The interactivity of blogging always used to be one of the most enjoyable parts of the experience for me: reading and responding to the comments. It's what separated blogging from journaling or sending out newsletters. It allowed for some back-and-forth.

But over the last several months, dealing with "spam" has become an increasingly frustrating part of the whole experience. Awhile back, I had to switch to allowing comments only under moderation (that is, every comment had to be approved before it appeared on-line). I've tried a few other solutions as well, but unfortunately, the problem has persisted and intensified. So for now, I've decided to disallow comments on EricAsp.com.

I still hope that I can work out a different solution in the weeks to come, but in the meantime I  encourage interaction through the Facebook version of this content (which I will be more faithful to update, in view of the fact that Facebook's automatic import function seems to be a bit quirky). And I will do my best to keep you updated on new developments in the future.