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I really hate any commenting system that requires me to register. I don't want to have dozens of accounts just because of all these various systems for commenting.

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Isn't that an argument in favour of using Facebook? One account for the whole web, rather than one for each individual blog.

No, it's an argument for not requiring an acount when it's not necessary. E.g. for simple comments.

I came up with the following: email is optional, and used for notification as well as editing/deleting the comment. Assuming the email is used for only that, I think that's as convenient and fair as it can get.

I prefer name and comment, no registration system

Isn't that an advantage of third-party commenting, like FB or Disqus? You get the advantages of registration but without having to do it everywhere.

You assume every site uses either of those two. The reason I made the comment I made is because I keep running into unique systems

Disqus lets you comment anonymously, or log in with Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, or a Disqus account.

Sounds like you didn't even bother reading my comment. I am well aware Disqus can allow anonymous commenting as an option. But that doesn't clearly address what I stated.

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