Does the Bloggers blogging platform affect your commenting?
Yes… yes it does.
For me at least, I particularly have a negative reaction to seeing a blogger using Blogger/etc. What do I not like about them?
- Interface:
for the Blogger: It’s a bit of a mess, I didn’t like the ‘new’ Blogger control panel (admin interface) and the old one was just terrible. There are just too many things to fiddle around with in this interface and it feels very unlike Google products, which is a big negative.
for the Reader: Moving around in other blogging platforms isn’t as comfortable as it should be, I often am not able to follow the layouts that these other platforms adopt. It has much to do with the fact that WP has hit upon the best way to do it…and now nothing can compare…tsk!
- Commenting: My biggest issue with platforms other than for WP, commenting….why oh why is it so complicated and cumbersome to make a comment. Why on earth would you allow only a Blogger user to comment on your Blog? How narrow-minded an option is that? The captcha option, why aren’t we past that now! Some WP users have the easy question option like “2+4 = ?”I love commenting, it makes blogs so interactive, but non-WP blogs give me a headache to comment. This entire post is basically because of the horrid comment system in other blogging platforms.
- Looks: The common problem, they all tend to be MySpace’d blogs, too many shiny objects and glittering doo-dah’s. WP blogs look so darn professional, they are vivid, colorful, easy on the eyes.
These are my personal views, so enjoy whatever platform you use, even if it’s any of those horrible non-WP ones, but be sure to check out WordPress.org (self-hosted) & WordPress.com (freely hosted). After trying Blogger (and the new one) and having my own self-hosted WordPress blog, I can say I’m biased towards WP 
Originally posted at techzonline.net