Perfect! I'm working on a mega-bookmarklet type app (to be released very soon) which organizes various web services and actions, and would love to feature some sort of "discussions on this URL" action.
For now, I'm stuck with "view this on Digg", "view this on Reddit", etc... which will work well for users of those specific networks, but not for someone such as myself who wants to get a wider view of discussions across all networks.
I have to ask, if most comments don't extend to Digg, Reddit, etc, where do they come from? The blog post itself?
API access is great, and there's a ton that could be done with that. (I've long had an idea that by arbitraging the popularity of an article across various networks, money could be made... your API could provide that data).
My app aims to be a kick-off service that allows users to jump to whatever web service they need to use at that moment... without me having to do any other work than pointing them to the correct URL... so I don't prefer the onus to be on me to create this functionality with your API :)
My own personal needs aside, I think the web-wide discussion of a URL is a pretty impressive and useful feature for general consumption... I really hope you include it.
For now, I'm stuck with "view this on Digg", "view this on Reddit", etc... which will work well for users of those specific networks, but not for someone such as myself who wants to get a wider view of discussions across all networks.
I have to ask, if most comments don't extend to Digg, Reddit, etc, where do they come from? The blog post itself?