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Trackback is dead. Are Comments dead too? ⇒

   27 April 2005, lunch time

I'd say improve the authentication systems used by both and then people wouldn't need to complain about spam effecting both systems.

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  1. Authentication kills comments. Am I the only one who doesn’t register or create an account anymore (sole exception forums)?

    by Sunny on April 27 2005, 8:27 pm   #

  2. I also don’t think asking users to register to comment will work—unless your site is über popular. However, there must be schemes that are more seamless then a login/password to authenticate people for commenting and trackback.

    by ramanan on April 28 2005, 4:49 am   #

  3. I agree. Can PGP or similar crypto tools be used in this space? Do you know of any work in this area?

    by Sunny on April 28 2005, 8:14 am   #

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