Thanks Jeff, that was very kind of you to make an exception.

Why do many people find it better to link the blog and forum accounts. I'm with your Jeff, to me it would be an added pain. Plus what benefits are you actually getting from doing this?

If linking accounts is something thats important to you, why not still go with something like phpbb and just install a mod that does it. In my opinion you shouldn't go with a 'mediocre' forum system, when you can go with a high performing one with the same result.