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I think I did mention that in the piece, but I deliberately keep the Facebook comments even on articles where I'm critical of Facebook to show that I'm not some

I think I did mention that in the piece, but I deliberately keep the Facebook comments even on articles where I'm critical of Facebook to show that I'm not some extremist zealot. I'm just a normal person who happens to love the web.

chime 14y ago
Offtopic: Can you please change your link color? It looks like every link is already visited and I know for fact I did not visit every single one.
graue 14y ago
Why use Facebook comments, though? I thought what you wrote here was great, but the choice of commenting system seems to conflict with the (excellent) points you're making. Using a built-in commenting system like that of WordPress would be much more in line with The Web That Was. Those types of comment systems are still common, so using them would hardly make you a zealot. Until I came here, I didn't realize your blog had a comments section, because I block Facebook comments with Ghostery. Not worth it to me as a privacy-vs-content tradeoff. I do allow Disqus, which identifies me by email and is therefore much more in the spirit of services like Technorati.
jamesmcn 14y ago
I'd like to meet someone who thinks you are an extremist zealot. Wait, no I don't. I really don't.
marssaxman 14y ago
It does guarantee that people like me can't comment on your pages, though, which would not be true if you had a normal self-hosted comment system.
- ndefinite 14y ago
  Same here. Seeing the Facebook comments was such a surprising twist to end an otherwise well argued article.
AznHisoka 14y ago
Nobody cares if you're an extremist zealot. And if they do,they'll stop caring after a minute. Practice what you preach. Make the web better.. even if it's tad better by getting rid of FB comments.
shmerl 14y ago
The problem is that you don't allow using normal commenting options (with Open ID or Persona) in addition to Facebook (if you need that one). So why can't it be called extreme? It's rather irritating to see sites requiring to have Facebook to comment (I don't use it). OpenID and Persona are the most flexible options.

chime 14y ago

Offtopic: Can you please change your link color? It looks like every link is already visited and I know for fact I did not visit every single one.

graue 14y ago

Why use Facebook comments, though? I thought what you wrote here was great, but the choice of commenting system seems to conflict with the (excellent) points you're making. Using a built-in commenting system like that of WordPress would be much more in line with The Web That Was. Those types of comment systems are still common, so using them would hardly make you a zealot. Until I came here, I didn't realize your blog had a comments section, because I block Facebook comments with Ghostery. Not worth it to me as a privacy-vs-content tradeoff. I do allow Disqus, which identifies me by email and is therefore much more in the spirit of services like Technorati.

jamesmcn 14y ago

I'd like to meet someone who thinks you are an extremist zealot. Wait, no I don't. I really don't.

marssaxman 14y ago

It does guarantee that people like me can't comment on your pages, though, which would not be true if you had a normal self-hosted comment system.

ndefinite 14y ago
Same here. Seeing the Facebook comments was such a surprising twist to end an otherwise well argued article.

AznHisoka 14y ago

Nobody cares if you're an extremist zealot. And if they do,they'll stop caring after a minute. Practice what you preach. Make the web better.. even if it's tad better by getting rid of FB comments.

shmerl 14y ago

The problem is that you don't allow using normal commenting options (with Open ID or Persona) in addition to Facebook (if you need that one). So why can't it be called extreme? It's rather irritating to see sites requiring to have Facebook to comment (I don't use it). OpenID and Persona are the most flexible options.