The Silent Room

I hate having to do that shit. Both Livejournal and Xanga blogs are were equally guilty of the case when it comes to shit like this. Back when I was on Blogger, I had to find workarounds to bypass the silly ‘Register and Login before you comment’ shit.

First I tried Haloscan, but after realizing that I can’t import those comments should I decide to change platforms in the future, I switched to something that was then known as Metempsychosis Hack. It was fussy but it worked nicely… until the spam started rolling in. In the hundreds.

That was the major reason why I switched to WordPress. I learned about the freedom to add spam countermeasures as much as I saw fit, and that was exactly what I did. After that, I was relieved that I can make settings such that visitors only need to provide an email and have one approved comment before they can freely comment on my blog. At least, I managed to solve the problem on my side; give more freedom to visitors, and have more control over spam.

Still, I’ve come across many blogs which I’d just love to comment, but some of them still need me to create an account [I'm looking at you, Jeff!], and sometimes a TypeKey account, and the worst is the Xanga, since Livejournal still allows anonymous comments. I think it can get worse, now that there are MySpace and Friendster blogs, newer and more potent virulent extensions of the most widespread global epidemic internet diseases.

Hurray for WordPress blogs!