Enabling Cookies to Comment

A fellow blogger asked about why they could no longer log in and use their profile when commenting on others' blogs. They try, but instead of logging them in, the comment resets, and they can either comment using anonymous or it won't let them comment at all. 

Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to this. But it got me thinking about when I had a similar problem. I wrote a blog post about it then. 

At that time (three years ago) the Incognito Mode had a screen that looked like this: 

The fix was to turn on the cookies. After I did that, my commenting woes disappeared. And everything was fine, until the IT people in my school district decided to disallow Incognito Mode on district Chromebooks. Deep sigh. 

(It took me a couple months, but I came up with a solution that worked for me: I bought my very own Chromebook just for work.) 

So, I wonder if the logging in and being recognized issue on Blogger blogs is still just a cookies issue. 

What are cookies? They are small pieces of data stored on a user's device by web browsers to remember information and track browsing activity. When you log into Blogger, it's the cookies that hold your username and the information to link back to your user profile. Google's own terms of use describe how they use cookies. (And how to manage cookies in your browser.) 

If you're using Google Chrome, you need to click on your profile (it's your picture in the upper right hand corner), and then you'll choose "Manage Your Google Account".

Then, in the sidebar (on the left side), go into "Data & Privacy". 

At this point you'll want to check a few things. Personalization Settings. Data Sharing. (Under my Data Sharing, I am sharing information with Blogger under "Third-party apps & services". If you aren't, this might be the issue with logging into Blogger comments.) This is probably a good thing to explore even if you aren't having issues as there might be some settings you want to check out. 

(Google's own help topics talks about turning cookies on or off. This might be of help as well.) 

This is a place to start, anyway. Whether it solves the problem or not, I can't be sure. 

If you're using a different browser, finding data and tracking and finding the cookies should be similar. Look under your profile and check the settings. Whether you allow all cookies or just for Blogger will be up to you. 

Safari (for Apple) has protections in place to disallow tracking, so that might be harder. But there should be a way to opt in to cookies, at least for Blogger. 

I hope this helps. Let me know in the comments if it was of any use or not. And if you have a different solution, please also add this into the comments. If anyone can solve the issue, there are many bloggers who would like to know.