So, I thought that I would start writing about some of my thoughts (whether they be book related or not) and I created the graphic you see above, around 9am. Perfect. Then I’ll have time to actually write a morning musing post.
Then Carli decided she really wanted to do some schoolwork on my computer and who am I, as a degreed teacher, to deny my (almost) 4 year old the chance to learn?
So I lost my computer for a few hours. But, it’s okay. It will be worth it when she’s reading before Kindergarten — just like her Mama. 
But, anyway — earlier this morning I was visiting some Teaser Tuesday blogs and yesterday, Monday Reads, and I really want to comment on every blog that participated. I put in a lot of thought to my comments (or at least I try to) and then I go to submit my comment.
It wants me to sign into my google account. GAH!
While this is nothing for people on Blogger/Blogspot — its a pain in the but for me. The only reason I have a Well-Read Reviews specific google account is exactly for this purpose. But, it is a PAIN!
- My google account leads to my profile, but not my actual blog easily. I doubt they are going to click a few extra clicks just to visit my site when they can just click once to visit others. So unless I code my URL in the address, there is no way to really lead a blogger to my blog — you know, to return the commenting love.
- I am not always signed into my Well-Read Reviews google account so when I spend a lot of time writing a lengthy comment, I can’t tell you how many times I have lost said comment because of some login error. Many times I just close the window and don’t bother to rewrite the comment. Blogger’s loss for commenting restrictions.
Then wordpress has this whole — sign into google, facebook, twitter thing. It is still a pain in the butt. Again, I have to feel spammy and write my URL in the commenting box in order to let the blogger know that, hey, feel free to visit me. But in doing so I feel like I am just broadcasting my site and I don’t like doing that. I don’t like it look like I am doing that.
When a blogger allows commenters to type in their name, email, and URL, it lets me give the blogger the information they need to reach me in return without having to jump through steps to find me. Then also, because I don’t have HTML coding in the box — Spam boxes won’t trap my comments, never to be seen again (or at least until the blogger checks the Spam box).
I really love comments and I love to leave comments. I want my blogger friends to know that I appreciated the time they took to write something and I want them to know that — hey, I am reading what you have to say. But most of the time, when commenting restrictions are in place, I just press ‘x’ or ‘back’ and do not even bother.
So, if you are on one of these kinds of blogs, for the love of all that is holy, please let up on the restrictions for commenters!
If you are not on a blogger, blogspot, or wordpress hosted blog — how do you feel about commenting restrictions that do not allow you to simply type in your name, email, and URL?
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