We've made some changes here at ScienceBlogs. What it means for you, gentle reader, is that TypeKey has been kicked to the curb and commenting should be easier (just requiring an e-mail address). Let's see how it goes ..
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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.
The new digs here are taking some getting used to. The biggest change is the comment system. I don't require TypeKey authentication, but if you use a TypeKey, you relieve me of having to manually approve comments.
I'm really, really, really tired of the comment spam so I'm going to try something new. I've changed my settings to require Typekey authentication. You can get a registered Typekey account for free by clicking here.
I owe many people some apologies: this site has been quietly eating your comments. There are filters set up to catch and discard spam comments, and they work very well. I'm getting thousand or so junk comments a week that are not making it through to be displayed.
Just a test!
Haven't been able to post. Kept getting weird messages. Hope this works.
Yay, this means that lazy ex-students who are adverse to strange comment validation schemes can join the comment orgy at long last! (ignoring, of course, the strange server error that occurs when I attempt to preview my comment before posting, which may be due to my commenting within my RSS reader)
Personally, I'd prefer typekey to putting email addresses out there on the web to be harvested and spammed. I do understand the desire for the change, though.
The email addresses aren't made public. They just sit on the server here.
Paul: What was the error message?
If you preview and then post you may get a 404 error. I don't know why and the tech people have been informed. So the advise at the moment is don't preview.