In reply to Pete.

Pete, I've never understood it either. And that's without the bait and switch.

The Tavern serves as a sort of flagship site for the plugin, yet its performance here is so woeful that I'd never consider using it. Half the time the comments don't load at all, and when they do, it's ridiculously slow. (And yes, I've tried multiple devices from multiple connections, some wired, some wifi, some just plain cellphone).

Evidently some other users have different expectations from mine, but perhaps not that many do. With all the coverage the plugin has had here on the Tavern, you'd have thought it must be really doing well. But it actually hasn't got that many users. I can't say I'm surprised.