The option for only registered users could comment was ticked in the options, yet there was no way for anyone to register. It did seem curiously quiet here, even though traffic is a tiny fraction of what it once was in its heyday.
It’s fixed now. There will be open comments until the spambots attack. I’ll worry about that day when it comes.
Yay! I had some unusually perceptive insights. I don’t remember them. I’ll go back and add the usual dreck. At least its not spam!