[exikyut]

I was just thinking about this myself. It would be so awesome to add something like OAuth2!

But then I realized, this would break the subtle cohesion of the current model. Everyone has to specifically come back to news.yc to comment. Everyone has to use the HN design. I do wonder if this is intentional, or at least strategic - because the current approach enforces a certain perspective when commenting that *perhaps* might be broken, or at least made much much harder to maintain, by the fragmentation induced from being able to run off and build totally alternative interfaces.

It's just a thought. I'm not sure if this is just hot air.

[Shared404]

I've thought the same thing.

Looking at reddit, whenever someone complains about degredation of discussion, somebody pops up and says "just use old.reddit.com". However, everyone else is still on new reddit, so even if you increase the quality of your submissions, the overall quality still drops.

[deaddodo]

I would use the new reddit interface specifically if they re-enabled the old comment experience. The current one is terrible.

[vxNsr]

My understanding is it’s an attempt at spam reduction. By not providing an API for commenting they make it harder for spammers.

[archon810]

I'm able to add comments using my current unofficial Android app. These apps just work around the requirement by issuing some sort of HTTP requests similar to the site itself.