The ability to comment without having to register on the site has been restored.

Commenting is a great feature, and it's really nice to not have to require users to register if they want to quickly chime in on an issue — but it's sometimes abused.

When you see someone getting way out of line on the comments — do not respond to them — generally, this just encourages bad behavior.

Instead, please use the Contact Us form and someone will zap the comment.

I hope the site can keep comments "free" permanently and make registration an optional thing, but if things get too far out of line, unfortunately free commenting will likely be removed again.

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