I have no idea if this will post or not. Even so, I'll try. It turns out that ScienceBlogs is experiencing technical difficulties and has been since very early this morning. No one can comment (not even me), and some bloggers can't post (although apparently PZ can).
I have no idea when commenting capability will be restored, which is a shame because today's post would likely have provoked some interesting comments. On the other hand, it would likely have attracted antivaccinationists as well. Oh, well...
ADDENDUM: The technical glitches seem to have been resolved.
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Threaded comments have advantages but they also have disadvantages. I won't mention the disadvantages because if you don't know what they are already than they aren't disadvantages to you.
For the past few weeks, I have allowed commenters to post using their TypeKey account. I didn't want to require commenters to register with TypeKey if they did not want to, so I still allowed comments from unregistered readers.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the unscientific survey on commenting. The results are back, and I'd like to share them with you.
There have been quite a few posts over the last few days about commenting, in particular about posting comments, notes and ratings on scientific papers. But this also related to commenting on blogs and social networks, commenting on newspaper online articles, the question of moderation vs.
Naturally, everything froze just as I hit "Post."
The technical glitches seem to have been resolved.
Wanna bet?
"Top Five/Most German"