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Sun, 09 Oct 2005 03:22:26 GMT
Weblogs.com Sold, Ping Outlook Bleak

Photo Matt: The state of the ping community is fairly bleak What do we need to keep a BigCo from exploiting this space? A free, open, non-profit, and stable alternative supported by a consortium of organizations who understand that value should be built on top of pings, not in front of them.

http://photomatt.net/2005/10/08/weblogsdotcom/

Randy: Matt is just plain wrong. Sometimes, you have to realize that a small or not-for-profit company does not have the resources to make stuff like this happen and a BigCo becomes a necessity. This is a perfect case in point. Weblogs.com has been a great blogosphere resource and without it the blogosphere wouldn't exist. But, it's no longer moving forward because it needs financing. Thanks Verisign and thank you Dave for the first 10 years.

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Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:09:28 GMT
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In this case though, we're talking about company with a proven track record of evil (e.g. SiteFinder). I'm keeping an open mind, but Verisign is a company that has to earn trust (heh, ironic, isn't it) in the blogosphere.

d.w.

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:20:41 GMT
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How is a single event in a companies history a "proven track record" exactly? I've seen all kinds of unaccurate claims bouncing around. Sitefinder was a bad idea, but it was an experiement which the company dropped after two weeks.  
Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:35:49 GMT
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Sitefinder was a bad idea, but bad ideas don't equate to evil.

Randy

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 02:30:56 GMT
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Might I suggest <a href="http://pingoat.com/">pingoat.com</a> I even quit ping-o-matic when I found this service, and it is independent as well.

<a href="http://podhub.net/">trees420</a>
Mon, 10 Oct 2005 03:55:24 GMT
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A simple bad idea causes a few isolated groups of people some minor trouble, is quickly revised or dropped, and forgotten.

An *evil* idea breaks the basic functionality of the internet (e.g. the idea that a non-existent domain should not return a valid IP address), for profit, and is only dropped after a higher authority literally orders the service to be terminated.

That's the difference between, say Google Web Cache and Verisign Sitefinder.

d.w.

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:24:24 GMT
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That said, I'm happy (really) for Dave.

d.w.
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