Well, to their credit, MySpace actually replied promptly to my e-mail complaint about the link to this Blogger page being blocked. And, unlike the last time it happened, the response actually addressed the problem specifically. So I applaud MySpace for such improvements. Maybe they aren’t the problem after all.
The MySpace explanation for the blocked link is:
We’ve recently discovered that BlogSpot pages are being used by spammers to send spam, so all links to that site have been disabled. Although you or your blog may not be associated with or linked to spam or spammers, to protect all MySpace Profiles from spam, phishing, and online scams, all links to Blogspot are blocked.
Which now begs the question: If BlogSpot pages are being used by spammers to send spam, what (if anything) are the Blogger folks doing to fix the problem? And, if they’re not doing anything about it, why shouldn’t I take my millions of readers and move to a different blog site?
[Addendum: Apparently, the Blogger/Blogspot folks were really slack-assed about dealing with the spammer problem, when it first arose. So they're now having to play catch-up. What idjits. DEATH TO SPAMMERS!]
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