If all the hype and news is true, WordPress.com is set to give Typepad a run for its money. Some of the comments are very interesting to read and gauge the wide variety of consumer/user opinions on these developments. I am hopeful that Matt et al will be able to continue the development and promotion of WordPress.com (and the software that runs WordPress.com) after keeping up with the pressures and trials of WordPress.org Since Matt has not publicly disclosed the workings or the philosophy behind WordPress.com, I will not get into discussing it at all. However, I will say that I am excited and would like to congratulate Matt on taking the first step.

I wanted to try and get some more people to use my Blacklist Peering Plugin for WordPress and suggest some improvements/features that they would like to see. Frankly, it is a boon for spam prevention. I peer with only two other weblogs and update every few days. I religiously add stuff to my blacklists and moderation lists but I only catch so many spam clues. The lists keep growing and I feel like they are much more powerful and comprehensive considering the fact that I am using the collective “spam experience” of three seperate blogs/bloggers. I have some very interesting suggestions from Geof and would like to add the ability to pick and choose the words that get merged into your blacklist/moderation list.