[wp-hackers] OT: "Nofollow" Rant

[Ryan Boren]

On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 16:47 -0700, Craig Hartel wrote:
> If someone employs one of the many effective spam tools that are available for
> WordPress, the nofollow discussion is practically moot. I don't understand the
> hype about all of this, to be honest. In theory, if no spam ever made it through
> my spam-killing scripts, then I have no need to worry about whether or not that
> spam has a link that needs the "nofollow" attribute added.

It's kind of like The Club versus LoJack argument.  One makes your site
less appealing to spammers, the other makes spamming less appealing in
general.  nofollow, if applied uniformly, offers greater social benefit.
Traditional Club methods just create an arms race that does little to
reduce overall spamming levels.

Or, something like that.  My comments have been turned off for years.

Ryan