Webwork - 5:13 pm on Jan 16, 2008 (gmt 0)

Interesting. So, "footprint" - as a possible inhibitor to growth - includes:

1. "Powered by". Yet the "Powered by" signature/footprint hasn't but the kabosh on WordPress as a tool for publishing.

2. Automated submissions? WordPress, forum scripts, other community site scripts, etc. all fall prey to the auto-submit issue. Still their population grows.

3. Cutting corners? Boy, does that define a healthy percentage of what is found on the WWW. Schlock Media Inc should be the parent company of much of what's online. ;) or :(

So, while footprint is clearly a bona fide concern, in the context of the number of scripts that are open to the same concerns yet manage to thrive, I'm left with the thought that something more is holding the development of a more robust GPL directory script.

Ya, sure, I'll entertain the mentality that "directory search is dead so why bother". I'm not quite sure that's explains a lack of a robust GPL solution, but it may be one element. One can still see all manner of quality sites adding on directories.