Ask HN: Purpose of email address in blogs' comment box?

1 points by sirtel 13y ago ↗ HN

WordPress blogs (and some other websites) require email addresses. The email addresses are only used for sending notification of replies, isn't it? (or a kind of CAPTCHA). Some people are reluctant to type their real email or just give up leaving a comment. The owners may miss some opinions from those people then. Sample page: http://wpthemetutorial.com/2013/05/02/working-with-vagrant-and-wordpress-basics/

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hollerith 13y ago ↗

What email address in comment box?

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sirtel has a field for email address, but that is a profile page, not a comment box. Did you mean to write "profile page"?

sirtel 13y ago ↗

(My name is green, oh I'm a green hand then) Sorry, my fault. I mean comment box in a blog. One must type email address before submitting. like this: http://wpthemetutorial.com/2013/05/02/working-with-vagrant-a...