Readers CD and NBW have recently written in asking why MetaEzra doesn't allow reader commenting for posts. It's a good question. Around a year ago we experimented with comments on some posts, but found that 1) the quality of comments we received was generally poor, 2) we just ended up attracting a lot of spam bots, or 3) nobody posted. So in the face of spending way too much time deleting 'spam' comments, being annoyed with petty name calling, or making it look like nobody is coming to this humble website (which is untrue), we didn't really find they are worth the hassle. That said, we are generally eager to publish reader's comments when they write in with meaningful contributions. So commenting functionality is already implemented into the website. We just choose not to use it for most of our articles. It is at the author's discretion. But what do you think? Would the abillity to write comments to posts significantly alter your MetaEzra experience?
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