MovableType 3.0 is coming, and included with that will be TypeKey. It’s a *centralized* comment registration system. Maybe it was just me, but when I heard comment registration was coming in MovableType 3.0, I thought it would be a MySQL-type solution so we could authorize commenters for our own site(s). Like some others, I’m disappointed that it’s a centralized system and I will say right now that I have no intention of enabling TypeKey when I upgrade to MovableType 3.0. I wasn’t planning on comment registration for this site anyway.
I won’t require registration for all the reasons well-expressed on this page, (also follow the comments/trackbacks) plus the simple fact that I like that a visitor can spontaneously decide to comment without jumping through hoops or leaving a trail. It’s *my* website, if I don’t like what they have to say I can just delete the comment. Not that I will, or that I have, but I can. Ah, power. 
My volume of comments (about 350 or so on over 500 entries) doesn’t warrant anything complicated. Very small stuff.
The very thing that excited me about MovableType in the first place, compared to Blogger, was the lack of a centralized system. I could tweak the install to my liking, and dump the rest. I could add in features developed by others. I’ve installed MovableType now on 6 different servers for different sites and no two look the same in structure or presentation. I like that.
It doesn’t make MovableType evil (comparing it to the Patriot Act is a bit strong), just not exactly what I signed up for. Reminds me of Apple, actually. It’s not wrong that the focus is on digital lifestyle and music, it’s just not what I came in looking for.
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