A while ago, I received feedback regarding the commenting system on this blog, and the necessity for people to create reader accounts in order to comment. As a result, I allowed anonymous comments to make things easier.
While spam has not proved to be a problem, allowing anonymous comments has meant that many comments on this blog are not accompanied by a reader’s name.
I have just tweaked the commenting template so that now, readers can enter their name and email address before commenting. The only problem is that those of you who are logged in to a user account can no longer comment without entering your name and email, unless you are replying to someone’s comment. Why? I don’t know, but I think overall this situation is better.
Please let me know whether or not you prefer things this way. I will either keep this new system, or revert to the old one, based on your feedback.
