Hey, here I am now leaving a comment months later!

Last year I left a comment on a blog I found via Google (http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/textbook-torrents/), and as a result I get an e-mail every time a new comment is posted. Due to my e-mail reminders, I have noticed that this post, which is nearing its first birthday, still regularly gets comments from web wanderers.

If the author had closed the comment thread, all these people would have missed out.

Great point. I leave my comments opened for a year, but I think I’ll extend that a couple more years. :)

Akismet does a great job. I used to turn of comments (not that I get that many hehe) because of spam, and then installed some form of Captcha, but I tossed that all out of the window with Akismet.
I believe someone should not have to jump through hoops to leave a comment, and that a Captcha can stop people from commenting.
To accomplish this I have to check the spam caught by Akismet, not a big deal.

Before I discovered Akismet, turning off comments was my approach. I haven’t turned off comments in over a year now. Akismet has blocked 11,000 comments.