12 responses to “MoJo Goes Registration for Comments (Fortified with Numbers)”

1. 

   de stijl

   February 25, 2012 at 1:27 pm

   The other thing, however, that was key: allowing people to login via Facebook or Twitter, as that makes “registration” painless.

   To me, either of these options would be painful. I have zero desire to use FB or Twitter.
2. 

   Moosebreath

   February 25, 2012 at 1:57 pm

   de stijl,

   I agree. Facebook seems like forcing you to feign interest in other people’s trivia (while collective way too much personal data about you), while there is nothing written in 140 characters or less that holds my interest.
3. 

   Moosebreath

   February 25, 2012 at 1:57 pm

   Sorry — collecting, not collective
4. 

   Stormy Dragon

   February 25, 2012 at 2:40 pm

   The other problem is facebook requires you to use your real name, which is contrary to a basic principle of security on the internet.
5. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   February 25, 2012 at 3:08 pm

   @de stijl: @Moosebreath: Just for clarification, I was noting not a requirement to use FB or Twitter just that allowing either as a means of logging in makes registration almost invisible.
6. 

   mattb

   February 25, 2012 at 3:46 pm

   I’m a fan of Disqus, which has a pretty seamless login, tracks comments across sites, AND still allows for a degree of anonymity that’s lacking with FB. Plus it integrates well with WordPress.

   http://disqus.com
7. 

   Steven L. Taylor

   February 25, 2012 at 3:54 pm

   @mattb: I tried Disqus at PoliBlog a few years ago and it just didn’t perform as promised (but perhaps that was something I did wrong).
8. 

   Andy

   February 25, 2012 at 7:45 pm

   Thumbs up here for disqus as well. Facebook? No way. Major security issues and I don’t want to spam my friends from all the commenting I do.
9. 

   Hey Norm

   February 25, 2012 at 8:40 pm

   Not interested in any of the above.
   But losing my commentary may be the easiest/fastest way to improve OTB.
10. 

    Just nutha’ ig’rant cracker

    February 25, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    @Stormy Dragon: That’s odd, I’m registered at Facebook as Lee L.Lee–and with a fake email address to boot. I only logged on to follow up on a link to a friend one time and have never used the account again, but just the same, ther system looke porous to my perspective.
11. 

    mattb

    February 26, 2012 at 9:13 am

    @Steven L. Taylor:
    Disqus has worked out a lot of earlier bugs and weirdness. Take a look at it’s implementation on the Atlantic for it (finally) working as promised.
12. 

    Moderate Mom

    February 26, 2012 at 10:43 am

    I like Disquis too, but there is one big problem with it. If a comment thread goes on too long (multiple people responding to each other) each posting gets smaller and smaller, to a point that there are only a couple of words per line. Then, responses are impossible to read.