Webwork - 3:05 pm on Jan 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

Bad things can be done with WordPress, too, such as Splogs - which might be the search engine equivalent of another DMOZ clone - but is the prevalence of splogging or scraping giving rise to a concern that WordPress "leaves a footprint"? IF WordPress becomes the tool du jour of search engine spamming or, worse, copyright infringement, shouldn't "WordPress footprint" become an issue?

This is a lurking issue for a utility - a directory - that is of some value. Is this paranoia or reality? I don't think it's paranoia as I know some very bright people who have expressed footprint concerns.

Is there real evidence that "the footprint", alone, is reason enough to abandon opensource directory scripts?