hoo {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/nPt2dLrL09_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"No Video - boo hoo "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/oRrk6deOIS"}}}