One of the most persistent and frustrating issues I’ve had with this blog in its history of nearly seven years is the comments function.

At various times, it has not functioned properly, or it has been difficult for readers to log in. When I’ve removed all barriers to commenting, I’ve been bombarded with spam.

The current setup calls for commenters to log-in. To the existing choices of logging in via Movable Type (this blog’s platform), Google, or Yahoo, I’ve just added the option of logging in via a Facebook account.

It’s still not the perfect setup perhaps, but it does provide commenters with another option.