I realize that a good commenting system is a must for any credible blog. When I first started this blog I punted on this and allowed comments from anyone. However, I did moderate the comments. I was mostly just checking for spam. I know I could have used Aksimet Spam Detection, but it didn’t seem like a great fit for me initially. I was just blogging what I felt was important, and did think paying a monthly fee for spam detection was worth it.
Recently the spam was too much. I changed my settings to make everyone register to post a comment. This caused my users a ton of issues. After a couple of friends and colleagues stated this was a problem, I felt I had to fix it. I wanted a very tight integration with Twitter. There were tons of alternative options for this. I researched using Facebook Connect, a WordPress.com login, and OpenID.
After all my research I found Simple Twitter Connect. It took a couple of minutes to setup. Hopefully you like the new Twitter button to tweet posts and the ability to leave a comment with your Twitter account. If you’re looking to add Twitter as an option for comments to your WordPress blog, you may want to check out Simple Twitter Connect.
Simple Twitter Connect Plugin Homepage
