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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So, to address the elephant in the room... Why does commenting on a blog post need any kind of account? Why not have fields for "name" and "comment body" and use capcha and/or manual approval to guard against spam?

Like, why does everything need to be tied to an account nowadays?

[–] KaKi87@jlai.lu 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why does commenting on a blog post need any kind of account?

Reply notifications, commenting history.

capcha

I don't know about you, but I hate those, and wouldn't want people to have to go through that, as I wouldn't want to have to go through that.

manual approval

That's a lot more work, and it delays the conversation when replying to another visitor.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

My guess would be trolls and/or bullying