From stefdawson on October 31, 2012 10:25:58

Comments are only half-baked. They should either be stripped out and modularised/pluginised or, at the very least, when the "Accept comments" pref is "no", the Comments panel and all vestiges of comment-related paraphernalia should be hidden from the Admin UI. Consider "Accept comments" off by default: has implications for Donald Swain.

Making it easier for plugins to integrate social media comment systems is a desirable bonus.

Encompasses Issue 25 .

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/textpattern/issues/detail?id=304