I Won’t Register to Post Comments

Requiring user registration to post comments means you’re running a discussion forum, not a blog. Commenting on a blog shouldn’t require a username or password. If your blog requires registration to post comments, you’ve lost my (and a lot of other folks’) participation.

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Posted on:: Monday, June 19th, 2006 08:03

Category:: Blogging, Rants, Technology

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Amanda Fritz: The Good and the Bad » Another Blogger Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 / 11:06

[...] Bad: she wants folks to register to comment. Nope, sorry. tagged as: amandafritz, portland [...]

OpenID and Me » Another Blogger Sunday, February 18th, 2007 / 22:00

[...] What does it mean to me? Not much… yet. Once I find a site where I can use it, I’ll sign up. If you’ve got a blog and currently require registration, I still won’t do it, but I’d use OpenID if you support it… hint hint… tagged as: aol, openid [...]

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[...] me register. I won’t register to leave comments, and I definitely won’t register just to read the site (or read full [...]

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[...] said, they’re still preventing participation. I won’t register just to post a blog comment. Why should I spend my time and give away personal information [...]

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