In reply to Giorgos Sarigiannidis.

For me, that's more a problem for the WordPress marketing crew than it is an issue with comments and blogging.

Medium. Facebook Notes. LinkedIn Pulse. All forms of blogging. All with comments. All in high use.

While blogging has evolved, and comments are fracturing across the web, they're both still alive and well. And, for bloggers who put the effort into maintaining their usefulness, still incredibly valuable.

I'd be loathe to see them reduced to a bit part, just because WordPress's marketing team can't differentiate a message.