I finally integrated the blog log-in system using the Twitter oAuth API all thanks to Twit Connect by Shannon Whitley, I did have to modify the plug-in because my web site host doesn’t like having url in “http get” parameters, after fixing that problem, I then asked @knightl3y to post a comment, to make the sure the script was working properly.
I no longer allow the general public to post comments on my blog, from now you’re required to have a twitter account in order to post a comment on my blog.
The other thing is that I was going to use Facebook Connect as well, but unfortunately it’s not free like it is with Twitter oAuth. Facebook Connect cost $350 or for non-profit about $175 as far as I remember, which I think is just ridiculous to be honest the price is so high that it’s not worth thinking about. If Facebook Connect becomes free to use, I will implement it but not at any cost because it’s simply just not worth it at all.
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Twit connect is an awesome feature. It allows twitter users to easily leave comments on blogs that implement this.
There are still some things that can be improved, and as far as I know the development of the plugin is continuous.
I still allow people to leave comments the old fashion way, because I know twitter is cool, but not everyone will use it. Don’t think they’ll create an account just for leaving comments, even if they do, the account will be closed after three months of not tweeting.
That true, I’m not worried about what you said, I can live with the disadvantage. Some of the advantages I can think of is that twitter is more popular than gravatar, not many I know of uses gravatar and I don’t have to rely on emails just for the sake of thanking people, so instead I just tweet and say “thank you” and it’s a lot quicker that way as well.
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