EDIT: I’ve just learned from a reader that Disqus may not be the best choice, because the system keeps track of your comments and they cannot be deleted. That doesn’t sound all that great to me. I’m currently re-evaluating my choice and considering going back to the default WordPress comment system, and hoping that an oddball plugin is causing my quirk with the comments periodically disabling themselves. Any other input would be great!

Maintaining this blog extends beyond just writing and posting new articles. There’s a fair amount of fussing and managing WordPress and other web stuff, too.

Anyway, without boring you too much here… I’ve had a nagging problem with the WordPress comments settings changing themselves for a couple of years now without any good advice about how to resolve the problem. More specifically, the comments basically disable themselves periodically, so people cannot post comments unless I somehow catch the problem after it happens.

Today, I’ve updated the comments feature on the blog to a third party system. To that effect, I would love your feedback on the new system — please let me know how it works for you.

You can leave comments as a guest without registering, and if you already use Disqus elsewhere, you can log in with your information here. I would dearly appreciate any comments and feedback about this change. And if you find that you suddenly cannot comment on a new post, please contact me and let me know! Thanks for reading!