Comment functions facilitate drive-by slimings. If people want to talk to me, they can use snatchmail and instant massage. If they want to talk *about* me, they can start their own damned sites.

See, inter alia, what Pilgrim did (it was someone else's idea) to his comments section.

http://diveintomark.org/policy/comments/

I gave up Googling his original posting on that topic. Life's too short.