splog using WordPress.com

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  ninglun · Member · Dec 5, 2007 at 10:46 pm

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  At the risk of “helping them out” I would however like to draw attention to a clear example of a splog hosted on WordPress.com. It appeared as an incoming link on three blogs, but one example will do.

  http://britneyvirgo.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/female-circumcision-2/

  The blog incorporated great wads of my posts.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 5, 2007 at 10:51 pm

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  Here are the links for taking action:
  http://wordpress.com/complaints/
  http://automatic.com/dmca/

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  timethief · Member · Dec 5, 2007 at 10:51 pm

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  DANG! the second one should be http://automattic.com/dmca/ sorry :(

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  ninglun · Member · Dec 5, 2007 at 10:58 pm

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  Thanks. I have reported the offending blog. (Why on earth do people do it? It’s not even as if there is any commercial gain here…)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 5, 2007 at 11:04 pm

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  Who knows what goes on in the minds of parasites? I sure don’t.