You don't need to have an InsaneJournal account to leave me a comment and you don't have to post truly anonymously and deal with the captcha system that makes sure you aren't a spammer's script. Nor do you need to give InsaneJournal your LiveJournal password. I understand that would make you nervous as sharing passwords is a bad idea. NOTE: That option seems to be a goof. Someone didn't change the original LiveJournal text to InsaneJournal in the last system update. Oops.

If you have an account that supports OpenID, you can comment that way. LiveJournal, for example, supports OpenID and you don't even need to do any fancy setup. If you have an account there, you have OpenID. It's automatic.

Here's what you do:

1. Be sure you are logged in to your OpenID supporting account. (That is, be logged in to livejournal.)

2. Check the OpenID button when leaving a comment.

3. Enter the URL of your OpenID supporting account. For example, Vakkotaur's OpenID supporting account is: http://vakkotaur.livejournal.com/ and make sure all other fields, such as LiveJournal username, are empty. You can leave the http:// off if you don't care to type it.

4. Write your comment as usual and click the Post comment button when ready.

5. There will be a page asking about confirming identity. Click the Yes; just this time button to post. Or you can click the Yes; always button so you won't need to deal with this page again.

I've asked Vakko to leave a comment here using OpenID so you can see what that looks like.

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