“The first is that the comment templates that come with a huge majority of themes just plain stink. Theme developers hate dealing with them. It’s usually an afterthought. So the commenting experience suffers. It is slow, ugly, and not at all fun."

Hola. Just plain stinks? Hmmmm. Mine doesn't, fortunately. I and my readers are pleased with my WP native comment system. It works well. Many readers have commented on how pretty and colourful my comment system is and remarked that they've never seen one like it before -- most comment systems are drab/dull gray -- which I've appreciated. Chau.