WordPress enables users to comment via Facebook and Twitter

This feature may be small, but it opens up a lot more commenting opportunities for WordPress.com blogs. Commenting systems Disqus and Echo have enabled users to to authenticate with their Twitter or Facebook accounts for relatively some time, but this is a big progress for the hosted blogging platform.

WordPress.com’s Scott Berkun points out in the blog entry announcing the new feature which allows users to stay logged in to multiple services at the same time. It’s very convenient for users that might want to comment using Twitter or Facebook on some sites but want to use their WordPress.com account for others.

The logins on Twitter or Facebook accounts simply act as a way to authenticate users. WordPress.com potentially might work toward also giving users the option to publish or share comments back on Facebook or Twitter.

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