MyBlogLog is a pretty neat service, but it has been suffering from some growing pains. However, I must say they’re doing good job of coping with them quickly.

Like thousands of other members, the other day I got an email from someone in Belguim asking me to be a coauthor on his blog. I thought that was really weird, obviously. Turns out they were taking advantage of an exploit, which I read about on ShoeMoney’s blog.

Basically this turkey found a way to force people who clicked on his link to become coauthors on his blog, so that his blog appeared on other people’s profiles.

Yes, very devious. MyBlogLog has also closed that exploit, so don’t bother worrying about it or trying it. They also rolled back the coauthors for the past several days, so that anyone caught by has to worry about it.

They’ve also added a Terms of Service, which they for some reason had neglected before. I don’t know how you neglect that, but they did.
I’m glad to see they’re working hard on growing into a mature service. I love the features and being able to see the people who come to my blog. Some of the exploits have been a pain, but they’re rapidly fixing them which is good to see.

You can read on the MyBlogLog blog about the changes they’ve made.

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