I just added a WordPress “Recent Comments” widget in the Sidebar of this blog so you can check the latest comments/opinions/corrections posted here.
I don’t want to add the more fancy third-party commenting systems since they add overhead and have their own tracking cookies and audience gathering data and such (which is probably why they are free for everyone to use).
I still have to figure out how to integrate the comment counter on the individual blog posts. The standard way of doing it with the Genesis theme would add a line to every single post and the posts need to get shorter (not longer) to make it easier for people skim and scan. In other words, I have to dive inside the Genesis theme to figure out how to do this and other theme-related things (or switch to a different theme). All options take brain-power and time, and I have neither 🙂
The recent comments add on is a nice addition. As to adding a line to each post, one line makes no significant difference in readers’ ability to scan down through posts looking for something of interest. For that matter, those in a hurry can use their browser’s search function. If they’re only interested in things Canon, for instance, a search for that name will take them from item to item that includes “Canon.” 😉