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Open Source: Two Paths Diverged

August 18, 2011 By Gail Gardner 28 Comments

When I think of Open Source I think of people freely contributing for the greater good. Unfortunately, that glorious purpose can be co-opted by big business for their own ends. Given their history of always trying to get the most work out of people for the least compensation - which is one of many reasons why the world economy is crashing - would you be surprised that for-profit businesses would love to have the fruits of the labor of masses of intelligent, generous and good-hearted without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WordPress / Plugins / Akismet Tagged With: Akismet, automattic, net neutrality, Why FREE Open Source, WordPress / Plugins / Akismet

CrowdSourcing: Failures and Successes

March 6, 2011 By Gail Gardner 28 Comments

Geoff Mattie of Project Management Institute published a post asking, "Does Crowdsourcing Work in a Project Environment?" that raises some very valid concerns that indicate to me that he is far sharper than the average bear. This infographic from 99designs is a good introduction to what crowd-sourcing is (click the image to see the entire infographic): Most bloggers do not realize that when they flag a comment as spam they are effectively blacklisting and banning that person and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WordPress / Plugins / Akismet Tagged With: Akismet, business, business ideas, crowdsourcing

Akismet Configuration: How to Turn Off Akismet Automatic Comment Deletion

July 14, 2010 By Gail Gardner 41 Comments

UPDATE: the new GASP Anti-Spam WordPress plugin has been released and is available in the WordPress Plugin Repository. THIS is the ALTERNATIVE TO AKISMET that provides the SOLUTION to being Flagged as a Spammer! Spread it throughout the blogosphere and your comments will work again. Most bloggers do not realize that there is a setting in Akismet that automatically deletes comments before you ever seen them. If you do not want Akismet to delete comments you never see, use these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WordPress / Plugins / Akismet Tagged With: Akismet, blogging best practices, WordPress / Plugins / Akismet, wordpress plugins

Find Out If Akismet Has YOU Flagged as a Spammer

July 14, 2010 By Gail Gardner 141 Comments

AKISMET TEST PAGES NO LONGER WORK!!! All our blogs use the GrowMap anti-spambot plugin now. UPDATE: the new GASP Anti-Spam WordPress plugin has been released and is available in the WordPress Plugin Repository. THIS is the ALTERNATIVE TO AKISMET that provides the SOLUTION to being Flagged as a Spammer! Spread it throughout the blogosphere and your comments will work again. Before you go out visiting other blogs and commenting, it is a good idea to check to see if Akismet has you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WordPress / Plugins / Akismet Tagged With: Akismet, spam plugins, WordPress / Plugins / Akismet, wordpress plugins

Business Friendly Akismet Free DoFollow Blog List

July 13, 2010 By Gail Gardner 113 Comments

UPDATE: the new GASP Anti-Spam WordPress plugin has been released and is available in the WordPress Plugin Repository. THIS is the ALTERNATIVE TO AKISMET that provides the SOLUTION to being Flagged as a Spammer! Spread it throughout the blogosphere and your comments will work again. Because of the challenges of commenting in blogs that have Akismet installed we no longer use Akismet in our blogs and we have been asked to compile a list of blogs that are Akismet free. If your blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: WordPress / Plugins / Akismet Tagged With: Akismet, spam plugins, WordPress / Plugins / Akismet, wordpress plugins

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