Comments on: Blogging Discussion: Registration Required to Comment?

By: Preston

Preston — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:31:13 +0000

I’m so glad you asked this question. B/c most of the time i just want to comment on a SUBJECT, and i could care less where. Without the hassle of ‘giving’ my email and remembering another password.. What’s the dam point? Isn’t there records of IP addresses?… It’s just pure, annoying NOSEYNESS.

By: Universal Indie Records

Universal Indie Records — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:43:32 +0000

“So everyone here who said they would not register to leave a comment, had to register to make their comment, right? Or am I missing something?”

Yes you’re missing something… We did not have to REGISTER to leave a comment. We filled out the form to leave a comment yes.. but that is not REGISTERING, where you fill out the form, wait to have your password and username emailed to you, and then come back to that site to enter the information and then finally leave a comment.

By: Teri

Teri — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:06:25 +0000

So everyone here who said they would not register to leave a comment, had to register to make their comment, right? Or am I missing something?

By: Taryn Merrick

Taryn Merrick — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:30:50 +0000

I will be releasing my new blogsite next week and was going to make commenters register. I am so glad I caught this post, I am changing my options now so they will *not* have to register! Thanks so much.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:00:14 +0000

Sometimes rude or offensive comments can be a problem for the website owner if the authority blames the website owner (like in Germany).

By: John Hoff - eVentureBiz

John Hoff - eVentureBiz — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:45:54 +0000

I pretty much agree with everyone else above. When I see “Sign Up” I turn and run. I can see the advantages of building a strong community through it and you could offer specials for those who sign up, but in the end I figure the only reason why they want me to “sign up” is so they can eventually sell me something.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:32:21 +0000

Yeah I guess it stops SPAM kinda…and not that much of a problem if you use firefox plugin BugMeNot

By: shawal

shawal — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:30:35 +0000

I will not leave any comment on blog that need me to register to comment..

There is lots of simple plugins on wordpress to use to avoid spam comment, why should we make our blog commenter a hard way to leave a comment….

By: Kevin Boss

Kevin Boss — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:08:21 +0000

I cringe when I want to comment and see a “you must register to comment” message. I’ve never registered to comment on a blog.

By: Bengt

Bengt — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:16:03 +0000

Requiring registration for comments gives less comments. I for one leave those blogs without commenting.

If the blogger wants to build community there are better ways. And there are other tools for spam protection than forcing people to register and log in.