[untog]

Funny that he says all this then has a Facebook comments box at the bottom of the page.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that IMO- people are far more likely to have their real names on Facebook, and thus leave sensible comments rather than total drivel. But it makes a point that he doesn't include in the article- sometimes these centralised information stores can be useful.

[anildash]

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.

[graue]

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.

[marssaxman]

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]

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

[shmerl]

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.

[AznHisoka]

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.

[chime]

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.

[jamesmcn]

I'd like to meet someone who thinks you are an extremist zealot.

Wait, no I don't. I really don't.

[IheartApplesDix]

I prefer Disqus comment system even though when you sign in, it gives it access to post on your whatever account you decide to use. I just go back to twitter then block access again everytime I use it. It's obviously not a good long term solution though.

Does every website really need to have a universal comment system?