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    4/30/2008

    How To Leave A Comment For Raven's Brain

    I created another windows live space called "Raven's Brain On Comments" to allow users at this site to leave comments without signing up with Microsoft or WLS. If you're not familiar with the story, see the clip below

    How To Leave A Comment For Raven's Brain
    Windows Live Spaces (WLS) requires that a user create a Spaces, Hotmail, MSN, other account in order to leave a comment for a WLS blog - such as my current blog Raven's Brain. I've received countless emails from folks who wanted to leave a comment on one of my posts but didn't want to have to register for yet another web service, and so I've created this (lame) solution so users can leave a comment at my blog Raven's Brain without signing up or divulging personal info.
     
    To leave a comment on a post:
     
    Simply click "Add a comment" at the bottom of ANY post and use the following info to "Sign In":
    Login: RavensBrain@live.com
    Password: comment1
    Note: You will see a message saying you are required to have an account to leave a comment - click "Sign In", enter the login info above and you should be taken back to the page to leave a comment. It might be a bit clunky, but at least you'll be able to leave your thoughts without a WLS account.
     
    Be sure to leave your name, details and blog/website info so I'll know who the comment came from.
    So, unless you want to sign up and create your own account, feel free to use the above info to log in and comment away on any of my posts. I know I'm missing out on a lot of great discussions and interesting insights with my blog comments locked down, so hopefully this option will allow others to contribute their feedback and share their own opinions! I'm also aware that this info might be used for nefarious reasons and reserve the right to remove this account and feature-rich option to comment should it be abused, misused, etc.
     
    Thanks for playing along!
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    Ravenwrote:
    Hi Craig - I know I should, I just hesitate to lose some of the audience I've built over the last 2+years. I keep meaning to grab a domain and build my own site around this feed, but I would still have the issue with comments. Ugh. I may just have to migrate though, too many folks complain about not being able to leave a comment and my this hack is simply lame..
    May 1
    Raven's Brain Commentwrote:
    Raven,
     
    Why don't you just migrate off this retarded platform?  Many of the other blog platforms will import your existing blog, and if not from here it's an opportunity to edit your site :)
     
     
    Craig Brown
    May 1

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