Comments on: Splogs! http://laughingsquid.com/splogs/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:36:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jason http://laughingsquid.com/splogs/comment-page-1/#comment-824 Jason Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:19:41 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=410#comment-824 This may not be a new thing; I found a weird weblog that sounds like it could have been a splog over a year ago, with a design ripped off from another (real) weblog. I emailed the owner of the latter to tell him of the former, but I hadn't thought anything of the implications of such a fake weblog. Since it was the only one I had run across, maybe it was a test or a failed experiment? This may not be a new thing; I found a weird weblog that sounds like it could have been a splog over a year ago, with a design ripped off from another (real) weblog. I emailed the owner of the latter to tell him of the former, but I hadn’t thought anything of the implications of such a fake weblog. Since it was the only one I had run across, maybe it was a test or a failed experiment?

]]> By: Elliott Back http://laughingsquid.com/splogs/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Elliott Back Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:52:01 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=410#comment-823 <strong>Is Blogspot really bad?</strong> The Theory: Blogspot is more spam than blogs. Or any one or more of the following: Blogspot has become nothing but a crapfarm 90% of all blogspot com subdomains are junk Has Google stopped helping in the fight against splogs Blogspot is curren... Is Blogspot really bad?

The Theory:
Blogspot is more spam than blogs. Or any one or more of the following:

Blogspot has become nothing but a crapfarm
90% of all blogspot com subdomains are junk
Has Google stopped helping in the fight against splogs
Blogspot is curren…

]]> By: Thomas Hawk http://laughingsquid.com/splogs/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Thomas Hawk Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:54:56 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=410#comment-821 I had a bunch of these show up over the weekend as well. They all seemed to pick up a story I wrote about being hasseled for using my tripod in Grand Centreal Terminal in New York. I had a bunch of these show up over the weekend as well. They all seemed to pick up a story I wrote about being hasseled for using my tripod in Grand Centreal Terminal in New York.

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