I am an active Sphinn user (not as active as I used to be and as I would like to be though) but I wasn't participating in all the discussions about the change. Not a single comment at a single thread about it (I did read most of them).

Now that the buzz is down a bit and this common-sense post (which we all needed) is live, I can definitely echo Kim's sentiment above. People, we are to balme for all the changes, so why complain?

Yes, I enjoyed seeing some of my articles hot and I owe Sphinn a great deal because it discovered my work for many influencers but I can see what drove the change.

That being said, as the owner of the community now, I can see how changes are hard for everyone. How people can be ungreatful and how they can forget good things and remember bad ones. But what I know is that very often we can't do without the changes, so let's see where this change will bring us.

Good luck

Is Sphinn only about newsworthy content? Or is it about useful content? How many posts you see on the front page have just re-invented the bycicle? But many of them still need attention. Like I said in my intro to the submission, I found it a nice summary and a good intro for those who (hopefully) after reading it will want to dig deeper.

If we have nothing to add after Kim's (yes, awesome) post, why do we need the Usability category here after all?

One of my first (almost dropped) sites is on GoDaddy. It's been hacked once a month so far :) The worst hosting ever

Strange, I'll ask John right now.

I have problems accessing SEP, is this just me?

Enjoyed the guide immensely. It must have taken you quite some time. Thanks for the great job!

That pirate graphic rocks :) We used to have great time chasing after the thieves, remember?

True, but you can't get away from that, I am afraid. Why guest posting is LESS vulnerable as a tactic is because there is no automation or money involved. Bloggers can reject poor-quality content and never look back.

Once this is automated or paid, it stops being guest posting :)

With all my due respect (and as much as I hate criticizing tools because I respect the creators' hard work too much), I don't think this is something we have discussed before.

Sebastian ins't talking about privacy alone; he says that the creators do not enclose the data source and especially the way they obtain the data. To put it less softly, they are lying despite the fact that the lie is obvious.

Am I right?