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July 14, 2005
Blog Spam or Unmet Market Need
Posted by Stowe Boyd
I was reading the preamble post at Doc Searls' IT Garage, and noticed that the post was immediately hijacked by someone flogging Linux-based accounting software. A number of folks -- including my old friend Gary Turner -- started to chat about that topic using via comments on the post. Kind of strange, given the context. This is another case of blog spam exposing an unmet market need. Someone related a story to me last year about a single blog post that mentioned Soldier of Fortune magazine as an analogy; that post, because of the author's Google juice, became a watering hole for all sorts of out-of-work and wannabe soldiers of fortune until the author cut off all comments. Looks to me like IT Garage should dedicate some time to Linux accounting software, or maybe someone should start a blog dedicated to that topic.
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1. Doc Searls on July 14, 2005 03:04 PM writes...
Comment spam has been a huge problem for us; not just at IT Garage, but at Linux Journal and our other Drupal-based sites.
I left the items there, since they are two among zillions we actually have killed, and I'm not *absolutely* sure they are spam.
And yes, Linux accounting software is a worthy subject, but I'm not sure it's best for IT Garage, which is about what IT pros do for themselves, independently of vendors.
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