This is a new idea I've been toying with recently... well, new for Outside Eden, old hat for just about everywhere else! The idea is for users of the site to have logins and accounts in order to leave comments on newsposts and the like, and for submitting reviews to the library as well. Whenever I get around to overhauling the gallery, it'll allow for comments on that as well. And I have even more grandiose plans for the future, but one thing at a time for now!
I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may cause a lot of you, and I understand if you'd rather not get an account. They're far from necessary to browse the site, only to leave comments. The reason I insist on using accounts is to avoid people flaming, spamming, or just leaving inane comments all the time. This lets me ban troublemakers effectively.
Don't wory about the e-mail address, it's just going to be used to e-mail your initial password to you. It won't be displayed or let out to spam merchants, obviously.