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Now this is interesting, as I’m a firm believer that much of the power of Twitter comes from external applications - and that even monetising Twitter could be unlocked by the ways it can be used outside of the current website.

Chirrup is an application which allows you to utilise Twitter for your comments. Simply put, everyone can message you via Twitter, Chirrup fetches all the replies and sorts them by url (So you can have a different feed for each page), and you can then display it however you desire.

It’s slightly more complicated than just copying a widget - but no more than installing a Wordpress plugin. It also caches message locally, and goes through your personal replies rather than the public feed - helping speed. And funnily enough, it’s also available as a Chirrup Wordpress plugin. There’s a developer blog, here, for more.