Comments on: Cleaning up the mess over at MyBlogLog http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jim Kukral http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231143 Jim Kukral Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:43:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231143 Exactly right. MBL did the right thing, and Shoe handled it well as well. I'm satisfied with how this turned out. Now, if only the Anna Nicole situation would go as easily... lol Exactly right. MBL did the right thing, and Shoe handled it well as well. I’m satisfied with how this turned out.

Now, if only the Anna Nicole situation would go as easily… lol

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231077 Mathew Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:40:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231077 Is that a hint of sarcasm I detect in your comment, Peter? Is that a hint of sarcasm I detect in your comment, Peter?

]]> By: Peter http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231058 Peter Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:47:54 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231058 I know - lay off MyBlogLogFogDogSog already. They're just a tiny little startup and they're innocent in all this. I mean, they knew they had to do the right thing and they did it. It had nothing to do with public pressure, because that would mean that the tiny little startup called DogBlogLog caved to pressure from mere humans, and that is obviously not what happened here. The folks at MyDogBlog are a principled lot, dontchaknow, and this would never have been necessary were it not for those meddling kids. I know - lay off MyBlogLogFogDogSog already. They’re just a tiny little startup and they’re innocent in all this. I mean, they knew they had to do the right thing and they did it. It had nothing to do with public pressure, because that would mean that the tiny little startup called DogBlogLog caved to pressure from mere humans, and that is obviously not what happened here. The folks at MyDogBlog are a principled lot, dontchaknow, and this would never have been necessary were it not for those meddling kids.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231027 Andy Beard Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:59:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231027 Well the next stage of this will be people hiring out-sourced programmers to hack open-source platforms and outing XSS exploits so fast, including scripts to use the the vulnerabilities. It isn't normal for computer security specialists to release information about exploits and security holes before they can be fixed. As I have already written, services like Adsense are immune to people taking such action because there are financial incentives to keep in Googles good books, but Adsense isn't immune to abuse in similar ways to what Shoemoney is saying about MBL. Well the next stage of this will be people hiring out-sourced programmers to hack open-source platforms and outing XSS exploits so fast, including scripts to use the the vulnerabilities.

It isn’t normal for computer security specialists to release information about exploits and security holes before they can be fixed.

As I have already written, services like Adsense are immune to people taking such action because there are financial incentives to keep in Googles good books, but Adsense isn’t immune to abuse in similar ways to what Shoemoney is saying about MBL.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231012 Mathew Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:22:08 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/02/24/cleaning-up-the-mess-over-at-mybloglog/#comment-231012 I don't think they should be rewarded either, Andy, but it was obvious that Shoemoney was trying to point out a vulnerability -- you could argue that they should have thanked him, not blocked him. I don’t think they should be rewarded either, Andy, but it was obvious that Shoemoney was trying to point out a vulnerability — you could argue that they should have thanked him, not blocked him.

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