Evolutionary Advantage?
Aquarion comments on my earlier thoughts
Some weblogs don’t do comments, Mark being a prime example, because they don’t fit with the style of the blog, or because the author doesn’t want them, but claiming some evolutionary advantage in not allowing people who don’t have their own weblog to comment is not good.
I’m not claiming anything of the sort, and would never try to do so. My comment “I think comments are losing their purpose” should really have a “for me” added to the end. I also pointed out that comments were better for literary styles, and I should have added that I see journals as literary (I split off my technical weblog from my journal for this reason)
There is no reason not to have a new system in as well as comments, and fail to see why Aquarion feels this is insulting and elitist. Is it insulting that Mark Pilgrim only allows people who link to him to have a snippet of what they say on his webpage, instead of having comments? No, it is up to him what he puts on his webpage.
My idea was only trying to further the discussion, and at no point did I want it to mean “This system replaces Comments once and for all”. If people want comments, let them use comments. If they want pingback/trackback/referrals, let the use them. If they want both, hurray. Plus it was only an idea; one I got flamed for 
*sigh* I’m off to poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick because I hate insulting, elitist people.