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17 April 2007

I hate that google ate blogger. Let me explain.→[More:]Long ago, I started a blogger account so I could comment on blogs that required a blogger account. Now that google ate blogger, blogger blogs want me to comment as my gmail identity, but there are three problems: (1) I have several gmail accounts, and I don't necessarily want to comment as whichever one I happen to be logged into at the time; (2) I don't want to have to log out of my gmail account every time I want to comment on a blogger blog; (3) I want it to automatically use the freaking blogger account I've been commenting with for the past two years. I can't find the "always use the blogger account to comment on blogger blogs" button. Anyone know where it is?

post by: goatdog at: 19:47 | 8 comments

Yeah, no kidding, I had the same problem.

posted by matildaben 17 April | 20:05

Well, I hate bloggers, so I guess we're even.

posted by Eideteker 17 April | 21:21

Sounds like a Firefox extension or Greasemonkey solution, but I don't know how to do it.

posted by terrapin 17 April | 21:32

What I don't understand is why Blogger has gotten less and less reliable since Google ate them up.

posted by fenriq 17 April | 23:47

hear hear!

Also, I hate that yahoo ate flickr, same problem there kinda now that I need a yaho ID to comment and see stuff.

posted by dabitch 18 April | 01:30

Tools | Options | Security | Show Passwords... will give you access.

posted by stilicho 18 April | 01:35

Well, I hate bloggers, so I guess we're even.

Says the man on my livejournal friends list. :P

posted by kellydamnit 18 April | 11:39

It's a journal, not a blog, dammit. There's a philosophical difference.

posted by Eideteker 18 April | 19:18

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