Recently I've been asked why people cannot comment on this blog. The answer is mostly sloth and comfort with the status quo. When I began this blog many years ago, I had comments enabled, and was soon hit with comment spam. The easiest solution back then was to shut off commenting, and that's what I did. Software evolved, making it easier to set up comment registration, bot detection, white/black lists, etc., but I was loath to to tinker with a stable setup and have not gotten around to upgrading my blog software.
When I do think about upgrading now, I run into other questions - since my Movable Type installation is several generations behind, it appears it may no longer be that simple to upgrade. I'd have to go through several iterations through the series to do it safely. Then there's the nagging thought that if I have to go to (what I perceive as) all that trouble, why not try, say, WordPress? But then I'd be upgrading between systems.
So there you have it - sloth, happiness with the status quo, fear of the unknown - all those human frailties :-). Hm, now that I've named them, perhaps I can confront them - someday.
Posted by Paul at September 2, 2009 01:20 PM